Toshimune Kambara
Biographic Data
| ID | 994024 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Toshimune Kambara |
| GIVEN NAMES | Toshimune |
| FAMILY NAME | Kambara |
| SIGNATURE | KAMBARA T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hiroshima University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6598-3365 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Faster key-press responses to front vowels than back vowels when matching heard vowels with represented vowels
This study investigated key-press responses to five spoken Japanese vowels: [ɑ], [i], [ɯ], [e], and [o]. In the first experiment, 30 participants pushed only a single key when they listened to spoken Japanese vowels (response task). In the second experiment, another 29 participants matched the heard vowels with represented vowels by pushing one of five corresponding keys (matching task). The results of the first experiment showed no difference in…
Alliteration and meter in Japanese real- and pseudopoems
Evaluative conditioning of sweet meaning using sweet and non-sweet food names as unconditioned stimuli and new words as conditioned stimuli
While most previous studies of evaluative conditioning have examined changes in emotional word meaning, few studies have examined the conditioning of gustatory word meaning. This study investigated whether the sweet taste meanings associated with real food names are linked with nonsense words. Participants completed the first evaluation phase, a conditioning phase, and the second evaluation phase in an experiment pairing Japanese nonsense words w…
Get the Picture
Associative learning provides a common substrate for studying learning and memory in language sciences. Studies on recognition memory tasks have found higher proportions of homonyms relative to non-homonyms, indicating a preference or optimum in word learning behavior. This study sought to identify the differences between associative learning for a new word form (pseudowords) and multiple referents (MR) as homonyms and single referents (SR) as no…
Sound-Symbolic Semantics of Written Japanese Vowels in a Paper-Based Survey Study
Verbal sounds can be associated with specific meanings, a phenomenon called sound symbolism. Previous findings of sound symbolism have shown that words including specific consonants or vowels or mouth shapes to pronounce specific vowels associate with specific and subjective physical and emotional evaluations. The purpose of this study was to examine whether each written vowel in a given language was individually associated with specific subjecti…
Pictorial Referents Facilitate Recognition and Retrieval Speeds of Associations Between Novel Words in a Second Language (L2) and Referents
This study reveals associative processes for novel words in a second language (L2) and their referents. Thirty Japanese participants learned associative pairs for novel words in Chinese and pictorial referents (CP), as well as novel words in Chinese and words in Japanese (CJ), against a condition in which they learned only novel words in Chinese (C). After the learning phase, participants conducted two learning condition retrieval tasks for word …
Multisensory Connections of Novel Linguistic Stimuli in Japanese as a Native Language and Referential Tastes
Previous findings have shown essential connections between linguistic and gustatory stimuli for people with autism or lexical gustatory synesthesia. We examined the associative learning of novel linguistic forms in Japanese as a native language and tastes (candies and chocolates) for healthy people. Healthy subjects performed four phases: (a) evaluation phase of gustatory features; (b) learning phases of novel linguistic form and gustatory stimul…
Associative Learning of New Word Forms in a First Language (L1) and Haptic Referents in a Single-Day Experiment
This study focused on the associative learning of new word forms in the first language and haptic stimuli. In this study, healthy Japanese participants performed three-step tasks. First, participants made nine subjective evaluations of haptic stimuli using five-point semantic differential scales (e.g., regarding stickiness, scored from 1 (not sticky) to 5 (sticky)). Second, the participants carried out learning and recognition tasks for associati…
The Relationships Between Initial Consonants in Japanese Sound Symbolic Words and Familiarity, Multi-Sensory Imageability, Emotional Valence, and Arousal
The Relationship between Psycholinguistic Features of Religious Words and Core Dimensions of Religiosity
Previous studies have reported that religious words and religiosity affect mental processes and behaviors. However, it is unclear what psycholinguistic features of religious words (e.g., familiarity, imageability, and emotional aspects) are associated with each dimension of personal religiosity (intellect, ideology, public practice, private practice, and experience). The purpose of this study was to examine whether and how the above-mentioned psy…
Age‐related differences in prefrontal, parietal, and hippocampal activations during correct rejections of faces
Older adults are more likely than young adults to show age‐related increases in remembering events that never occurred. However, little is known about the neural mechanisms underlying the increased occurrence of false alarms in older adults. To investigate this issue, this fMRI study examined age‐related differences in correct rejection activations during the retrieval of memory for faces. In behavioral data, older adults showed a higher rate of …
Differential contributions of the inferior parietal and inferior frontal regions to the processing of grammatical and semantic relationships in wh-questions
Learning-dependent changes of associations between unfamiliar words and perceptual features
The Relationship between Psycholinguistic Features of Religious Words and Core Dimensions of Religiosity
Previous studies have reported that religious words and religiosity affect mental processes and behaviors. However, it is unclear what psycholinguistic features of religious words (e.g., familiarity, imageability, and emotional aspects) are associated with each dimension of personal religiosity (intellect, ideology, public practice, private practice, and experience). The purpose of this study was to examine whether and how the above-mentioned psy…
