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TANAKA KANJI
 
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Faculty of Arts and Science Division for Experimental Natural Science Associate Professor
Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences(Concurrent)
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Associate Professor
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I am interested in the following research themes in experimental psychology. 1. Sense of agency 2. Sequence learning 3. Cross-modality,Cross-modal correspondence 4. Response enhancement and inhibition

Degree

  • Ph.D.

Research History

  • 東京大学 先端科学技術研究センター 認知科学分野 特任研究員 早稲田大学 高等研究所 講師(任期付)   

Research Interests・Research Keywords

  • Research theme: Mechanism of Sense of Agency Implicit and explicit processes in sequence learning Understanding of mechanism of crossmodal correspondence

    Keyword: Sequence learning, Vicarious experience, Sense of Agency, Cross modality,Response enhancement, Response inhibition

    Research period: 2018.4

Awards

  • 日本心理学会第85回 学術大会特別優秀発表賞受賞

    2022.2   日本心理学会   大竹 裕香・田中 観自・山本 健太郎,視聴覚間における感覚間協応の因子構造の探索,に対する賞

  • Best Poster Award, The 2nd CREST Research Area Meeting 2017

    2018.3   Intelligent Information Processing Systems Creating Co-Experience Knowledge and Wisdom with Human-Machine Harmonious Collaboration   ポスター発表に対して

  • 東京大学大学院工学系研究科長賞

    2014.3   東京大学   博士後期課程在学中の業績に対して

  • ヒューマンコミュニケーション賞(HIP部門)

    2013.12   電子情報通信学会   口頭発表に対して

  • 日本認知科学会第30回大会発表賞

    2013.12   日本認知科学会   口頭発表に対して

Papers

  • How many categories are there in crossmodal correspondences? A study based on exploratory factor analysis Reviewed International journal

    Ohtake, Y., Tanaka, K., & Yamamoto, K.

    Plos one   2023.11

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  • Action–effect knowledge transfers to similar effect stimuli Reviewed International journal

    Esser, S., Haider, H., Lustig, C., Tanaka, T., & Tanaka, K.

    Psychological Research   2023.2

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-023-01800-4

  • Memory decay enhances central bias in time perception Reviewed International journal

    Ueda, N*., Tanaka, K*., & Watanabe, K. (*equal contribution)

    i-Perception   2022.10

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/20416695221140428

  • Motor engagement enhances incidental memory for task-irrelevant items Reviewed International journal

    Shimane, D., Tanaka, T., Watanabe, K., & Tanaka, K.

    Frontiers in Psychology   2022.8

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.914877

  • Perceptual inference, accuracy, and precision in temporal reproduction in schizophrenia Reviewed International journal

    Ueda, N., Tanaka, K., Maruo, K., Roach, N., Sumiyoshi, T., Watanabe, K., & Hanakawa, T.

    Schizophrenia Research: Cognition   2021.12

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  • Rapid saccadic categorization of other-race faces Reviewed International journal

    de Lissa, P., Sokhn, N., Lasrado, S., Tanaka, K., Watanabe, K., & Caldara, R.

    Journal of Vision   2021.11

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  • Deploying attention to the target location of a pointing action modulates audio-visual processes at non-target locations Reviewed International journal

    Tristan Loria, Kanji Tanaka, Katsumi Watanabe, Luc Tremblay

    Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics   2020.10

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  • Sense of agency with illusory visual events Reviewed International journal

    Kanji Tanaka, Katsumi Watanabe

    Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance   2020.10

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  • Immediate action effects motivate actions based on the stimulus-response relationship Reviewed International journal

    Takumi Tanaka, Katsumi Watanabe, Kanji Tanaka

    Experimental Brain Research   2020.10

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  • Sense of agency in continuous action is influenced by outcome feedback in one-back trials Reviewed International journal

    @Hiroyuki Oishi, @Kanji Tanaka, @Katsumi Watanabe

    Acta Psychologica   199   2019.8

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    DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2019.102897

  • Feedback of action outcome retrospectively influences sense of agency in a continuous action task Reviewed

    Hiroyuki Oishi, Kanji Tanaka, Katsumi Watanabe

    PloS one   13 ( 8 )   2018.8

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    Here, we investigated whether explicit feedback on the result of the action (success or failure) modified sense of agency (SoA) in a continuous action task. Participants carried a white dot with a delay to a target square while avoiding obstacle squares. The color of the target changed unpredictably between white and blue. A trial was considered as successful or failed if the dot reached the target while it was white or blue. Thus, actions during the task resulted in almost identical experiences of successful and failed trials. After each trial, the participants reported to what extent they felt that they had been in control of the dot. The results showed that SoA was higher with shorter delay (i.e., easier control) and in the successful trials. These findings indicate that the sense of online control and the evaluation of continuous action based on feedback independently influence SoA. Particularly, the evaluation retrospectively modulated SoA.

