Study on Perspective Taking in Coordinated Group Behavior

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K24369
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 1002:Human informatics, applied informatics and related fields
• Research Institution: Kanagawa University
• Principal Investigator: Ichikawa Jun 神奈川大学, 工学部, 助教 (90807942)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-08-30 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: 協調 / インタラクション / 集団運動 / 視点 / 予測 / 他者モデル

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigated perspective taking and the cognition of anticipating others’ behaviors in coordinated group behavior. As the results, we proposed a new research approach in cognitive science that quantitatively analyzes group non-verbal behavior and links these characteristics with the cognition. In addition, we investigated an important role in group behavior with three members through applying the approach. The findings indicated that the role of maintaining overall balance contributed to improved performance. It suggests that perspective taking and the cognition of anticipating others’ behaviors, is key to coordination and implementing the role.

Free Research Field

認知科学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は，集団運動を位置データなどから定量的に分析し，特徴的な集団運動と認知を関連づけるアプローチを提案・適用することで，複雑で動的な協調のメカニズムを認知科学的に検討できるようになった点において学術的な意義があり，当該分野で協調に関する発展的な議論が期待される．さらに，運動協調に困難を伴う要因を明らかにするうえで基盤的な知見を提供した意味で社会的意義もあると考えられる．