Do Nice Faces Attract Attention?: An ERP Study

Research Project

Project/Area Number	15K04196
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Experimental psychology
Research Institution	Chukyo University
Principal Investigator	Ikeda Koki 中京大学, 心理学部, 助教 (20709240)
Project Period (FY)	2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000) Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Keywords	顔知覚 / 信頼性 / ERP / 注意 / 顔認知 / 事象関連電位 / 顔表情
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The target study aimed at investigating if trustworthy face could attract automatic attention from viewers using one of the indices of brain-waves called the event-related potential (ERP). However, I found a fundamental problem regarding the reliability of ERP measurement during the course of the investigation. Since the target effect is so small that I needed to firstly develop more precise measurement techniques and robust statistical analyses in order to capture the tiny effects with high reliability. I especially focused on the theoretical aspects of the research methods and statistics, and tried to establish a reproducible research methodology with the pre-registration system.