    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202690

  • Effects of model types in observational learning on implicit sequential learning Reviewed

    Kanji Tanaka, Katsumi Watanabe

    Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology   71 ( 7 )   1596 - 1606   2018.1

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    This study investigated whether implicit learning of sequence by observation occurred in a serial reaction time task and whether the learning effects were modulated by model behavioral type. In Experiment 1, we let 20 participants perform a sequence for 12 blocks and chose the best and worst performance models based on reaction time and errors. In Experiment 2, new observers viewed a movie clip chosen from the following three: the best model performing the sequential task in the first (the first six blocks) or second session (the last six blocks), or the worst model performing the task in the first session. Then, the observers performed the observed sequence, a test sequence and awareness test. We found that (1) implicit sequential learning occurred by observation regardless of model behavior type, (2) the learning effects were not susceptible to model behavior type and (3) speed index reflecting reaction time became larger even in the test session when the observers viewed the best model performing the second session. Overall, observers developed general motor representations through action–observation. In addition, their responses were also contagious; if the model performed the sequence faster, the observer might be able to perform the sequence faster.

    DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2017.1342672

  • Explicit instruction of rules interferes with visuomotor skill transfer Reviewed

    Kanji Tanaka, Katsumi Watanabe

    Experimental Brain Research   235 ( 6 )   1689 - 1700   2017.6

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    In the present study, we examined the effects of explicit knowledge, obtained through instruction or spontaneous detection, on the transfer of visuomotor sequence learning. In the learning session, participants learned a visuomotor sequence, via trial and error. In the transfer session, the order of the sequence was reversed from that of the learning session. Before the commencement of the transfer session, some participants received explicit instruction regarding the reversal rule (i.e., Instruction group), while the others did not receive any information and were sorted into either an Aware or Unaware group, as assessed by interview conducted after the transfer session. Participants in the Instruction and Aware groups performed with fewer errors than the Unaware group in the transfer session. The participants in the Instruction group showed slower speed than the Aware and Unaware groups in the transfer session, and the sluggishness likely persisted even in late learning. These results suggest that explicit knowledge reduces errors in visuomotor skill transfer, but may interfere with performance speed, particularly when explicit knowledge is provided, as opposed to being spontaneously discovered.

    DOI: 10.1007/s00221-017-4933-4

  • Effects of an additional sequence of color stimuli on visuomotor sequence learning Reviewed

    Kanji Tanaka, Katsumi Watanabe

    Frontiers in Psychology   8 ( JUN )   2017.6

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    Through practice, people are able to integrate a secondary sequence (e.g., a stimulus-based sequence) into a primary sequence (e.g., a response-based sequence), but it is still controversial whether the integrated sequences lead to better learning than only the primary sequence. In tshe present study, we aimed to investigate the effects of a sequence that integrated space and color sequences on early and late learning phases (corresponding to effector-independent and effector-dependent learning, respectively) and how the effects differed in the integrated and primary sequences in each learning phase. In the task, the participants were required to learn a sequence of button presses using trial-and-error and to perform the sequence successfully for 20 trials (m × n task). First, in the baseline task, all participants learned a non-colored sequence, in which the response button always turned red. Then, in the learning task, the participants were assigned to two groups: a colored sequence group (i.e., space and color) or a non-colored sequence group (i.e., space). In the colored sequence, the response button turned a pre-determined color and the participants were instructed to attend to the sequences of both location and color as much as they could. The results showed that the participants who performed the colored sequence acquired the correct button presses of the sequence earlier, but showed a slower mean performance time than those who performed the non-colored sequence. Moreover, the slower performance time in the colored sequence group remained in a subsequent transfer task in which the spatial configurations of the buttons were vertically mirrored from the learning task. These results indicated that if participants explicitly attended to both the spatial response sequence and color stimulus sequence at the same time, they could develop their spatial representations of the sequence earlier (i.e., early development of the effector-independent learning), but might not be able to enhance their motor representations of the sequence (i.e., late development of the effector-dependent learning). Thus, the undeveloped effector-dependent representations in the colored sequence group directly led to a long performance time in the transfer sequence. Copyright.

    DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00937

  • Cross preferences for colors and shapes Reviewed

    Na Chen, Kanji Tanaka, Daisuke Matsuyoshi, Katsumi Watanabe

    Color Research and Application   41 ( 2 )   188 - 195   2016.4

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    Preferences for colors and geometric shapes vary considerably across individuals. Studies have demonstrated these variations in preference separately for colors and shapes, but the relationships between preference variations for colors and shapes are not yet known. By measuring individual preferences for basic colors and shapes, we found that color preferences and shape preferences were partly, but systematically, correlated. People who preferred some simple shapes (e.g., cone, pyramid) tended to prefer some light or warm colors (e.g., yellow, orange). In contrast, people who preferred some complex shapes (e.g., scrambled truncated-pyramid, scrambled pyramid) tended to prefer some dark or cold colors (e.g., blue, blue-green). That is, people who like "simple" or "complex" visual features might tend to like "light or warm" or "dark or cold" visual features. These results indicate that individual preferences for colors and shapes might not be independent, but could be correlated and intertwined to some extent. We suggest that the semantic information associated with colors and shapes underlies the cross preferences.

