2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Divergent and Convergent Process in Creative Dialogues
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19700251
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Cognitive science
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| Research Institution | Osaka Electro-Communication University |
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Principal Investigator |
KOMORI Masashi Osaka Electro-Communication University, 情報通信工学部, 准教授 (60352019)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 創造的対話 / 拡散的思考 / 収束的思考 / 覚醒水準 / 生理計測 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study aimed at analyzing and modeling a structure of creative dialogues (e.g., problem solving dialogues) from the perspective of 'divergent thinking' and 'convergent thinking,' which are the two types of response to a set problem, using physiological, behavioral and psychological indices. The results suggested that creative dialogues can be categorized into several types, indicating that more complicated model is needed in order to explain creativity in dialogues. Moreover, the present study demonstrated that entrainment level (degree of a listener's body movements occurring early simultaneously with a change in the speaker's voice pattern) and body movement synchrony (rhythmic synchronization between the body movements of interacting partners) can be used as indicators of quality of communication. No evidence of any systematic relationship between physiological indices and thinking-types of interactants (i.e. divergent thinking and convergent thinking) was found.
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