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2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Investigation on facial expression of patients with cleft lip and palate

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13610093
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 実験系心理学
Research InstitutionMiyagi University

Principal Investigator

MASAME Ken  Miyagi University, School of Nursing, Professor, 看護学部, 教授 (40199675)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ADACHI Tomoaki  Miyagi Gakuin Women's College, Department of Developmental and Clinical Studies, Professor, 学芸学部, 教授 (30184188)
Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2003
KeywordsCleft lip and Palate / Facial expression / Facial impression / Interpersonal relation / Speech activity / Face recognition / Smile
Research Abstract

For 62 kindergarteners and elementary school children (31 boys and 31 girls) and 32 junior high-school students (17 boys and 15 girls), the interpersonal communication scenes were taken by digital video cameras.
For 46 adolescents and adults (15 males and 31 females), the scenes of facial expressions were taken by a digital video camera.
Following findings were acquired from these materials.
1.Compared with utterance conditions or pulling the edges of lips conditions, facial movements were recognized more natural for voluntary smiling conditions.
2.Compared with utterance conditions or pulling the edges of lips conditions, there was a tendency that facial shapes were recognized more natural for voluntary smiling conditions. But there were few faces recognized their shapes were more unnatural for voluntary smiling conditions.
3.Compared with static conditions, the facial impressions were changed more positive for voluntary smiling conditions.
4.The discrimination between smiling faces and neutral ones were investigated for the cleft lip and palate patients' faces and normal faces. The reaction times of the discrimination were quite same for both CLP faces and normal ones.
5.The discrimination between CLP faces and normal ones were investigated for the smiling faces and neutral ones. There was no effect of smiling for the discrimination of facial deformity. It was difficult to discriminate between CLP faces and normal ones.
6.Smiling had an inhibitive effect for the detection of facial parts.
From these findings we can conclude that the smiling of cleft lip and palate patients has a positive influence for interpersonal relations, although their faces have some kinds of facial deformity.

  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2004 2001

All Journal Article (6 results)

  • [Journal Article] 口唇裂・口蓋裂児の鼻の変形の知覚的顕著性の検討2004

    • Author(s)
      真覚健, 足立智昭, 幸地省子
    • Journal Title

      宮城大学看護学部紀要 7

      Pages: 33-39

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 顔部品の検出に対する笑顔の影響2004

    • Author(s)
      真覚 健
    • Journal Title

      電子情報通信学会技術報告書 104

      Pages: 31-36

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Perceptual saliency of nasal deformity of children with cleft lips and palates2004

    • Author(s)
      Ken MASAME, Tomoaki ADACHI, Shoko KOUCHI
    • Journal Title

      Miyagi University Nursing Revies 7

      Pages: 33-39

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Effect of smile for detection of facial parts2004

    • Author(s)
      Ken MASAME
    • Journal Title

      Technical Report of IEICE 104

      Pages: 31-36

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 口唇裂・口蓋裂児の鼻の形状の顕著性について2001

    • Author(s)
      真覚健, 足立智昭, 幸地省子
    • Journal Title

      電子情報通信学会技術報告書 101

      Pages: 13-18

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Perceptual saliency of the cleft lip noes of children2001

    • Author(s)
      Ken MASAME, Tomoaki ADACHI, Shoko KOUCHI
    • Journal Title

      Technical Report of IEICE 101

      Pages: 13-18

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2006-07-11  

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