The development of a new method of discriminating the approach-avoidance motivational states by the electroencephalographic data

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25540126
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Kansei informatics
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: NITTONO Hiroshi 広島大学, 総合科学研究科, 准教授 (20304371)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MATSUDA Izumi 科学警察研究所, 法科学第四部, 主任研究官 (80356162)
• Research Collaborator: MIKI Shigeto 広島大学, 大学院総合科学研究科
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 感性 / 脳波 / 心理生理学 / 動機づけ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of the present study was to develop a new method of discriminating a person's approach-avoidance motivational states by measuring the asymmetry of the electroencephalographic (EEG) activities recorded at frontal sites. Background EEG, a probe-stimulus method, and steady-state visual evoked potentials were used to assess motivational states toward movies and pictures. However, no reliable EEG asymmetry patterns were observed. Further exploration is required by using the EEG recording-analyzing system we developed for this study.

Free Research Field

実験心理学