Jun‐ichiro Kawahara
Biographic Data
| ID | 5855313 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jun‐ichiro Kawahara |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jun‐ichiro |
| FAMILY NAME | Kawahara |
| SIGNATURE | KAWAHARA J I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hokkaido University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4096-3923 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Effect of Bowing on Facial Attractiveness of Other Races
In recent years, the number of foreign visitors to Japan has increased rapidly. With this trend, bowing—a common greeting in Japan—is now frequently exchanged between individuals of different racial appearances. Previous studies have shown that three‐dimensional computer‐generated (3D‐CG) models performing a bowing motion are perceived as more attractive than those standing still. However, these studies have primarily used East Asian 3D‐CG models…
Cultural Difference in the Effect of Bowing on Perceptions of Attractiveness
In Japan, it is customary to show respect to or greet someone by bowing, which involves lowering the head and bending the upper body. Previous studies have shown that a three‐dimensional computer‐generated model performing a bowing motion is perceived as more attractive than a model who is standing still. Furthermore, attractiveness is greater with a longer‐duration bowing motion, including the bending motion, the bent posture, and the stretching…
Can online interactions reduce loneliness in young adults during university closures in Japan? The directed acyclic graphs approach
As a countermeasure to the increased loneliness induced by the COVID‐19 pandemic‐related university closures, universities provided students with online interaction opportunities. However, whether these opportunities contributed to reducing loneliness during the university closures remains unclear, as previous studies have produced contradictory findings. We conducted a nationwide cross‐sectional survey. Data were collected on demographics, socia…
Replicating Camera Perspective Bias in the Japanese Justice System
The camera perspective of recorded video interrogations has been shown to influence judgments concerning confession voluntariness; this is a phenomenon known as camera perspective bias (CPB), originally reported by Lassiter and Irvine (1986). When comparing perspectives where the suspect is visible (suspect‐focused), the detective is visible (detective‐focused), and both are visible (equal‐focused), the perceived voluntariness of a confession was…
The Spill‐over Effect of Formal Bowing Motion on Subjective Facial Attractiveness 1
Bowing is an act, commonly used in Japan, involving lowering the head and bending the upper body towards another person as a greeting. Studies have shown that the bowing action increases the subjective attractiveness of the face. Specifically, the attractiveness rating of a bowing 3D computer graphics model was found to be higher than those of the bending‐backward or the standing‐still conditions. However, previous studies did not manipulate the …
Attentional biases toward real images and drawings of negative faces
The allocation of attention is affected by internal emotional states, such as anxiety and depression. The attention captured by real images of negative faces can be quantified by emotional probe tasks. The present study investigated whether attentional bias toward drawings of negative faces (line drawings and cartoon faces) differs from that of real faces. Non-clinical university students indicated their levels of anxiety and depression via self-…
Attentional blink in preverbal infants
Primary cognitive processes, such as spatial attention, are essential to our higher cognitive abilities and develop dramatically in the first year of life. The spatial aspect of infants' working memory is equivalent to that of adults. However, it is unclear whether this is true for the temporal domain. Thus, we investigated the temporal aspect of infants' working memory using an attentionally demanding task by focusing on the attentional blink ef…
Attention capture without awareness in a non-spatial selection task
Effect of the Presence of a Mobile Phone during a Spatial Visual Search
Recent studies suggest that the “mere presence” of a mobile phone impairs social interactions and neuropsychological test performance. The present study examined whether the presence of a mobile phone causes spatial bias toward the device during a visual search task. Participants identified a target among spatially distributed non‐targets. We manipulated three factors: device presence (mobile phone or notepad), target congruency (congruent or inc…
The Sanitary‐Mask Effect on Perceived Facial Attractiveness