    DOI: 10.1002/col.21958

  • Color-shape associations in deaf and hearing people Reviewed

    Na Chen, Kanji Tanaka, Miki Namatame, Katsumi Watanabe

    Frontiers in Psychology   7 ( MAR )   2016.3

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    Studies have contended that neurotypical Japanese individuals exhibit consistent color-shape associations (red-circle, yellow-triangle, and blue-square) and those color-shape associations could be constructed by common semantic information between colors and shapes through learning and/or language experiences. Here, we conducted two experiments using a direct questionnaire survey and an indirect behavioral test (Implicit Association Test), to examine whether the construction of color-shape associations entailed phonological information by comparing color-shape associations in deaf and hearing participants. The results of the direct questionnaire showed that deaf and hearing participants had similar patterns of color-shape associations (red-circle, yellow-triangle, and blue-square). However, deaf participants failed to show any facilitated processing of congruent pairs in the IAT tasks as hearing participants did. The present results suggest that color-shape associations in deaf participants may not be strong enough to be proved by the indirect behavior tasks and relatively weaker in comparison to hearing participants. Thus, phonological information likely plays a role in the construction of color-shape associations.

    DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00355

  • Impacts of visuomotor sequence learning methods on speed and accuracy Starting over from the beginning or from the point of error Reviewed

    Kanji Tanaka, Katsumi Watanabe

    Acta Psychologica   164   169 - 180   2016.2

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    The present study examined whether sequence learning led to more accurate and shorter performance time if people who are learning a sequence start over from the beginning when they make an error (i.e., practice the whole sequence) or only from the point of error (i.e., practice a part of the sequence). We used a visuomotor sequence learning paradigm with a trial-and-error procedure. In Experiment 1, we found fewer errors, and shorter performance time for those who restarted their performance from the beginning of the sequence as compared to those who restarted from the point at which an error occurred, indicating better learning of spatial and motor representations of the sequence. This might be because the learned elements were repeated when the next performance started over from the beginning. In subsequent experiments, we increased the occasions for the repetitions of learned elements by modulating the number of fresh start points in the sequence after errors. The results showed that fewer fresh start points were likely to lead to fewer errors and shorter performance time, indicating that the repetitions of learned elements enabled participants to develop stronger spatial and motor representations of the sequence. Thus, a single or two fresh start points in the sequence (i.e., starting over only from the beginning or from the beginning or midpoint of the sequence after errors) is likely to lead to more accurate and faster performance.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2016.01.010

  • Effects of learning duration on implicit transfer Reviewed

    Kanji Tanaka, Katsumi Watanabe

    Experimental Brain Research   233 ( 10 )   2767 - 2776   2015.10

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    Implicit learning and transfer in sequence acquisition play important roles in daily life. Several previous studies have found that even when participants are not aware that a transfer sequence has been transformed from the learning sequence, they are able to perform the transfer sequence faster and more accurately; this suggests implicit transfer of visuomotor sequences. Here, we investigated whether implicit transfer could be modulated by the number of trials completed in a learning session. Participants learned a sequence through trial and error, known as the m × n task (Hikosaka et al. in J Neurophysiol 74:1652–1661, 1995). In the learning session, participants were required to successfully perform the same sequence 4, 12, 16, or 20 times. In the transfer session, participants then learned one of two other sequences: one where the button configuration Vertically Mirrored the learning sequence, or a randomly generated sequence. Our results show that even when participants did not notice the alternation rule (i.e., vertical mirroring), their total working time was less and their total number of errors was lower in the transfer session compared with those who performed a Random sequence, irrespective of the number of trials completed in the learning session. This result suggests that implicit transfer likely occurs even over a shorter learning duration.

    DOI: 10.1007/s00221-015-4348-z

  • Associations between color and shape in Japanese observers Reviewed

    Na Chen, Kanji Tanaka, Daisuke Matsuyoshi, Katsumi Watanabe

    Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts   9 ( 1 )   101 - 110   2015.2

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    Albertazzi et al. (2013) showed naturally biased associations between geometric shapes and colors in Italian participants, suggesting that the "warmth" and "lightness" of color might account for the color-shape associations. In the present study, we replicated the previous study in Japanese participants to examine whether color-shape associations were unlikely influenced by differences between languages and cultures. Results showed that Japanese participants associated shapes with specific colors, and these color-shape associations, by and large, were consistent with those in the previous literature. In addition, correspondence analysis indicated that most of the color-shape associations could be interpreted by congruent "warmth" perception for colors and shapes. Therefore, semantic associations between visual features of color and shape might lead to the color-shape associations.

