PROJECT

THEME

FY2025: Qualia Awareness and Its Functions

代表者
Ryo Saito (Graduate School of Information Sciences)
分担者
  • Satoshi Shioiri (Advanced Institute of So-Go-Chi (Convergence Knowledge) Informatics)

INTRODUCTION

AI-Generated Comment on the Study



People looking at the same thing may see and interpret it differently. Recognizing such differences and being able to relativize one's own perceptions may matter greatly—not only for judgments during disasters, but also for dialogue and mutual understanding.

Inspired by co-creative disaster prevention classes that use visual illusions and ambiguous figures, this project introduces "qualia awareness": the tendency or ability to recognize that one's own and others' subjective experiences may differ, and to reconsider one's own perceptions accordingly. By examining this concept through scale development, individual differences in perception, analysis of dialogue, and evaluation of educational interventions, the project offers an original bridge between consciousness research, cognitive science, psychology, and educational practice.

Its findings hold promise for educational practice well beyond disaster education, including understanding others, resolving conflicts, information literacy, and intercultural understanding.




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Research Details



Link: https://www.aisogochi.tohoku.ac.jp/en/archives/1250