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SEKINE, Kazuki
 
Affiliation
Faculty of Human Sciences, School of Human Sciences
Job title
Associate Professor
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日常のコミュニケーションにおいて，わたしたちは，言語のみならず身振りや視線，表情，姿勢など，複数のモダリティー（様式）を用いて情報のやり取りをしています。わたしの研究室では，こうしたマルチモーダルコミュニケーションの様相とその産出ー理解のメカニズムを研究しています。特に身振りと言語との関係に焦点を当て，それらの産出や理解の過程や発達的変化の解明に取り組んでいます。現在は，主に以下の3つのテーマの研究を行っています。

【発話と身振りの統合的理解】
子どもは，マルチモーダルな環境のなかで言語や社会性，コミュニケーション能力を発達させていきます。子どもの周囲にいる大人は，発話に表情や身振り，視線など視覚的な情報を付随させ，子どもと関わっています。そうした大人からの働きかけを，子どもはいつ頃から，どのように理解していくのでしょうか。こうした問いのもと，子どもにおける身振りと発話の統合的理解の処理過程と発達を，行動指標や生理的指標（脳波）を使い，実験的に明らかにしています。

【身振りと言語の発達経路に及ぼす文化的な影響】
子どもは周りの大人や他の子どもとの相互作用を通じて，コミュニケーションのスキルを発達させていきます。この過程において，子どもは表現の内容（何を伝えるか）だけでなく，表現の様式（どのように伝えるか）も学習していきます。そうしたスキルの学習過程は一様ではなく，その過程に影響を及ぼす周囲の働きかけや相互作用のあり方，表現様式の伝達的価値は，文化ごとに異なっていると考えられます。そこで，日本の子どもを対象に，コミュニケーションで使用される身体的動作（うなづき，否定，姿勢，身振りなど）が，どのように獲得・学習されているか，ということを様々な場面で観察しています。将来的には，観察結果を日本以外の文化圏とで比較し，日本独自のコミュニケーションの発達経路を明らかにしたいと考えています。

【失語症と身振りとの関係】
失語症者におけるコミュケーションのあり方と，様々なモダリティーを用いた言語治療・評価について研究してます。話す，聞くなど，音声言語機能の一部に困難をきたしているものの，コミュニケーションや認知能力は損なわれていない失語症者の方も多く，身振りは比較的容易に産出できる重要な情報伝達媒体となります。そこで，言語聴覚士の先生方と一緒に，失語症の症状と身振りパタンとの関係や，マルチモーダルな手がかりを使用した言語治療・評価の開発に取り組んでいます。

上記のテーマのほかに，応用的研究として，スポーツや音楽活動における身体動作の役割に関する研究も行っています。

Research Experience

  • 2020.04
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    Waseda University   School of Human Sciences   Associate professor

  • 2018.10
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    2020.03

    Keio University   Assistant Professor

  • 2016.10
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    2018.10

    Radboud University   Research Fellow

  • 2016.10
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    2018.10

    Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics   Research Fellow

  • 2014.04
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    2016.09

    La Trobe University   School of Humanities and Social Sciences   Research Assistant

  • 2013.11
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    2014.03

    University of Warwick   Department of Psychology   Research Fellow

  • 2012.04
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    2013.10

    University of Birmingham   School of Psychology   Research Fellow

  • 2010.04
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    2013.03

    National Institute of Informatics   Research Fellow

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Committee Memberships

  • 2019.06
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    2021.07

    Frontiers in Psychology  Guest Associate Editor

  • 2021
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    人工知能学会 言語・音声理解と対話処理研究会 SIG-SLUD  専門委員

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    Cognitive Science Society  Ad-hoc Conference Reviewer

  • 2014
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    Journal of Language Learning  Ad hoc reviewer

  • 2013
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    Journal of Aphasiology  Ad hoc reviewer

  • 2012.07
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    5th Conference of International Society of Gesture Studies  Conference Committee

  • 2010
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    Journal of Child Experimental Psychology  Ad hoc reviewer

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Professional Memberships

  • 2011
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    International Society of Gesture Studies

  • 2010
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    Cognitive Science Society

