Behavioral changes with crossmodal processes

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17H00753
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Human interface and interaction
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Watanabe Katsumi 早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 教授 (20373409)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 廣瀬 通孝 東京大学, 大学院情報理工学系研究科, 教授 (40156716)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: 拡張現実 / クロスモーダル / 行動変容

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study aimed at accumulating, advancing, and systematizing knowledge in cross-modal processes by combining advanced VR technologies with the knowledge of behavioral change in cognitive psychology. The results are diverse: including the facial expression deformation techniques, the pseudo-resistance presentation by cross-modal effects, attentional modulation of audiovisual integration, the effects of sense of agency on perception, visual bias and illusions, and changes in auditory sensitivity due to motor action. Also the study led to new perspectives, such as the relationship between cross-modal processes and sense of agency/ownership.

Free Research Field

実験心理学・認知科学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の成果の学術的意義は、クロスモーダル過程における知見の蓄積と高度化・体系化を進めたという点であり、将来的に本研究をさらに発展させ、実社会でのフィールドでの試用と社会的受容性を調査することによって、現実社会のテクノロジーに対する要請を戦略的に先取りする形で、クロスモーダル型人間拡張技術の実現が可能になり、人間の体験から行動変容に至る過程の科学的解明がさらに進むことも期待できる。