Currently, some Japanese women use a sanitary mask to hide their faces when not wearing makeup, perhaps because they believe that they are more attractive (or less ugly) when wearing a sanitary mask than when not wearing makeup. The present study examined the effect of wearing a sanitary mask on the perception of facial attractiveness. We manipulated the presence or absence of a mask in the main experiments or an occluder (e.g., notebook) in cont…
Measuring the spatial distribution of the metaattentional spotlight
The effect of unconscious priming on temporal production
Mere presence of distractors
When two visual targets are presented in rapid succession, perception of the second target is deteriorated if the temporal lag between the two targets is short (0–300 ms). This ‘attentional blink’ (AB) phenomenon has been believed to occur only when the second target is followed by a backward mask or when there is a task switching between two targets. The present study revealed another determining factor for the occurrence of the AB, the presence…
The effect of observer's set on the processing of temporally distributed items 1,2
Perception of the second of two rapidly presented targets is impaired when the temporal lag between them is short ( attentional blink , AB). Previous studies showed two types of AB functions. One is that the performance for the second target has been found to be most impaired at the shortest lag (Lag 1), that is, when the second target appeared directly after the first target. The other is that the performance was not impaired at Lag 1 ( Lag 1 sp…
The Effects of Phrase-Length Order and Scrambling in the Processing of Visually Presented Japanese Sentences
The Effect of Informative and Uninformative Cueing of Attention on Feature Integration
In the present study, the authors observed the effect of informative and uninformative attentional cueing on visual search for targets that were defined by a simple feature or by conjunctions of features. Three different types of attentional cueing were tested in three experiments: peripheral informative cueing, peripheral uninformative cueing, and central informative cueing. Participants showed a greater effect of cueing in detecting a conjuncti…
Preattentive Perception of Multiple Illusory Line-Motion
The phenomenon referred to as illusory line-motion (ILM; O. Hikosaka, S. Miyauchi, & S. Shimojo, 1993a) has been described as a measure of the local facilitation of attention gradient. However, J. Kawahara, K. Yokosawa, S. Nishida, and T. Sato (1996) have demonstrated a spatially parallel search for an "odd man out" in the ILM direction. Apart from showing preattentive ILM perception in terms of an analogy between line-motion and apparent motion,…
The Effect of Informative and Uninformative Cueing of Attention on Feature Integration
In the present study, the authors observed the effect of informative and uninformative attentional cueing on visual search for targets that were defined by a simple feature or by conjunctions of features. Three different types of attentional cueing were tested in three experiments: peripheral informative cueing, peripheral uninformative cueing, and central informative cueing. Participants showed a greater effect of cueing in detecting a conjuncti…
Preattentive Perception of Multiple Illusory Line-Motion
The phenomenon referred to as illusory line-motion (ILM; O. Hikosaka, S. Miyauchi, & S. Shimojo, 1993a) has been described as a measure of the local facilitation of attention gradient. However, J. Kawahara, K. Yokosawa, S. Nishida, and T. Sato (1996) have demonstrated a spatially parallel search for an "odd man out" in the ILM direction. Apart from showing preattentive ILM perception in terms of an analogy between line-motion and apparent motion,…
Mere presence of distractors
When two visual targets are presented in rapid succession, perception of the second target is deteriorated if the temporal lag between the two targets is short (0–300 ms). This ‘attentional blink’ (AB) phenomenon has been believed to occur only when the second target is followed by a backward mask or when there is a task switching between two targets. The present study revealed another determining factor for the occurrence of the AB, the presence…
The effect of observer's set on the processing of temporally distributed items 1,2
Perception of the second of two rapidly presented targets is impaired when the temporal lag between them is short ( attentional blink , AB). Previous studies showed two types of AB functions. One is that the performance for the second target has been found to be most impaired at the shortest lag (Lag 1), that is, when the second target appeared directly after the first target. The other is that the performance was not impaired at Lag 1 ( Lag 1 sp…
The Effects of Phrase-Length Order and Scrambling in the Processing of Visually Presented Japanese Sentences
The effect of unconscious priming on temporal production
Measuring the spatial distribution of the metaattentional spotlight
The Sanitary‐Mask Effect on Perceived Facial Attractiveness