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    日本認知科学会

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    日本発達心理学

Research Areas

  • Cognitive science   Psycholinguistics / Experimental psychology   Multimodal communication / Educational psychology   Language development

Research Interests

  • Gesture

  • Multimodal integration

  • multimodal communicaiton

  • gestures

  • Speech process

  • Aphasia

  • 空間認知

  • 言語発達

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Awards

  • The best presentation award

    2022.10   The Japanese Psychological Association   The Effect of Gesture Information for Understanding Indirect Requests in Young Children

    Winner： Miyake, H, Sekine, K

  • ポスター賞

    2020.06   新学術領域「共創的コミュニケーションのための言語進化学」領域会議   人形遊びにおける心の理論獲得と言語能力の関連

    Winner： 宮原冴佳, 関根和生, 白野陽子, 北村千晴, 皆川泰代

  • Best Paper Award

    2012.12   Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences   Micro-slips and the continuity of viewpoints in spontaneous gestures

    Winner： Nobuhiro Furuyama, Yasuhiro Massaki, Kazuki SEKINE

  • Best Presentation Award

    2011.11   Japanese Cognitive Science Society   Cues for defensive players in soccer to fill in temporal and spatial gap to offensive players

    Winner： Kazuki Sekine, Katsuya Takanashi

  • Best Paper Award

    2011.09   Japanese Association of Qualitative Psychology   The role of gestures contributing to speech production in children

    Winner： Kazuki SEKINE

  • Best Presentation Award

    2009.12   Japanese Cognitive Science Society   Micro-analysis of observability of bodies in soccer

  • Excellent Young Researchers Overseas Visit Program

    2009.12   Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science   Development of discourse in elementary school age; An analysis of gesture and speech

    Winner： Kazuki SEKINE

  • Center of Developmental Education and Research Award

    2006.10   Center of Developmental Education and Research   The development of spatial representations of large-scale environments in preschool age

    Winner： Kazuki Sekine

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Media Coverage

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Papers

  • Do speakers’ gestures affect listeners’ understanding of temporal relationships between events?

    Kai Yoshida, Kazuki Sekine

    Gesture    2024.09  [Refereed]

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    This study investigated how the direction and movement of gestures affect mental representations of time. Previous research by Tversky and Jamalian (2021) demonstrated that gestures influence how people perceive temporal relationships, with participants’ drawings reflecting the shape (circular or linear) of the gestures they observed. However, the influence of gesture direction was not examined. In the present study, 50 Japanese adults were exposed to different types of gestures, including leftward and rightward linear or circular gestures. Participants were then asked to draw diagrams representing the temporal flow of events. The results showed significant associations between the type of gesture and the participants’ drawings. Specifically, the direction and form of the gestures — whether leftward or rightward, linear or circular — significantly influenced how participants depicted temporal relationships. These findings highlight the importance of both gesture direction and movement in shaping individuals’ mental representations of time.

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  • Grammatical structures of emoji in Japanese-language text conversations

    Kazuki Sekine, Manaka Ikuta

    Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications    2024.07

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  • Neural and Physiological Correlates of Prosocial Behavior: Temporoparietal Junction Activity in 3-Year-Old Children.

    Eriko Yamamoto, Masakazu Hirokawa, Eleuda Nunez, Yoko Hakuno, Kazuki Sekine, Saeka Miyahara, Kenji Suzuki, Yasuyo Minagawa

    Journal of cognitive neuroscience     1 - 18  2024.05  [International journal]

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    Although the development of prosocial behavior has been widely studied from the behavioral aspect, the neural mechanisms underlying prosocial behavior in the early stages of development remain unclear. Therefore, this study investigated the neural mechanisms underlying the emergence of prosocial behavior in 3-year-old children. Brain activity in the medial pFC and right TPJ (rTPJ) and facial expression activity, which are related to the ability to infer others' mental states (mentalizing), during the observation of prosocial and antisocial scenes were measured using functional near-infrared spectroscopy and electromyography, respectively. Subsequently, the children's helping and comforting behaviors toward an experimenter were assessed to examine prosocial behavioral tendencies. A correlation analysis revealed that the children who showed stronger activity levels in the rTPJ while observing prosocial scenes had more immediate helping behaviors toward others than those who did not show stronger response levels. Moreover, the amount of facial expression activity correlated with prosocial behavior, including both helping and comforting behaviors. These results suggest that the development of mentalizing ability and the social evaluation of others' actions, mediated by the rTPJ, contributes to the emergence of prosocial behavior.

