The Psychology of Perception & Cognition
The same theme
The main purpose of this seminar is *to study perceptual and cognitive functions relating to the mind and the body* .
We aim to discover various perceptual and cognitive phenomenon, to verify models, and to construct models.
The principal investigator (Masaki Mori) engages in a specialized study of *Vision* , and especially *Space perception and cognition* .
we study the research of experimental psychology relating to the five following themes:
- Perception and cognition of *Space* (Elucidation of the space-perceptual and cognitive abilities) Example: Visual space, Binocular stereoscopic vison, Cognitive space, Auditory space, Haptic space, Gaze perceptional space, Navigation, Vision under the head-mounted display
- Perception and cognition of *Socialization* (Elucidation of the mechanism of gaze perception and joint attention) Example: Eye contact, Perception of gaze direction, Perception of pointing direction
- Perception and cognition of *Embodiment* (Elucidation of the influence of body movement on perception and cognition, Assessment of motor performance) Example: Rubber hand illusion, Sense of agency, Sense of ownership, Position sense, Running motion, External and internal focus of attention, Vection (Self-motion perception)
- Perception and cognition of *shitsukan* (Elucidation of the mechanism of shitsukan perception) e.g. visual comfort/discomfort, shitsukan of objects in real life, individual differences in shitsukan perception
- Perception and cognition of *Handicaps* (Elucidation of perceptual and cognitive abilities of children and adults with mental, developmental, and physical disabilities) Example: Perceptual properties of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Perceptual properties of the person with Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, Individual difference
These studies aim to contribute to the investigation of the mechanism of perceptual and cognitive processing, the development of psychological assessment, the evaluation of motor performance, the technical development of virtual reality, etc.