A new paper by Michael Makoto Martinsen and Kairi Yoshino has been published in the Journal of Vision. Lab-members Dr. Yuya Kinzuka, Dr. Fumiaki Sato, Asst. Prof. Hideki Tamura, Prof. Tetsuto Minami, and Prof. Shigeki Nakauchi also contributed to this paper. The publication, titled “Facial ambiguity and perception: How face-likeness affects breaking time in continuous flash suppression”, explores the mechanisms of facial recognition and how ambiguous face-like stimuli are processed under unconscious conditions using continuous flash suppression (CFS).

The key finding was that binary faces (similar to Mooney Faces), especially those with higher face-likeness, resulted in shorter breaking time, even when presented unconsciously. This suggests that even minimal facial cues can significantly influence how quickly ambiguous stimuli are brought to awareness.

Martinsen, M. M., Yoshino, K., Kinzuka, Y., Sato, F., Tamura, H., Minami, T., & Nakauchi, S. (2024). Facial ambiguity and perception: How face-likeness affects breaking time in continuous flash suppression. Journal of Vision, 24(9):18, 1–14,
https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.24.9.18

The paper of Kyoko Hine, an assistant professor of our laboratory, and Shigeki Nakauchi, professors of our laboratory, has been published.

Hine, K., Saito, R., & Nakauchi, S. (2024). Influence of global/local processing on perceived colour transparency. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 0(0).
https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218241266795

A paper by Yuya Hasegawa, a member of our laboratory, Hideki Tamura, an assistant professor of our laboratory, and Shigeki Nakauchi and Tetsuto Minami, professors of our laboratory, has been published.

Yuya Hasegawa, Hideki Tamura, Shigeki Nakauchi, Tetsuto Minami; Facial expressions affect the memory of facial colors. Journal of Vision 2024;24(5):14. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.24.5.14.

A paper by Hideki Tamura, an assistant professor of our laboratory, has been published.

Hideki Tamura, Shigeki Nakauchi, Tetsuto Minami. “Glossiness perception and its pupillary response”. Vision Research
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2024.108393

A paper by Takahashi of our laboratory, has been published.

Reo Takahashi, Shigeki Nakauchi. (2024). “Virtual Reality における視野と頭部運動の同期および聴覚刺激の位置情報が交差-反発運動刺激の識別に与える影響”, 日本感性工学会論文誌 https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jjske/list/-char/ja

A paper by Nguyen of our laboratory, has been published.

Nguyen, H. N., Tamura, H., Minami, T., & Nakauchi, S. (2023). “The effect of facial colour on implicit facial expressions. Cognition and Emotion”, International Journal of Cognition and Emotion. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2023.2258575

Michael’s paper has been published in the International Journal of Affective Engineering.

Michael Makoto MARTINSEN, Yuya KINZUKA, Fumiaki SATO, Tetsuto MINAMI, Shigeki NAKAUCHI (2023). “Breakthrough Time Depends on Letter Type and Upright Orientation – A Pilot Study using Continuous Flash Suppression –”, International Journal of Affective Engineering. https://doi.org/10.5057/ijae.TJSKE-D-22-00074

A paper by Taniyama of our laboratory, has been published.

Taniyama, Y., Suzuki, Y., Kondo, T., Minami, T., & Nakauchi, S. (2023). Pupil dilation is driven by perceptions of naturalness of color composition in paintings.Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000580

A paper by Kenichi Ito, has been published.

Kenichi Ito, Hiroshi Higashi, Ari Hietanen, Pauli Fält, Kyoko
Hine, Markku Hauta-Kasari, Shigeki Nakauchi(2022).”Optimization of light source spectrum utilizing neural network for
detecting oral lesions”，Journal of Imaging https://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/9/1/7

A paper by Shigeki Nakauchi, a professor of our laboratory, has been published.

Nakauchi, S., Tamura, H. Regularity of colour statistics in explaining colour composition preferences in art paintings. Sci Rep 12, 14585 (2022).”Universality and superiority in preference for chromatic composition of art paintings.”，Scientific reports
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18847-9