    DOI: 10.1037/a0038056

  • Color-shape associations revealed with Implicit Association Tests Reviewed

    Na Chen, Kanji Tanaka, Katsumi Watanabe

    PloS one   10 ( 1 )   2015.1

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    Kandinsky proposed a correspondence theory that suggests associations between specific colors and shapes (i.e., circle-blue, square-red, triangle-yellow). Makin and Wuerger tested the theory using the Implicit Association Test (IAT) and did not find clear evidence for Kandinsky's color-shape associations among British participants. In the present study, we first replicated the previous study among Japanese participants and found similar results to those of Makin and Wuerger, showing little support for Kandinsky's theory. In the subsequent experiment, we tested another set of color-shape associations that had been revealed by using an explicit matching method (circle-red, square-blue, triangle-yellow) in Japanese participants. The IAT tests showed that response times were significantly faster when circle-red, square-blue, and triangle-yellow combinations were mapped onto the same response key, rather than different key combinations, indicating that these colorshape combinations were encoded. These results provide the first empirical evidence that color-shape associations can be measured by indirect behavioral methods, and in particular, Japanese people' s color-shape associations (circle-red, square-blue, triangle-yellow) can be observed by both direct and indirect experimental methods.

    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116954

  • Implicit transfer of spatial structure in visuomotor sequence learning Reviewed

    Kanji Tanaka, Katsumi Watanabe

    Acta Psychologica   153   1 - 12   2014.11

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    Implicit learning and transfer in sequence learning are essential in daily life. Here, we investigated the implicit transfer of visuomotor sequences following a spatial transformation. In the two experiments, participants used trial and error to learn a sequence consisting of several button presses, known as the m×. n task (Hikosaka et al., 1995). After this learning session, participants learned another sequence in which the button configuration was spatially transformed in one of the following ways: mirrored, rotated, and random arrangement. Our results showed that even when participants were unaware of the transformation rules, accuracy of transfer session in the mirrored and rotated groups was higher than that in the random group (i.e., implicit transfer occurred). Both those who noticed the transformation rules and those who did not (i.e., explicit and implicit transfer instances, respectively) showed faster performance in the mirrored sequences than in the rotated sequences. Taken together, the present results suggest that people can use their implicit visuomotor knowledge to spatially transform sequences and that implicit transfers are modulated by a transformation cost, similar to that in explicit transfer.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2014.09.003

  • Implicit Transfer of Reversed Temporal Structure in Visuomotor Sequence Learning Reviewed

    Kanji Tanaka, Katsumi Watanabe

    Cognitive Science   38 ( 3 )   565 - 579   2014.1

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    Some spatio-temporal structures are easier to transfer implicitly in sequential learning. In this study, we investigated whether the consistent reversal of triads of learned components would support the implicit transfer of their temporal structure in visuomotor sequence learning. A triad comprised three sequential button presses ([1][2][3]) and seven consecutive triads comprised a sequence. Participants learned sequences by trial and error, until they could complete it 20 times without error. Then, they learned another sequence, in which each triad was reversed ([3][2][1]), partially reversed ([2][1][3]), or switched so as not to overlap with the other conditions ([2][3][1] or [3][1][2]). Even when the participants did not notice the alternation rule, the consistent reversal of the temporal structure of each triad led to better implicit transfer; this was confirmed in a subsequent experiment. These results suggest that the implicit transfer of the temporal structure of a learned sequence can be influenced by both the structure and consistency of the change.

    DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12098

  • Interference between accustomed number-space mappings and unacquainted letter-space mappings in a button press task Reviewed

    Kanji Tanaka, Katsumi Watanabe

    Human Factors   55 ( 6 )   1088 - 1100   2013.12

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    Objective: We aimed to investigate how ordered mappings (e.g., left-to-right and right-to-left order representations) would interfere with each other. Background: Mental representations of numbers and letters are linked with spatial representation and can be changed intentionally. Method: The experiment consisted of three sessions. In the digit-alone session, two digits randomly selected from [1], [2], and [3] were shown. If the two digits were the same, participants pressed the button corresponding to the digit, and if the digits differed, they pressed the remaining button. The response buttons were ordered [1][2][3] from the left. In the letter-alone session, three different button configurations were prepared: sequential [A][B][C], reversed [C][B][A], or partially reversed [B][A][C]. The same-versus-different rules were basically identical to those in the digit task. In the mixed session, trials of the digit task and those of the letter task were randomly mixed. Results: We found that two ordinal representations did not interfere with each other when they shared the same direction of order ([1][2][3] vs. [A][B][C]), two ordinal mappings interfered with each other when they had different directions of order ([1][2][3] vs. [C][B] [A]), and an ordinal mapping ([1][2][3]) was affected by a nonordinal mapping ([B][A][C]), but the nonordinal mapping was less affected by the ordinal mapping. Conclusion: The mapping between ordinal information and space can be modulated by top-down processes, and it is prone to interference depending on the nature of another coexisting mapping. Application: Our findings may be used in designing response assignments for input devices for multiple functions.

