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View article: Effects of dance training on oxytocin secretion and neural activity in older adults with subjective cognitive decline
Effects of dance training on oxytocin secretion and neural activity in older adults with subjective cognitive decline Open
Background and Objectives Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) is a preclinical stage of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Although dance training has been shown to be beneficial for mental health, cognitive function, and neural activity in o…
View article: Reduced Subjective and Behavioral Responses to Cuteness in Relation to Anhedonia
Reduced Subjective and Behavioral Responses to Cuteness in Relation to Anhedonia Open
Infantile features are perceived as cute and increase motivation for care. Using a novel behavioral task, the present study examined whether trait anhedonia, characterized by reward devaluation and positive affective dysfunction, influence…
View article: Morality through the lens of Confucian heritage countries: collective self variations and moral worldviews
Morality through the lens of Confucian heritage countries: collective self variations and moral worldviews Open
The issue of Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) samples dominating research has been ongoing for decades, and now the emerging trend is to turn to theoretical perspectives from the Majority World. Adopting West…
View article: Anhedonia and Daily Emotional Experiences Among Mothers of Preschool Children: An Experiential Sampling Study
Anhedonia and Daily Emotional Experiences Among Mothers of Preschool Children: An Experiential Sampling Study Open
Positive emotions induced by child cuteness are critical components of the human parenting system. However, anhedonia, which is characterized by reduced subjective experiences of pleasure, may undermine parenting experiences by reducing re…
View article: Affective and Motivational Accounts of Moralizing COVID-19-Preventive Behaviors
Affective and Motivational Accounts of Moralizing COVID-19-Preventive Behaviors Open
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of perceived vulnerability to disease, emotions (disgust, anger), and perceived norms in predicting moral judgments of anti- COVID -19-preventive behaviors in US and Japan. A total of 4…
View article: Personality descriptions influence perceived cuteness of children and nurturing motivation toward them
Personality descriptions influence perceived cuteness of children and nurturing motivation toward them Open
The current empirical evidence regarding the effects of personality on physical attractiveness is limited to adult faces. In two preregistered studies, we demonstrated that personality descriptions influenced perceived cuteness, warmth, co…
View article: Empathy and group processes in Japanese preschool children: The odd one out among friends receives less empathic concern than out-groups
Empathy and group processes in Japanese preschool children: The odd one out among friends receives less empathic concern than out-groups Open
Research on empathy in intergroup contexts among children in collectivistic cultures is limited. To address this gap, this study examined empathic responding in two group contexts (intergroup and intragroup) among Japanese children by taki…
View article: The Japanese empathy questionnaire (EmQue) for preschool children: Psychometric properties and measurement invariance across gender
The Japanese empathy questionnaire (EmQue) for preschool children: Psychometric properties and measurement invariance across gender Open
Empathy is assumed to be a universal human motivation to act altruistically toward others. Developmental models of empathy explaining when and how children acquire the capacity to empathize have been proposed. However, the existing knowled…
View article: Measuring Empathy in Early Childhood: Validation of a Japanese Empathy Questionnaire (EmQue) for Preschool Children
Measuring Empathy in Early Childhood: Validation of a Japanese Empathy Questionnaire (EmQue) for Preschool Children Open
本研究では，幼児期の共感性を測定するEmQue （Empathy Questionnaire） を日本語化し，因子構造，信頼性と妥当性，性別による測定不変性を検討した。EmQueは幼児期の共感性3側面（情動伝染，他者の情動への注意，向社会的行動）を捉える3因子構造で，養育者が評定する。まず，日本語版作成にあたり，バックトランスレーション法により日本語に翻訳し，開発者のチェックを得て日本語版の教示と項目を確定した。それから，先行研究と同じ13項目の因子構造を確認するためにオン…
View article: Moral Acceptability of Anti-COVID-19-Preventive Behaviors
Moral Acceptability of Anti-COVID-19-Preventive Behaviors Open
The aim of this project is to investigate affective and motivational predictors of moralizing COVID-19 preventive bahaviors.
View article: Turning off the empathy switch: Lower empathic concern for the victim leads to utilitarian choices of action
Turning off the empathy switch: Lower empathic concern for the victim leads to utilitarian choices of action Open
Empathy enables people to vicariously experience the other's pain. At the same time, the focus of empathy can be narrow and reserved for a limited number of people. In sacrificial dilemmas, non-empathic people are more likely to sacrifice …
View article: The psychology of culture in Japan
The psychology of culture in Japan Open
This chapter describes the development of the psychology of culture in Japan, from a chronological perspective. From its culture and personality roots, through scrutiny of Western hegemony in methodology and its lack of fit in studying the…
View article: Study 2 (Empathy and utilitarian choices in sacrificial dilemmas)
Study 2 (Empathy and utilitarian choices in sacrificial dilemmas) Open
Article title: Turning off the empathy switch: Lower empathic concern for the victim leads to utilitarian choices of action Participants N = 170 Measures 1) Utilitarian choices of action in 6 dilemmas (Footbridge, Crying Baby, Vaccine, Raf…
View article: Study 1 dataset (Empathy and utilitarian choice in sacrificial dilemmas)
Study 1 dataset (Empathy and utilitarian choice in sacrificial dilemmas) Open
Article title: Turning off the empathy switch: Lower empathic concern for the victim leads to utilitarian choices of action STUDY1 Participants Valid: N = 275 Measures: 1) Utilitarian choices of action in a) footbridge and b) raftboat dile…
View article: Social Projection to Outgroups: Japanese Students Refer to Psychologically Distant Others
Social Projection to Outgroups: Japanese Students Refer to Psychologically Distant Others Open
This study focused on social projection (SP) to outgroups. Two studies were conducted to show that SP to outgroups was greater than to ingroups when an issue is more relevant to the outgroup than to the ingroup and vice versa. These experi…