2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The psychological model and neural mechanism of awe
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19H01773
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 10040:Experimental psychology-related
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
Nomura Michio 京都大学, 教育学研究科, 准教授 (60399011)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
Rappleye Jeremy 京都大学, 教育学研究科, 准教授 (00742321)
池埜 聡 関西学院大学, 人間福祉学部, 教授 (10319816)
高橋 英之 大阪大学, 基礎工学研究科, 特任講師(常勤) (30535084)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | 畏敬 / 自己超越的感情 / 自然 / 無心 / 先端技術 / ロボット / 比較文化 / 創造性 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Awe is an emotional response to perceptually vast stimuli that transcend one's current frames of reference arises from perceptually aesthetic experiences. We created the Japanese version of the SAS using awe-inducing video clips, through three online surveys. In addition, we showed that awe evokes an increased sense of body ownership over the rubber hand and this effect was prominent among participants who experienced small self. Furthermore, using functional MRI, we found that both awe experiences of positive- and threat-awe deactivated the left middle temporal gyrus in contrast to control conditions.
Currently many leading global educational organizations (e.g., OECD, UNESCO) are seeking to measure the non-cognitive dimensions of learning and student well-being. However, the frameworks that they utilize are often narrowly Western n their starting assumptions. Aspects such as relational emotions, and emotions such as awe and ambiguity are rarely included in their measurement models.
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| Free Research Field |
実験心理学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
畏敬の念に着眼し，その源泉としてのを自然から人工物との関わりまでを広く視野に入れて検討した本研究プロジェクトの成果は，人工物（ロボット等エージェント）を利用した実験による構成論的アプローチを梃子に，独創的で精度の高いモデルを構築するのみならず，フィールド調査等により基礎的な知見を実装へとリンクする道筋をつけることができた。それは，感情に関わる人間本性・可塑性に迫る基礎研究としての意義を有するとともに，人間らしいロボットやAI，アルゴリズムの開発，さらには哲学，人類学，社会学等関連諸領域とのクロストークを促し，自然や人工物，異質な他者との共生に向けた叡智の創成へと資するものと考えている。
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