Currently, some Japanese women use a sanitary mask to hide their faces when not wearing makeup, perhaps because they believe that they are more attractive (or less ugly) when wearing a sanitary mask than when not wearing makeup. The present study examined the effect of wearing a sanitary mask on the perception of facial attractiveness. We manipulated the presence or absence of a mask in the main experiments or an occluder (e.g., notebook) in cont…
Attention capture without awareness in a non-spatial selection task
Effect of the Presence of a Mobile Phone during a Spatial Visual Search
Recent studies suggest that the “mere presence” of a mobile phone impairs social interactions and neuropsychological test performance. The present study examined whether the presence of a mobile phone causes spatial bias toward the device during a visual search task. Participants identified a target among spatially distributed non‐targets. We manipulated three factors: device presence (mobile phone or notepad), target congruency (congruent or inc…
Attentional blink in preverbal infants
Primary cognitive processes, such as spatial attention, are essential to our higher cognitive abilities and develop dramatically in the first year of life. The spatial aspect of infants' working memory is equivalent to that of adults. However, it is unclear whether this is true for the temporal domain. Thus, we investigated the temporal aspect of infants' working memory using an attentionally demanding task by focusing on the attentional blink ef…
Attentional biases toward real images and drawings of negative faces
The allocation of attention is affected by internal emotional states, such as anxiety and depression. The attention captured by real images of negative faces can be quantified by emotional probe tasks. The present study investigated whether attentional bias toward drawings of negative faces (line drawings and cartoon faces) differs from that of real faces. Non-clinical university students indicated their levels of anxiety and depression via self-…
The Spill‐over Effect of Formal Bowing Motion on Subjective Facial Attractiveness 1
Bowing is an act, commonly used in Japan, involving lowering the head and bending the upper body towards another person as a greeting. Studies have shown that the bowing action increases the subjective attractiveness of the face. Specifically, the attractiveness rating of a bowing 3D computer graphics model was found to be higher than those of the bending‐backward or the standing‐still conditions. However, previous studies did not manipulate the …
Replicating Camera Perspective Bias in the Japanese Justice System
The camera perspective of recorded video interrogations has been shown to influence judgments concerning confession voluntariness; this is a phenomenon known as camera perspective bias (CPB), originally reported by Lassiter and Irvine (1986). When comparing perspectives where the suspect is visible (suspect‐focused), the detective is visible (detective‐focused), and both are visible (equal‐focused), the perceived voluntariness of a confession was…
Cultural Difference in the Effect of Bowing on Perceptions of Attractiveness
In Japan, it is customary to show respect to or greet someone by bowing, which involves lowering the head and bending the upper body. Previous studies have shown that a three‐dimensional computer‐generated model performing a bowing motion is perceived as more attractive than a model who is standing still. Furthermore, attractiveness is greater with a longer‐duration bowing motion, including the bending motion, the bent posture, and the stretching…
Can online interactions reduce loneliness in young adults during university closures in Japan? The directed acyclic graphs approach
As a countermeasure to the increased loneliness induced by the COVID‐19 pandemic‐related university closures, universities provided students with online interaction opportunities. However, whether these opportunities contributed to reducing loneliness during the university closures remains unclear, as previous studies have produced contradictory findings. We conducted a nationwide cross‐sectional survey. Data were collected on demographics, socia…
Effect of Bowing on Facial Attractiveness of Other Races
In recent years, the number of foreign visitors to Japan has increased rapidly. With this trend, bowing—a common greeting in Japan—is now frequently exchanged between individuals of different racial appearances. Previous studies have shown that three‐dimensional computer‐generated (3D‐CG) models performing a bowing motion are perceived as more attractive than those standing still. However, these studies have primarily used East Asian 3D‐CG models…
Psychology (16 works) · Cognitive psychology (11 works) · Neuroscience (10 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (8 works) · Perception (8 works) · Cognition (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Visual perception and processing mechanisms (6 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (5 works)