Note: This workshop was jointly held with Scientific Research on Priority Areas “Experimental Social Sciences” and Center for Experimental Research in Social Sciences, Hokkaido University.

Date: March 5, 2008 (Wednesday) 14:00～19:30

Location: Hokkaido University, The Humanities and Social Science Building, room W308

Speakers:
Wataru Sato, Shota Uono (Kyoto University), Kotomi Mayama, Hisamichi Saito (Hokkaido University)

Participants: Tatsuya Kameda, Junichi Katayama, Koji Ishihara, Masaki Yuki, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Susumu Ohnuma, Keiko Ishii, Others (20 participants): Total 27 participants

Content: 

Hisamichi Saito & Tatsuya Kameda (Hokkaido University)
Experimental reserach on function of facial mimicry

Kotomi Mayama & Keiko Ishii (Hokkaido University)
Judgment on change of facial emotion in Japan and the US

Wataru Sato (Kyoto University)
Interaction between facial expression and gaze: Findings in psychology and neuroscience

Shota Uono (Kyoto University)
Influence by facial expression in attentional shift by gaze: Examination for people with typical development and Asperger’s syndrome