    DOI: 10.1177/0018720813484352

  • Dynamic neural network reorganization associated with second language vocabulary acquisition A multimodal imaging study Reviewed

    Chihiro Hosoda, Kanji Tanaka, Tadashi Nariai, Manabu Honda, Takashi Hanakawa

    Journal of Neuroscience   33 ( 34 )   13663 - 13672   2013.8

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    It remains unsettled whether human language relies exclusively on innately privileged brain structure in the left hemisphere or is more flexibly shaped through experiences, which induce neuroplastic changes in potentially relevant neural circuits. Here we show that learning of second language (L2) vocabulary and its cessation can induce bidirectional changes in the mirror-reverse of the traditional language areas. A cross-sectional study identified that gray matter volume in the inferior frontal gyrus pars opercularis (IFGop) and connectivity of the IFGop with the caudate nucleus and the superior temporal gyrus/supramarginal (STG/SMG), predominantly in the right hemisphere, were positively correlated withL2 vocabulary competence.We then implemented acohort study involving 16 weeks of L2 training in university students. Brain structure before training did not predict the later gain in L2 ability. However, training intervention did increase IFGop volume and reorganization of white matter including the IFGop-caudate and IFGop-STG/SMG pathways in the right hemisphere. These "positive" plastic changes were correlated with the gain in L2 abilityin the trained group but were not observed in the control group. We propose that the right hemispheric network can be reorganized into language-related areas through use-dependent plasticity in young adults, reflecting a repertoire of flexible reorganization of the neural substrates responding to linguistic experiences.

    DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0410-13.2013

  • Effects of learning with explicit elaboration on implicit transfer of visuomotor sequence learning Reviewed

    Kanji Tanaka, Katsumi Watanabe

    Experimental Brain Research   228 ( 4 )   411 - 425   2013.6

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    Intervals between stimuli and/or responses have significant influences on sequential learning. In the present study, we investigated whether transfer would occur even when the intervals and the visual configurations in a sequence were drastically changed so that participants did not notice that the required sequences of responses were identical. In the experiment, two (or three) sequential button presses comprised a "set," and nine (or six) consecutive sets comprised a "hyperset." In the first session, participants learned either a 2×9 or 3×6 hyperset by trial and error until they completed it 20 times without error. In the second block, the 2×9 (3×6) hyperset was changed into the 3×6 (2×9) hyperset, resulting in different visual configurations and intervals between stimuli and responses. Participants were assigned into two groups: the Identical and Random groups. In the Identical group, the sequence (i.e., the buttons to be pressed) in the second block was identical to that in the first block. In the Random group, a new hyperset was learned. Even in the Identical group, no participants noticed that the sequences were identical. Nevertheless, a significant transfer of performance occurred. However, in the subsequent experiment that did not require explicit trial-and-error learning in the first session, implicit transfer in the second session did not occur. These results indicate that learning with explicit elaboration strengthens the implicit representation of the sequence order as a whole; this might occur independently of the intervals between elements and enable implicit transfer.

    DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3573-6

  • Understanding characteristics of the transfer of mental models in the use of electrical devices Reviewed

    Kanji Tanaka, Toshiki Yamaoka

    Psychologia   53 ( 4 )   256 - 266   2010.12

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    It has been emphasized that understanding mental models is critical in problem solving, design, and reasoning. It also has been claimed that grasping mental models is difficult because mental models likely depend on our knowledge and experience. We focused attention on the transfer of mental models because we assumed that transfer probably has some common cognitive characteristics.this study, the transfer group (A-B) and the non-transfer group (B) were prepared.the transfer group, participants operated product A and product B in turn. By contrast, participants in the non-transfer group operated product B first. Operational time for product B in both groups was compared to examine how well mental models were transferred. We found that reducing the number of operational procedures could trigger the positive transfer of mental models if the other operational procedures were congruent.

    DOI: 10.2117/psysoc.2010.256

  • Extracting and understanding the relationship between components of the capacity in elderly people in terms of electrical device comprehension. Reviewed

    Kanji Tanaka, Toshiki Yamaoka

    Journal of human ergology   39 ( 2 )   121 - 131   2010.12

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    The purpose of this study is to extract components of the capacity which elderly people have in comprehending electrical devices and determine its relationship with the components. Initially, we proposed a hypothesis through examining previous studies. The hypothesis states that the capacity which elderly people have mainly consists of four components, i.e., motivation, working memory, logical thinking and experience with personal computers (PC) or mobile phones. Then, some tests were conducted to examine the hypothesis. In this research, elderly people were interviewed about their impressions and experience with electrical devices. Moreover, three tests were conducted including, card sorting, tasks using digital video cameras and a test to measure working memory. As analysis methods, the Quantification 1 was used to see which component was important. In addition, Boolean algebra was conducted to simplify the components and understand some relationships. As a result, a relationship with the components in electrical devices was revealed. Furthermore, the use of Boolean algebra and the Quantification 1 suggested that the experience with PCs or mobile phones was the most important component for elderly people.

