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On human visual cognition of hands

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26780412
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Experimental psychology
Research InstitutionNiigata University (2016-2017)
The University of Tokyo (2014-2015)

Principal Investigator

Niimi Ryosuke  新潟大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 准教授 (60513687)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords注意 / 情景知覚 / 身体知覚 / 顔認知 / 視覚認知 / 手 / ジェスチャー / 物体認知 / 情景認知 / 眼球運動 / 知覚 / 認知心理学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Psychological experiments were conducted to examine the role of hands in visual selective attention. First, Posner's classical cueing paradigm was used to assess how strongly hand images attract attention. It was found that hands had no attentional advantage over other object (e.g., flowers), which was an unexpected result. In addition, IOR (inhibition of return) was examined. Second, eye-tracking experiments were conducted to examine the attentional shifts during free observations of natural scene images containing human figure. Results showed that i) observers looked at hands just after faces, and ii) hands interacting with other objects were looked at more often and quickly than non-interacting hands. The relationships with other objects (faces, tools, etc.) would be critical to understand the role of hands in attention, scene perception, and person perception.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2017 2015

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Inhibition of return decays rapidly when familiar objects are used.2017

    • Author(s)
      Niimi, R., Shimada, H., & Yokosawa, K.
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Psychological Research

      Volume: 59 Issue: 2 Pages: 59-199

    • DOI

      10.1111/jpr.12149

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] 自然画像中の顔と手はいかに眼球運動を誘導するか2017

    • Author(s)
      新美亮輔
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会「注意と認知」研究会第15回合宿研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      ホテルサンルートプラザ名古屋(愛知県名古屋市中村区)
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-06
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 視覚における手の役割2017

    • Author(s)
      新美亮輔
    • Organizer
      新潟心理学会第53回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      新潟大学駅南キャンパスときめいと(新潟県新潟市中央区)
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-04
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 人は手をどう見ているか:手の自由観察時の眼球運動の検討2015

    • Author(s)
      新美亮輔
    • Organizer
      日本基礎心理学会第34回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪樟蔭女子大学(大阪府・東大阪市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-29
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] How do we see hands? Attentional deployment when observing hand images2015

    • Author(s)
      Niimi, R.
    • Organizer
      Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      シカゴ(アメリカ合衆国)
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-20
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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