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  • A study on the reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Scenario Test for people with chronic stroke-induced aphasia: A cross-sectional study.

    Yuhei Kodani, Kazuki Sekine, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Shinsuke Nagami, Katsuya Nakamura, Shinya Fukunaga, Hikaru Nakamura

    International journal of language & communication disorders    2024.05  [International journal]

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    BACKGROUND: The Scenario Test is recognised for its effectiveness in assessing the interactive aspects of functional communication in people with post-stroke aphasia (PWA). AIMS: To develop a Japanese version of the Scenario Test (Scenario Test-JP) and assess its reliability and validity. METHODS & PROCEDURES: Among 66 participants, we selected 61 individuals: 34 PWA and 27 healthy controls (HCs). We modified the Scenario Test-JP based on the UK version and subsequently evaluated its reliability (internal consistency, test-retest and intra-rater and inter-rater reliabilities) and validity (convergent and discriminant) by comparing PWA and HCs. OUTCOMES & RESULTS: The Scenario Test-JP showed strong reliability with a Cronbach's α of 0.93, test-retest reliability with an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of 0.97, intra-rater reliability with an ICC of 0.95-1.00, and inter-rater reliability with an ICC of 0.96. The validity of the test was confirmed with concurrent scores ranging from ρ = 0.37 to 0.76 (p < 0.05) and known-groups validity (p < 0.001, r = -0.56). CONCLUSIONS & IMPLICATIONS: The reliability and validity of the Scenario Test-JP align with those of the original Dutch version and the UK and Greek versions. Additionally, the assessment can now include extended alternative communication methods, such as digital devices, indicating the potential of the Scenario Test-JP for modern Japanese speech-language therapy. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: What is already known on the subject Interactive communication is a facet of functional communication and is crucial for evaluating engagement and participation of people with aphasia (PWA) in speech-language therapy. The Scenario Test provides valuable information for planning speech-language treatment strategies by assessing dialogic communication. What this study adds This study describes the development of the Scenario Test-JP for use with Japanese speakers and Japanese PWA, which is adapted from the Scenario Test UK version. This study evaluated the reliability and validity of this assessment tool and provided supporting evidence. What are the clinical implications of this work? The reliability and validity of the Scenario Test-JP were consistent with those of the Dutch, UK and Greek versions. The Scenario Test-JP contributes to speech-language therapy in Japan, where high-quality support for the activities and participation of PWA is required. PRACTITIONER POINTS: Insights from the Scenario Test The Scenario Test plays a crucial role in evaluating the functional communication skills of people with post-stroke aphasia (PWA). Enhancing functional communication has been linked to improved social engagement among PWA, which in turn influences their overall quality of life (QOL). Issues addressed by the Scenario Test The Scenario Test aids in delineating rehabilitation objectives for activities and participation among PWA, particularly concerning functional communication. The test facilitates tailored support for PWAs' interactive communication and forms the foundation for appropriate speech-language therapy interventions. Transformation of speech-language therapy (SLT) in Japan through the introduction of the Scenario Test-JP The integration of the Scenario Test-JP could enhance the SLT services provided to PWA in Japan. With Japan experiencing an unprecedented ageing population, the prevalence of social isolation and diminished QOL resulting from communication disorders like stroke-induced aphasia is expected to rise. Consequently, the SLT rehabilitation sector in Japan is actively seeking effective interventions to support functional communication among PWA. Hence, the adoption of the Scenario Test-JP is anticipated to streamline the evaluation of functional communication, facilitating the judicious selection and timely provision of assistance to PWA in SLT, including guidance on communication partner support and communication skill training.

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  • Children benefit from gestures to understand degraded speech but to a lesser extent than adults

    Kazuki Sekine, Asli Özyürek

    Frontiers in Psychology   14  2024.01

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  • Does the spatial distribution of a speaker's gaze and gesture impact on a listener's comprehension of discourse?

