2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Cognitive psychophysiological examination of interest using the probe stimulus method
| Project/Area Number |
20730476
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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 |
Experimental psychology
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
NITTONO Hiroshi Hiroshima University, 大学院・総合科学研究科, 准教授 (20304371)
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| Research Collaborator |
KASEJIMA Naoko 広島大学, 総合科学部, 平成20年度卒業生
SHIGETO Hanayo 広島大学, 大学院・総合科学研究科, M1
MORIYA Hiroki 広島大学, 大学院・総合科学研究科, D2
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2009
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| Keywords | 脳波 / 事象関連電位 / 注意 / 感情 |
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| Research Abstract |
In this study, psychophysiological states in which people feel something is interesting and the factors related to the elicitation of interest are examined on the assumption that interest is an emotion. Three experiments were conducted using three types of objects: computer games, movie trailers, and random polygons. Results showed that brain electrical responses to task-irrelevant information (probe stimuli) were reduced when people felt interested in something and that novel or complex but understandable objects were rated to be most interesting.
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