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    Venue:早稲田大学   Country:Japan  

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    14th Society for Tokyo Young Psychologists  2024.3 

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    日本基礎心理学会第42回  2023.12 

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    日本心理学会第86回大会  2022.9 

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    第21回感性学研究会  2022.2 

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    Event date: 2022.2

    Language:Japanese   Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    Venue:Online   Country:Japan  

  • 行動結果に対する視覚的注意は時間的予測性に依存する

    田中拓海,@田中観自

    日本基礎心理学会第40回大会  2021.12 

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    Event date: 2021.12

    Language:Japanese  

    Venue:Online   Country:Japan  

  • 視聴覚間における感覚間協応の因子構造の探索

    #大竹裕香,@田中観自,@山本健太郎

    日本心理学会 第85回大会  2021.9 

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    Event date: 2021.9

    Language:Japanese  

    Venue:Online   Country:Japan  

  • The flash-grab effect decreases when the flash is caused by action International conference

    Takumi Tanaka, @Kanji Tanaka

    The 32nd International Congress of Psychology  2021.7 

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    Event date: 2021.7

    Language:English  

    Venue:Online   Country:Japan  

  • The temporal window of attention to self-generated stimuli International conference

    Takumi Tanaka, @Kanji Tanaka

    The 2021 Vision Sciences Society meeting  2021.5 

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    Language:English  

    Venue:Online   Country:Other  

  • 行動の直後に知覚された刺激の記憶は増強される

    田中拓海・島根大輔・渡邊克巳・田中観自

    日本心理学会  2020.9 

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    Event date: 2020.9

    Language:Japanese  

    Venue:オンライン   Country:Japan  

  • Immediate action-effects facilitate response speed via stimulus-response association International conference

    Tanaka, T., Watanabe, K., & Tanaka, K.

    42nd Annual Virtual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society  2020.7 

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    Event date: 2020.7 - 2020.8

    Language:English  

    Venue:オンライン   Country:Japan  

  • 課題非関連なフィードバックによる反応の促進は運動に依存する

    田中拓海・渡邊克巳・田中観自

    日本基礎心理学会  2019.11 

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    Event date: 2019.11 - 2019.12

    Language:Japanese  

    Venue:兵庫県神戸市   Country:Japan  

  • 行為選択の自由度が行為―結果間の時間知覚に与える影響

    大石博之・田中観自・渡邊克巳

    日本基礎心理学会  2019.11 

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    Event date: 2019.11 - 2019.12

    Language:Japanese  

    Venue:兵庫県神戸市   Country:Japan  

  • 自己生成された接近-回避に関する命題が図形の評価に与える影響

    杉本 海里・田中観自・渡邊克巳

    日本基礎心理学会  2019.11 

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    Event date: 2019.11 - 2019.12

    Language:Japanese  

    Venue:兵庫県神戸市   Country:Japan  

  • What can audiovisual illusions teach us about gaze vs. action related spatial attention? International conference

    Loria, T., Tanaka, K., Watanabe, K., & Tremblay, L.

    Society for Neuroscience  2019.10 

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    Event date: 2019.10

    Language:English  

    Venue:Chicago  

  • Increased central bias in time reproduction in schizophrenia with predominantly positive symptoms International conference

    Ueda, N., Tanaka, K., Maruo, K., Sumiyoshi, T., Watanabe, K. & Hanakawa, T.

    WPA World Congress of Psychiatry  2019.8 

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    Event date: 2019.8

    Language:English  

    Venue:Lisbon   Country:Portugal  

  • Sense of agency in continuous action is influenced by outcome feedback in one-back trials International conference

    Oishi, H., Tanaka, K., & Watanabe, K.

    the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness  2019.6 

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    Event date: 2019.6

    Language:English  

    Venue:Ontario   Country:Canada  

  • The deployment of spatial attention during goal-directed action alters audio-visual integration International conference

    Loria, T., Hajj, J., Tanaka, K., Watanabe, K., & Tremblay, L.

    Vision Sciences Society  2019.5 

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    Event date: 2019.5

    Language:English  

    Venue:Florida  

  • Sense of agency for action-effect grouping with illusory visual events International conference

    Tanaka, K. & Watanabe, K.

    International Convention of Psychological Science  2019.3 

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    Event date: 2019.3

    Language:English  

    Venue:Paris   Country:France  

  • Modulation of audio-visual processes at attended vs. unattended spatial locations International conference

    Loria, T., Tanaka, K., Watanabe, K., & Tremblay, L.

    Society for Neuroscience  2018.11 

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    Event date: 2018.11

    Language:English  

    Venue:San Diego  

  • Unpredictable feedback of results in continuous action retrospectively influences sense of agency International conference

    Oishi, H., Tanaka, K., & Watanabe, K.

    the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness  2018.6 

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    Event date: 2018.6

    Language:English  

    Venue:Krakow   Country:Poland  

  • Attentional modulation of multisensory event perception in a voluntary reaching movement International conference

    Loria, T., Tanaka, K., Tremblay, L., & Watanabe, K.

    Annual International Multisensory Research Forum  2018.6 

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    Event date: 2018.6

    Language:English  

    Venue:Toronto   Country:Canada  

  • Race at First Sight International conference

    Lasrado, S., Sokhn, N,. Tanaka, K., Watanabe, K., & Caldara, R.

    Vision Sciences Society  2018.5 

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    Event date: 2018.5

    Language:English  

    Venue:Florida  

  • 継続行為における行為主体感の予期的・遡及的変調

    大石博之・田中観自・渡邊克巳

    日本認知心理学会  2019.5 

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    Language:Japanese  

    Venue:京都府京都市   Country:Japan  

  • Visual attention influences audiovisual event perception and the susceptibility to the fusion illusion International conference

    Loria, T., Hajj, J., Tanaka, K., Watanabe, K., & Tremblay, L.

    Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology  2018.10 

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    Language:English  

    Venue:Toronto   Country:Canada  

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Professional Memberships

  • 日本基礎心理学会

  • 日本認知心理学会

  • 日本認知科学会

Academic Activities

  • Screening of academic papers

    Role(s): Peer review

    2023

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    Type:Peer review 

    Number of peer-reviewed articles in foreign language journals:6

    Number of peer-reviewed articles in Japanese journals:0

    Proceedings of International Conference Number of peer-reviewed papers:0

    Proceedings of domestic conference Number of peer-reviewed papers:0

  • Screening of academic papers

    Role(s): Peer review

    2022

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    Type:Peer review 

    Number of peer-reviewed articles in foreign language journals:2

    Number of peer-reviewed articles in Japanese journals:0

    Proceedings of International Conference Number of peer-reviewed papers:0

    Proceedings of domestic conference Number of peer-reviewed papers:0

  • Screening of academic papers

    Role(s): Peer review

    2021

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    Type:Peer review 

    Number of peer-reviewed articles in foreign language journals:1

    Number of peer-reviewed articles in Japanese journals:0

    Proceedings of International Conference Number of peer-reviewed papers:0

    Proceedings of domestic conference Number of peer-reviewed papers:0

  • Screening of academic papers

    Role(s): Peer review

    2020

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    Type:Peer review 

    Number of peer-reviewed articles in foreign language journals:2

    Number of peer-reviewed articles in Japanese journals:0

    Proceedings of International Conference Number of peer-reviewed papers:0

    Proceedings of domestic conference Number of peer-reviewed papers:0

Research Projects

  • 多様なアクション状況におけるモチベーションの形成に主体感が果たす役割の解明

    2023.4 - 2027.3

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  • 多様なアクション状況におけるモチベーションの形成に主体感が果たす役割の解明

    Grant number:23H03703  2023 - 2026

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

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    Authorship:Principal investigator  Grant type:Scientific research funding

  • 行為なき結果に対する自己主体感

    2022.6 - 2025.3

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  • 行為なき結果に対する自己主体感

    Grant number:22K18649  2022 - 2024

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Challenging Research(Exploratory)

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    Authorship:Principal investigator  Grant type:Scientific research funding

  • 系列学習におけるアクションエフェクト系列の役割の検討

    2022 - 2023

    二国間交流事業 ドイツとの共同研究(DAAD)

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    Authorship:Principal investigator  Grant type:Contract research

  • 系列学習におけるアクションエフェクト系列の役割の検討 International coauthorship

    2020.4 - 2024.3

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  • 系列学習におけるアクションエフェクト系列の役割の検討

    2020 - 2021

    二国間交流事業 ドイツとの共同研究(DAAD)

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    Authorship:Principal investigator  Grant type:Contract research

  • 学習可能な追体験システムの実装に向けた総合的研究

    Grant number:18H03505  2018 - 2022

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

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    Authorship:Principal investigator  Grant type:Scientific research funding

  • 行動の追体験の学習効果と学習コンテンツへの応用

    Grant number:15J06570  2015 - 2017

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

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    Authorship:Principal investigator  Grant type:Scientific research funding

  • 系列学習における共同学習に関する研究

    Grant number:26730072  2014 - 2016

    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

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    Authorship:Principal investigator  Grant type:Scientific research funding

  • メンタルモデル転移の顕在的・潜在的過程の解明

    Grant number:11J10609  2011 - 2013

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

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Educational Activities

  • 基幹教育では,「心理学入門(文系ディシプリン科目)」,「基幹教育セミナー」および「課題協学科目」を担当している.

