著者
Michiko OHKURA Sayaka GOTO Asami HIGO Tetsuro AOTO
出版者
日本感性工学会
雑誌
日本感性工学会論文誌 (ISSN:18840833)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.10, no.2, pp.109-114, 2011 (Released:2011-12-09)
参考文献数
30
被引用文献数
3 16 6

“Kawaii” is a Japanese word that represents a kansei value; it has positive meanings, such as cute, lovable, and small. In this article, we introduce our trials to measure kawaii feeling, a positive and dynamic feeling that occurs when “kawaii” stimulus is presented, by examining biological signals. The stimulus was presented as a screen with a colored surface in the first experiment, and as a virtual object of a certain size in the second experiment. The average heart rate obtained in these experiments indicated a significant difference between “kawaii” stimuli and “non-kawaii” stimuli, suggesting that the mental state while watching “kawaii” stimuli is more active than that while watching “non-kawaii” stimuli.