2023 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Elucidating neural mechanisms of regulating positive self-evaluation
| Project/Area Number |
22KJ0310
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
丁 一 東北大学, 医学系研究科, 特別研究員(DC1)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2023-03-08 – 2025-03-31
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| Keywords | self-regulation / public self-evaluation / social rejection |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Making positive self-evaluations can have a bad effect on social exclusion, as people may perceive the person as arrogant and consequently expel them from the group. Therefore, managing public self-evaluation is an important skill that can minimize the risk of social exclusion.
The aim of this study was to explore the psychological and neural mechanisms that regulate self-evaluation when receiving social feedback. In 2023, I modified the experimental task, cover story, and feedback based on the results of my previous fmri experiment to make the experimental design more robust and ecological validity.
Additionally, I completed the experiment program and the design of the fMRI scanning protocol to be compact and have greater statistical power.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
I am confident that this project is progressing well. Modifying the experiment's details has significantly improved its quality, despite requiring additional time. However, I firmly believe that this was a necessary step forward.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
In 2024, I will submit the revised IRB documents and get approval. Then, I will start recruiting participants and experiment.
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| Causes of Carryover |
I will be attending an international conference in April 2024 and I also need to make sure that the budget is sufficient to conduct the experiment. Therefore, I have set aside some budget to be used in the next fiscal year.
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