Class subject

  • 認知情報学特論Ⅱ

    2024.12 - 2025.2   Winter quarter

  • 心理学入門

    2024.10 - 2025.3   Second semester

  • 認知情報学特論Ⅰ

    2024.10 - 2024.12   Fall quarter

  • 基幹教育セミナー

    2024.6 - 2024.8   Summer quarter

  • 認知行動学特論Ⅱ

    2024.6 - 2024.8   Summer quarter

  • 認知行動学講究

    2024.4 - 2025.3   Full year

  • 特別研究

    2024.4 - 2025.3   Full year

  • 心理学入門

    2024.4 - 2024.9   First semester

  • 心理学研究法特講

    2024.4 - 2024.6   Spring quarter

  • 認知行動学特論Ⅰ

    2024.4 - 2024.6   Spring quarter

  • 認知情報学特論Ⅱ

    2023.12 - 2024.2   Winter quarter

  • 心理学入門

    2023.10 - 2024.3   Second semester

  • 課題協学科目

    2023.10 - 2024.3   Second semester

  • 認知情報学特論Ⅰ

    2023.10 - 2023.12   Fall quarter

  • 認知行動学特論Ⅱ

    2023.6 - 2023.8   Summer quarter

  • 基幹教育セミナー

    2023.6 - 2023.8   Summer quarter

  • 基幹教育セミナー

    2023.6 - 2023.8   Summer quarter

  • 認知行動学講究

    2023.4 - 2024.3   Full year

  • 心理学入門

    2023.4 - 2023.9   First semester

  • 認知行動学特論Ⅰ

    2023.4 - 2023.6   Spring quarter

  • 認知情報学特論Ⅱ

    2022.12 - 2023.2   Winter quarter

  • 課題協学科目

    2022.10 - 2023.3   Second semester

  • 心理学入門

    2022.10 - 2023.3   Second semester

  • 認知情報学特論Ⅰ

    2022.10 - 2022.12   Fall quarter

  • 基幹教育セミナー

    2022.6 - 2022.8   Summer quarter

  • 認知行動学特論Ⅱ

    2022.6 - 2022.8   Summer quarter

  • 認知行動学講究

    2022.4 - 2023.3   Full year

  • 心理学入門

    2022.4 - 2022.9   First semester

  • 認知行動学特論Ⅰ

    2022.4 - 2022.6   Spring quarter

  • 認知情報学特論Ⅱ

    2021.12 - 2022.2   Winter quarter

  • 心理学入門

    2021.10 - 2022.3   Second semester

  • 課題協学科目

    2021.10 - 2022.3   Second semester

  • 心理学入門

    2021.10 - 2022.3   Second semester

  • 認知情報学特論Ⅰ

    2021.10 - 2021.12   Fall quarter

  • 基幹教育セミナー

    2021.6 - 2021.8   Summer quarter

  • 基幹教育セミナー

    2021.6 - 2021.8   Summer quarter

  • 基幹教育セミナー

    2021.6 - 2021.8   Summer quarter

  • 認知行動学講究

    2021.4 - 2022.3   Full year

  • 心理学入門

    2021.4 - 2021.9   First semester

  • 心理学入門

    2021.4 - 2021.9   First semester

  • 課題協学科目

    2020.10 - 2021.3   Second semester

  • 課題協学科目

    2020.10 - 2021.3   Second semester

  • 心理学入門

    2020.10 - 2021.3   Second semester

  • 課題協学科目

    2020.10 - 2021.3   Second semester

  • 基幹教育セミナー

    2020.6 - 2020.8   Summer quarter

  • 基幹教育セミナー

    2020.6 - 2020.8   Summer quarter

  • 基幹教育セミナー

    2020.6 - 2020.8   Summer quarter

  • 心理学入門

    2020.4 - 2020.9   First semester

  • 心理学入門

    2019.10 - 2020.3   Second semester

  • 基幹教育セミナー

    2019.6 - 2019.8   Summer quarter

  • 心理学入門

    2019.4 - 2019.9   First semester

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FD Participation

  • 2024.5   Role:Participation   Title:【全学FD】(DX推進本部)学内で簡単に被験者実験のモニタを勧誘・謝礼支払いができる学内リサーチコラボコラボレータシステムについて

    Organizer:University-wide

  • 2024.3   Role:Participation   Title:令和5年度春季基幹教育院FD

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2023.11   Role:Participation   Title:GakuNin RDMデータ活用セミナー : これからの研究データ管理を探る

    Organizer:University-wide

  • 2023.9   Role:Participation   Title:令和5年度夏季基幹教育院FD

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2023.9   Role:Participation   Title:九州大学ラーニングアナリティクスセンター第2回シンポジウム「生成系AIとラーニングアナリティクスによる新たな教育学習支援の可能性」

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2023.3   Role:Participation   Title:令和4年度春季基幹教育院FD

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2022.9   Role:Participation   Title:令和4年度夏季基幹教育院FD

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2022.3   Role:Participation   Title:リベラルサイエンス教育開発FD「今、教養教育に求められるもの:イギリス教養史にみる科学の受容から」

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2022.3   Role:Participation   Title:令和3年度基幹教育院春季FD

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2022.3   Role:Participation   Title:リベラルサイエンス教育開発FD「今、教養教育に求められるもの:イギリス教養史にみる科学の受容から」

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2022.3   Role:Participation   Title:令和3年度基幹教育院春季FD

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2021.9   Role:Participation   Title:令和3年度 基幹教育院夏季 FD

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2021.9   Role:Participation   Title:令和3年度 基幹教育院夏季FD

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2021.5   Role:Participation   Title:課題協学科目FD

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2021.5   Role:Participation   Title:基幹教育セミナーFD

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2021.3   Role:Participation   Title:令和2年度 基幹教育院春季FD

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2021.3   Role:Participation   Title:オンライン授業におけるアクティブラーニングの科目の実施状況:アクティブラーニングの今後を考える

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2021.3   Role:Participation   Title:基幹教育ガイダンス研究会FD

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2021.3   Role:Participation   Title:基幹教育院春季FD

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2020.9   Role:Participation   Title:課題協学科目FD

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2020.9   Role:Participation   Title:夏季基幹教育院FD

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2019.9   Role:Participation   Title:M2B学習支援システム講習会☆入門編☆(伊都地区)09:30~11:30

    Organizer:University-wide

  • 2019.9   Role:Participation   Title:令和元年度基幹教育院夏季FD

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2019.4   Role:Participation   Title:基幹教育セミナーFD

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

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