Mechanism of multisensory integration which underlies social cognition

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H02714
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Cognitive science
• Research Institution: Tokyo Woman's Christian University
• Principal Investigator: Tanaka Akihiro 東京女子大学, 現代教養学部, 教授 (80396530)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 社会性認知 / 多感覚統合 / 感情認知 / 自己主体感

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Recently there has been a growing interest in social cognition in the field of cognitive science and neuroscience as well as social psychology. Social cognition serves as a basis of recognizing self and others. I examined the mechanism of multisensory integration which underlies social cognition. Specifically, following topics were examined: 1) developmental processes of cultural differences in multisensory perception of emotion, 2) individual differences in multisensory perception of emotion, and 3) cultural and individual differences in multisensory perception of self agency.

Free Research Field

認知科学