Study on the mechanism of phenomena that do not notice the mistake of one's own action and its age-related changes

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K12585
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 90030:Cognitive science-related
• Research Institution: Jikei University of Health Care Sciences
• Principal Investigator: Ishimatsu Kazuma 滋慶医療科学大学, 医療管理学研究科, 教授 (30399505)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 熊田 孝恒 京都大学, 情報学研究科, 教授 (70221942)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 認知的制御 / メタ認知 / 認知的加齢 / ヒューマンエラー / ミステイク / スリップ / 信頼性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to investigate the mechanism behind the phenomenon of failure to recognize the errors in one's own actions as well as how this changed with age. Experiments were conducted on 94 participants with aged 20 to 70 years old using a commission error induction task to examine the influence of individual and task factors. As individual factors, the influence of age and personal characteristics on task performance and self-evaluation of their task performance was examined. As task factors, the influence of differences in task difficulty and system reliability was examined. Based on these results, part of the mechanism behind the phenomenon was discussed.

Free Research Field

認知心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近年、さまざまな機器の操作が自動制御システムに置き換えられる中で、自己の行為の結果を自己以外にも帰属し得る状況が増加してきた。行為の意図と行為の結果との間に生じたミスマッチの原因を自己以外に帰属し得る状況において、自己の行為の誤りに気づかない現象が生じるメカニズムの解明を目指した本研究の視点は、自己の行為の誤りに気づかない現象のメカニズムやその加齢の影響を明らかにするという学術的意義に加え、現在社会問題ともなっている高齢運転者のアクセルとブレーキの踏み間違い事故の問題への貢献をはじめ、超高齢社会のニーズに応えるための足掛かりとなることが期待される。