• Search Research Projects
  • Search Researchers
  • How to Use
  1. Back to project page

2017 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report

価値に基づく意思決定における視覚的注意の役割

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16H03751
Research InstitutionKyushu University

Principal Investigator

ローレンス ヨハン  九州大学, 基幹教育院, 教授 (80589135)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 松田 哲也  玉川大学, 脳科学研究所, 教授 (30384720)
小林 俊輔  福島県立医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (30579272)
高橋 宗良  玉川大学, 脳科学研究所, 特任准教授 (70407683)
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Keywordsvisual attention / viewing time / evaluation / decision making
Outline of Annual Research Achievements

We have conducted three behavioral experiments and two pilot studies, one fMRI and one with Parkinsonian patients on the topic of the role of attention in evaluative decision-making. The behavioral studies showed several important results. First, it was established that the role of visual attention in preference formation is conditional, such that visual attention leads to increased liking only 1) during self-determination of viewing time, and 2) when the evaluation reflects a selective choice with restriction on the number of items that can receive a positive evaluation. Second, it was found that predictive cues influence the evaluation in accordance with prospect theory, but not reward prediction error. Particularly, the evaluations tend to follow and extend the predictions.

Current Status of Research Progress
Current Status of Research Progress

2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.

Reason

The behavioral studies have provided excellent data, effectively proving more revealing than had been anticipated in the proposal. In the meantime, we have moved on to neural adaptations, with fMRI research and with Parkinsonian patients. These studies are progressing as planned, with initial data collection already in progress.

Strategy for Future Research Activity

Now in the third year of the project, we are planning to write up and publish the results of the behavioral studies, anticipating 3-4 articles in top tier journals. Concurrently, the data collection for the fMRI study and the Parkinsonian patient study is ongoing; we anticipate being able to complete the data collection within this third year.

  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2018 2017

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] A gaze bias with coarse spatial indexing during a gambling task2018

    • Author(s)
      Zommara, N.M., Takahashi, M., Ounjai, K., Lauwereyns, J.
    • Journal Title

      Cognitive Neurodynamics

      Volume: 12 Pages: 171-181

    • DOI

      10.1007/s11571-017-9463-z

    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Influence of multiple action-outcome associations on the transition dynamics toward an optimal choice in rats2018

    • Author(s)
      Zommara, N.M., Takahashi, M., Lauwereyns, J.
    • Journal Title

      Cognitive Neurodynamics

      Volume: 12 Pages: 43-53

    • DOI

      10.1007/s11571-017-9458-9

    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Bias versus sensitivity in cognitive processing: a critical, but often overlooked, issue for data analysis2018

    • Author(s)
      Lauwereyns, J.
    • Journal Title

      Advances in Cognitive Neurodynamics

      Volume: VI Pages: in press

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-981-10-8854-4_50

    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Beyond prediction: self-organization of meaning with the world as a constraint2018

    • Author(s)
      Lauwereyns, J.
    • Journal Title

      Advances in Cognitive Neurodynamics

      Volume: VI Pages: in press

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-981-10-8854-4_49

    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Evaluation of naturalistic food images in two different exposure conditions (free versus time-controlled)2017

    • Author(s)
      Wolf, A., Blechert, J., Ounjai, K., Lauwereyns, J
    • Organizer
      The 33rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Evidence of gaze bias effect and visual orienting during risky choice2017

    • Author(s)
      Zommara, N.M., Takahashi, M., Ounjai, K., Xu, J., Lauwereyns, J.
    • Organizer
      The 33rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Effect of predictive information in subjective evaluation task.2017

    • Author(s)
      Ounjai, K., Kobayashi, S., Lauwereyns, J.
    • Organizer
      The 33rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The evaluation of naturalistic food images in competitive versus non-competitive conditions.2017

    • Author(s)
      Wolf, A., Blechert, J., Ounjai, K., Lauwereyns, J.
    • Organizer
      The 20th Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Modulation of subjective evaluation by predictive information.2017

    • Author(s)
      Ounjai, K., Kobayashi, S., Lauwereyns, J.
    • Organizer
      The 20th Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The evaluation of naturalistic food images in self-paced versus time-controlled conditions.2017

    • Author(s)
      Wolf, A., Blechert, J., Ounjai, K., Lauwereyns, J.
    • Organizer
      The 40th European Conference on Visual Perception, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Effects of expectation on gaze fixation and pupil dilation during evaluative decision-making.2017

    • Author(s)
      Ounjai, K., Kobayashi, S., Lauwereyns, J.
    • Organizer
      The 40th European Conference on Visual Perception, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] Rethinking the three R's in animal research: replacement, reduction, refinement2018

    • Author(s)
      Lauwereyns, J.
    • Total Pages
      138
    • Publisher
      Palgrave Macmillan
    • ISBN
      978-3-319-89299-3

URL: 

Published: 2018-12-17  

Information User Guide FAQ News Terms of Use Attribution of KAKENHI

Powered by NII kakenhi