心理プロセス研究チーム

研究概要

次世代ロボティクスとして、脳×心×AIによる脳型AIを目指すため、人間の心（感情、認知、行動）のメカニズムを計算論的に解明する研究を行います。

研究分野

• 実験心理学
• 基盤/社会脳科学
• 知能ロボティクス

キーワード

• 感情
• 表情
• 社会的相互作用
• ヒューマンロボットインタラクション
• 脳画像

研究テーマ

• 心の計算論的解明と情報系研究者との協働によるロボット認知機能の実現
• ロボットの動作言動に対する心理学的評価と改善案の提案
• 心理学と情報学の境界領域、特に感情コミュニケーションに関する学際的研究の推進

佐藤 弥

メンバー

Chun-Ting Hsu

研究員

下川 航

テクニカルスタッフI

Zhang Junyao

リサーチアソシエイト

西田 眞也

客員主管研究員

崎山 めぐみ

研究パートタイマーII

Budu Tang

研修生

過去のメンバー

難波 修史

客員研究員(2019/04-2025/03)

齊藤 章江

研究員(2020/06-2024/03)

難波 紗央里

研究パートタイマーI(2021/04-2023/03)

加藤 礼奈

研究パートタイマーII(2020/07-2022/01)

宇佐美 勝

研究パートタイマーII(2020/06-2025/03)

川村 直也

研究パートタイマーII兼研修生(2022/06-2025/03)

Dongsheng Yang

研修生(2022/04-2025/03)

Anna Kelbakh

研修生(2024/07-2025/03)

研究成果

ウェアラブル筋電図装置による感情価センシング

ライブ動的表情に対するビデオの場合より増幅された感情・運動反応

主要論文

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5. Sato, W.*, Kochiyama, T.*, & Uono, S. (* equal contributors) (2025). Neural electrical correlates of subjective happiness. Human Brain Mapping, 46, e70224.
6. Nomiya, H., Shimokawa, K., Namba, S., Osumi, M., & Sato, W. (2025). An artificial intelligence model for sensing affective valence and arousal from facial images. Sensors, 25, 1188.
7. Diel, A., Sato, W., Hsu, C.-T., Bäuerle, A., Teufel, M., & Minato, T. (2025). An android can show the facial expressions of complex emotions. Scientific Reports, 15, 2433.
8. Sato, W., Shimokawa, K., Uono, S., & Minato, T. (2024). Mentalistic attention orienting triggered by android eyes. Scientific Reports, 14, 23143.
9. Sato, W., & Saito, A. (2024). Weak subjective–facial coherence as a possible emotional coping in older adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1417609.
10. Namba, S., Sato, W., Namba, S., Diel, A., Ishi, C., & Minato, T. (2024). How an android expresses “now loading…”: Examining the properties of thinking faces. International Journal of Social Robotics, 16, 1861-1877.
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14. Kawamura, N., Sato, W., Shimokawa, K., Fujita, T., & Kawanishi, Y. (2024). Machine learning-based interpretable modeling for subjective emotional dynamics sensing using facial EMG. Sensors, 24, 1536.
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20. Diel, A., Sato, W., Hsu, C.-T., & Minato, T. (2023). Asynchrony enhances uncanniness in human, android, and virtual dynamic facial expressions. BMC Research Notes, 16, 368.
21. Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2023). Influence of stimulus manipulation on conscious awareness of emotional facial expressions in the match-to-sample paradigm. Scientific Reports, 13, 20727.
22. Hsu, C.-T., & Sato, W. (2023). Electromyographic validation of spontaneous facial mimicry detection using automated facial action coding. Sensors, 23, 9076.
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24. Saito, A., Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2023). Autistic traits modulate the rapid detection of punishment-associated neutral faces. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1284739.
25. Diel, A., Sato, W., Hsu, C.-T., & Minato, T. (2023). Differences in configural processing for human vs. android dynamic facial expressions. Scientific Reports, 13, 16952.
26. Hsu, C.-T., Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2024). An investigation of the modulatory effects of empathic and autistic traits on emotional and facial motor responses during live social interactions. PLoS One, 19, e0290765.
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39. Sato, W., Uono, S., & Kochiyama, T. (2022). Neurocognitive mechanisms underlying social atypicalities in autism: Weak amygdala's emotional modulation hypothesis. In: Halayem, S., Amado, I. R., Bouden, A., & Leventhal, B. (eds.). Advances in social cognition assessment and intervention in autism spectrum disorder. Frontiers Media. pp. 32-40.
40. Hsu, C.-T., Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Nakai, R., Asano, K., Abe, N., & Yoshikawa, S. (2022). Enhanced mirror neuron network activity and effective connectivity during live interaction among female subjects.Neuroimage, 263, 119655.
41. Sato, W., & Kochiyama, T. (2022). Exploration of emotion dynamics sensing using trapezius EMG and fingertip temperature. Sensors, 22, 6553.
42. Sawada, R., Sato, W., Nakashima, R., & Kumada, T. (2022). How are emotional facial expressions detected rapidly and accurately? A diffusion model analysis. Cognition, 229, 105235.
43. Namba, S., Sato, W., Nakamura, K., & Watanabe, K. (2022). Computational process of sharing emotion: An authentic information perspective. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 849499.
44. Sawabe, T., Honda, S., Sato, W., Ishikura, T., Kanbara, M., Yoshikawa, S., Fujimoto, Y., & Kato, H. (2022). Robot touch with speech boosts positive emotions. Scientific Reports, 12, 6884.
45. Namba, S., Sato, W., & Matsui, H. (in press). Spatio-temporal properties of amused, embarrassed and pained smiles. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior.
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49. Uono, S., Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Yoshimura, S., Sawada, R., Kubota, Y., Sakihama, M., & Toichi, M.(2022). The structural neural correlates of atypical facial expression recognition in autism spectrum disorder. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 16, 1428-1440.
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54. Sato, W.(2021). Color's indispensable role in the rapid detection of food. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 753654.
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66. Sato, W., Rymarczyk, K., Minemoto, K., & Hyniewska, S. (2020). Cultural differences in food detection. Scientific Reports, 10, 17285.
67. Hsu, C.-T., Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S.(2020). Enhanced emotional and motor responses to live vs.videotaped dynamic facial expressions. Scientific Reports, 10, 16825.
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74. Williams, J., Huggins, C., Zupan, B., Willis, M., Van Rheenen, T., Sato, W., Palermo, R., Ortner, C., Krippl, M., Kret, M., Dickson, J., Li, C S R., & Lowe, L. (2020). A sensorimotor control framework for understanding emotional communication and regulation. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 112, 503-518.
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