2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The experimental study about the qualitative change of the cognitive processing with the aging
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20730475
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Experimental psychology
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Research Institution | Kyoto University |
Principal Investigator |
KAWAI Namiko (久保 南海子) Kyoto University, 心理学部, 講師 (20379019)
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Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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Keywords | 高齢者 / 注意 / 顔刺激 / 表情 |
Research Abstract |
Two experiments examined aging effects in disengagement of attention from face stimuli. In Experiment 1, ten undergraduate students and 13 older people (M=68.8) were first presented a normal human face stimulus in the center of the monitor screen. Then the face stimulus was removed and replaced by presenting a target on the right or left side of the screen. As soon as they detected the target, the participants were to press the keyboard button on the same side of the screen as the target. Four different time intervals were used in order to investigate the facilitation effects of the disengagement of attention. In Experiment 2, the same participants as Exp. 1 were exposed to one of three facial expressions (neutral, happy, or anger) and told to press the keyboard button in the same manner as Exp. 1 when the target appeared. In Exp. 1, older people tended to react faster to the face stimulus disengagement than the other stimulus. In Exp. 2, the two age groups showed no different reaction to the three facial expressions.
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[Journal Article] How can cognitive science contribute to implementing e-learning in Japanese schools?2009
Author(s)
Fukushima, Miwa., Ito, Hiroyashu., Kubo-Kawai, Namiko., Sugasawara, Hiroshi., Yamamoto, Jun-ichi.Masataka, Nobuo.
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Journal Title
Cognitive Studies 16(3)
Pages: 377-389
Peer Reviewed
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