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2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Investigating the role of eye movement and visual input in social cognition

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 16K13599
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Special needs education
Research InstitutionWaseda University (2018-2019)
Osaka University (2016-2017)

Principal Investigator

ISOMURA TOMOKO  早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 招聘研究員 (20771926)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Keywords視線 / アイトラッキング / アイコンタクト / コミュニケーション / 社会認知機能
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aimed to understand how visual input impacts our socio-cognitive information processing in the social interactions. We combined eye-tracking with face recognition based on machine learning and provided a tool for automatic analysis of mutual eye contact in naturalistic social interactions. We also found that eye contact enhances our perception to the sensations from the inside of the body such as heartbeats.

Free Research Field

認知科学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の成果は、人間の社会的知性を支える認知メカニズムの解明につながる他、自閉症スペクトラム等の障害に対する介入、サポートに役立つことが期待される。また、人間同士の円滑なコミュニケーションに関わる視線のやり取りを明らかにすることで、人間と円滑にやり取りすることができるロボットの開発といった研究開発にも貢献しうる。

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Published: 2021-02-19  

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