The comparison of gene polymorphism and cross-culture of visual cognition

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K13160
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Experimental psychology
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Kita Shinichi 神戸大学, 人文学研究科, 教授 (10224940)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 視覚 / 認知 / 遺伝 / 障害

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study was conducted to elucidate the mechanisms of human visual cognition by introducing two experimental methodologies: cognitive neurogenetics and virtual reality experiments. Experiments with the former methodology, cognitive neurogenetics, clarified the relationship between gene polymorphism and visual cognitive functions, and those with the latter methodology, virtual reality, clarified the visual perception of people with low vision perceived his/her peri-personal space while walking. Experiments with totally or partially blind people were also conducted to verify the validation of the blind navigation with smartphones.

Free Research Field

認知科学