Do Nice Faces Attract Attention?: An ERP Study

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• 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
• Keywords: 顔知覚 / 信頼性 / ERP / 注意

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.

Free Research Field

認知心理学・社会心理学