An integrative study on the mechanism of how consciousness cognitive function alters sensorimotor control

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K22866
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Medium-sized Section 61:Human informatics and related fields
• Research Institution: The University of Electro-Communications
• Principal Investigator: Sakaguchi Yutaka 電気通信大学, 大学院情報理工学研究科, 教授 (40205737)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 諏訪 正樹 慶應義塾大学, 環境情報学部(藤沢), 教授 (50329661) ; 西井 淳 山口大学, 大学院創成科学研究科, 教授 (00242040)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-06-28 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 身体技能 / 身体知覚 / 意識 / 注意 / 計算モデル / 実践的探究 / 構成的分析

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study investigated the mechanism of how the interaction between conscious cognitive process and unconscious process alters our sensorimotor functions in the “learning” or “acquirement” of various (mainly sensorimotor) skills. We addressed this issue by illustrating its nature through behavioral experiments on different topics (e.g., sword-swinging) and by simulating its process through a computational agent model consisting of two reinforcement learning systems (i.e., a conscious system and an unconscious system). In addition, the role and importance of "language" in search and manipulation of “bodily knowledge” in the cognitive process were studied using first-person research methods.

Free Research Field

生体情報工学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は，「意識上の働き」と「意識下の働き」の相互作用に焦点をあてて，意識上の認知活動が身体運動を変容させる様相を，行動実験，計算モデル，一人称研究を組み合わせて多角的に探究した点にある．本研究の社会的意義は，人間のさまざまな「学び」の活動が，認知レベルでの主観的・能動的な模索や試行錯誤と，その過程で試行する身体的な変化の相互作用の中で進行することを浮き彫りにした点にある．