The Relationships Between Initial Consonants in Japanese Sound Symbolic Words and Familiarity, Multi-Sensory Imageability, Emotional Valence, and Arousal
Learning-dependent changes of associations between unfamiliar words and perceptual features
Differential contributions of the inferior parietal and inferior frontal regions to the processing of grammatical and semantic relationships in wh-questions
Differential contributions of the inferior parietal and inferior frontal regions to the processing of grammatical and semantic relationships in wh-questions
Learning-dependent changes of associations between unfamiliar words and perceptual features
Age‐related differences in prefrontal, parietal, and hippocampal activations during correct rejections of faces
Older adults are more likely than young adults to show age‐related increases in remembering events that never occurred. However, little is known about the neural mechanisms underlying the increased occurrence of false alarms in older adults. To investigate this issue, this fMRI study examined age‐related differences in correct rejection activations during the retrieval of memory for faces. In behavioral data, older adults showed a higher rate of …
The Relationship between Psycholinguistic Features of Religious Words and Core Dimensions of Religiosity
Previous studies have reported that religious words and religiosity affect mental processes and behaviors. However, it is unclear what psycholinguistic features of religious words (e.g., familiarity, imageability, and emotional aspects) are associated with each dimension of personal religiosity (intellect, ideology, public practice, private practice, and experience). The purpose of this study was to examine whether and how the above-mentioned psy…
Sound-Symbolic Semantics of Written Japanese Vowels in a Paper-Based Survey Study
Verbal sounds can be associated with specific meanings, a phenomenon called sound symbolism. Previous findings of sound symbolism have shown that words including specific consonants or vowels or mouth shapes to pronounce specific vowels associate with specific and subjective physical and emotional evaluations. The purpose of this study was to examine whether each written vowel in a given language was individually associated with specific subjecti…
Pictorial Referents Facilitate Recognition and Retrieval Speeds of Associations Between Novel Words in a Second Language (L2) and Referents
This study reveals associative processes for novel words in a second language (L2) and their referents. Thirty Japanese participants learned associative pairs for novel words in Chinese and pictorial referents (CP), as well as novel words in Chinese and words in Japanese (CJ), against a condition in which they learned only novel words in Chinese (C). After the learning phase, participants conducted two learning condition retrieval tasks for word …
Multisensory Connections of Novel Linguistic Stimuli in Japanese as a Native Language and Referential Tastes
Previous findings have shown essential connections between linguistic and gustatory stimuli for people with autism or lexical gustatory synesthesia. We examined the associative learning of novel linguistic forms in Japanese as a native language and tastes (candies and chocolates) for healthy people. Healthy subjects performed four phases: (a) evaluation phase of gustatory features; (b) learning phases of novel linguistic form and gustatory stimul…
Associative Learning of New Word Forms in a First Language (L1) and Haptic Referents in a Single-Day Experiment
This study focused on the associative learning of new word forms in the first language and haptic stimuli. In this study, healthy Japanese participants performed three-step tasks. First, participants made nine subjective evaluations of haptic stimuli using five-point semantic differential scales (e.g., regarding stickiness, scored from 1 (not sticky) to 5 (sticky)). Second, the participants carried out learning and recognition tasks for associati…
The Relationships Between Initial Consonants in Japanese Sound Symbolic Words and Familiarity, Multi-Sensory Imageability, Emotional Valence, and Arousal
Get the Picture
Associative learning provides a common substrate for studying learning and memory in language sciences. Studies on recognition memory tasks have found higher proportions of homonyms relative to non-homonyms, indicating a preference or optimum in word learning behavior. This study sought to identify the differences between associative learning for a new word form (pseudowords) and multiple referents (MR) as homonyms and single referents (SR) as no…
Alliteration and meter in Japanese real- and pseudopoems
Evaluative conditioning of sweet meaning using sweet and non-sweet food names as unconditioned stimuli and new words as conditioned stimuli
While most previous studies of evaluative conditioning have examined changes in emotional word meaning, few studies have examined the conditioning of gustatory word meaning. This study investigated whether the sweet taste meanings associated with real food names are linked with nonsense words. Participants completed the first evaluation phase, a conditioning phase, and the second evaluation phase in an experiment pairing Japanese nonsense words w…
Faster key-press responses to front vowels than back vowels when matching heard vowels with represented vowels
This study investigated key-press responses to five spoken Japanese vowels: [ɑ], [i], [ɯ], [e], and [o]. In the first experiment, 30 participants pushed only a single key when they listened to spoken Japanese vowels (response task). In the second experiment, another 29 participants matched the heard vowels with represented vowels by pushing one of five corresponding keys (matching task). The results of the first experiment showed no difference in…
Psychology (10 works) · Cognitive psychology (8 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Multisensory perception and integration (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Neuroscience (4 works) · Reading and Literacy Development (4 works) · Associative learning (3 works) · Color perception and design (3 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 works)