2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Experimental Examination of Facial Feedback Hypothesis with an External Cheek Raising Equipment.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23653197
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Clinical psychology
Research Institution	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Principal Investigator	HAYAKAWA Tosaku 東京農工大学, 保健管理センター, 教授 (60272639)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	MORI Kazuo 東京農工大学, 大学院・工学研究院, 教授 (30157854)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	表情フィードバック仮説 / スマイルエイド / 気分の落ち込み / 笑顔 / 大学生
Research Abstract	Eighty undergraduates, 52 males and 28 females, participated in the experiments to examine whether the facial sensation of having the cheeks lifted would bring about a good feeling, by applying one of two types of paired adhesive bandages with a chain of rubber bands designed to either raise or lower the cheeks. Then, they rated neutral targets preceded by three types of prime photos on a three-point scale in a modified Affect Misattribution Procedure. The results showed that the participants whose cheeks were raised tended to rate the targets statistically more favorably than did those whose cheeks were lowered.

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