Other race effect in face processing : using classification image and eye tracking techniques

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21730607
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Experimental psychology
• Research Institution: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: NAGAI Masayoshi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, ヒューマンライフテクノロジー研究部門, 主任研究員 (00415720)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2010
• Keywords: 顔認知他人種効果 / 分類画像法

Research Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find factors to produce other race effect with multiple experiment techniques: classification image and eye tracking. We developed the more detailed and precise stimuli presentation than our previous experiment system. We also introduced response consistency method to investigate the internal noise in response decision process. The results showed that contrast threshold and response did not support other race effect. Thus, it was suggested that non-linear information processing was involved in other race effect, which could not be captured with classification image and response consistency analysis. We need eye tracking technique to explore these non-linear face processing strategies that could be related with other race effect.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Effective visual cue for guiding people's attention to important information on a computer display. (2010)
  • Author(s): Masakura, Y., Nagai, M., Kumada, T.
  • Journal Title: Kansei Eengineering Iinternational Journal 9(2) Pages: 51-56
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Spatiotemporally coherent motion direction perception occurs even for spatiotemporal reversal of motion sequence. (2009)
  • Author(s): Hidaka, S, Nagai, M., Gyoba, J.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Vision 9(13):6 Pages: 1-12
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Objective Estimation of State of Content Understanding by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS). (2009)
  • Author(s): Endo, N., Nagai, M., Kumada, T.
  • Journal Title: Japanese Journal of Psychonomic Science 28(1) Pages: 2-16
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Saccadic Compression of Rectangle and Kanizsa Figures : Now You See It, Now You Don't. (2009)
  • Author(s): Noritake, A., Uttl, B., Terao, M., Nagai, M., Watanabe, J., Yagi, A.
  • Journal Title: PLoS ONE 4(7) Pages: e6383,1-11
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 自閉症・自閉傾向者の顔情報処理ストラテジーおよび動作インタラクション特性 (2010)
  • Author(s): 永井聖剛
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学霊長研
  • Year and Date: 20101200
• [Presentation] 顔認知における他人種効果:顔特徴による検討 (2009)
  • Author(s): 永井聖剛・Gasar, C.M.
  • Organizer: 日本認知心理学会
  • Place of Presentation: 立教大学
  • Year and Date: 20090700
• [Presentation] Classification imageによる顔情報処理ストラテジーの可視化 -定型発達者と自閉症者の比較- (2009)
  • Author(s): 永井聖剛
  • Organizer: 平成21年生理学研究所研究会「視知覚研究の融合を目指して -生理、心理物理、計算論」
  • Place of Presentation: 自然科学研究機構 岡崎コンファレンスセンター
  • Year and Date: 20090600
• [Book] Conceptual influence on the flash-lag effect and representational momentum.(In Nijhawan, R. & Khurana, B. (Eds)) (2010)
  • Author(s): Nagai, M., Suganuma, M., Nijhawan, R., Freyd, J.J., Miller, G., Watanabe, K.
  • Total Pages: 366-378
  • Publisher: Space and Time in Perception and Action. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.