    Kazuki Sekine, Tomoha Kajikawa

    Gesture and Speech in Interaction (GESPIN2023)    2023.09

  • Gesture in the eye of the beholder: An eye-tracking study on factors determining the attention for gestures produced by people with aphasia

    Karin van Nispen, Kazuki Sekine, Ineke van der Meulen, Basil C. Preisig

    Neuropsychologia     108315 - 108315  2022.07  [Refereed]

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  • Editorial: Gesture-Speech Integration: Combining Gesture and Speech to Create Understanding

    Naomi Sweller, Kazuki Sekine, Autumn B. Hostetter

    Frontiers in Psychology   12  2021.07  [Refereed]  [Invited]

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  • Lending a hand to storytelling: Gesture's effects on narrative comprehension moderated by task difficulty and cognitive ability.

    Nicola McKern, Nicole Dargue, Naomi Sweller, Kazuki Sekine, Elizabeth Austin

    Quarterly journal of experimental psychology    2021.06  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Compelling evidence suggests observing iconic gestures benefits learning. While emerging evidence suggests typical iconic gestures benefit comprehension to a greater extent than atypical iconic gestures, it is unclear precisely when and for whom these gestures will be most helpful. The current study investigated factors that may moderate when and for whom gesture benefits narrative comprehension most, including the type of gesture, task difficulty, and individual differences in cognitive ability. Participants were shown a video narrative in which they observed either typical gestures (commonly produced gestures, highly semantically related to accompanying speech), atypical gestures (gestures that are seldom produced), or no gestures. The video narrative was either viewed with interference (background noise to increase task difficulty) or no interference (no background noise). To determine whether the effects of gesture observation and externally imposed task difficulty on narrative comprehension further depend on an individual's cognitive abilities, participants completed four measures of cognitive abilities (immediate and delayed non-verbal memory, attention, and intellectual ability). Observing typical gestures significantly benefitted narrative comprehension compared with atypical and no gestures combined, which did not differ significantly. Participants with below average and average levels of delayed non-verbal memory benefitted more from typical gestures than atypical or no gestures compared with those with an above average level of delayed non-verbal memory. However, this interaction was only significant when the task was difficult (i.e., with interference) but not when the task was simple (i.e., no interference). This finding suggests that the type of iconic gesture observed may affect gesture's beneficial effect on narrative comprehension, and that such gestures may be more beneficial in difficult tasks, but only for certain individuals.

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  • The Listener’s Gaze in the Process of Gesture-Speech Integration

    Hidenori Miyake, Kazuki Sekine

    Bulletin of Kinjyo Gakuin University   17   163 - 174  2021.06

  • An Approach to Aligning Categorical and Continuous Time Series for Studying the Dynamics of Complex Human Behavior

    Kentaro Kodama, Daichi Shimizu, Rick Dale, Kazuki Sekine

    Frontiers in Psychology   12   614431 - 614431  2021.04  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    An emerging perspective on human cognition and performance sees it as a kind of self-organizing phenomenon involving dynamic coordination across the body, brain and environment. Measuring this coordination faces a major challenge. Time series obtained from such cognitive, behavioral, and physiological coordination are often complicated in terms of non-stationarity and non-linearity, and in terms of continuous vs. categorical scales. Researchers have proposed several analytical tools and frameworks. One method designed to overcome these complexities is recurrence quantification analysis, developed in the study of non-linear dynamics. It has been applied in various domains, including linguistic (categorical) data or motion (continuous) data. However, most previous studies have applied recurrence methods individually to categorical or continuous data. To understand how complex coordination works, an integration of these types of behavior is needed. We aimed to integrate these methods to investigate the relationship between language (categorical) and motion (continuous) directly. To do so, we added temporal information (a time stamp) to categorical data (i.e., language), and applied joint recurrence analysis methods to visualize and quantify speech-motion coordination coupling during a rap performance. We illustrate how new dynamic methods may capture this coordination in a small case-study design on this expert rap performance. We describe a case study suggesting this kind of dynamic analysis holds promise, and end by discussing the theoretical implications of studying complex performances of this kind as a dynamic, coordinated phenomenon.

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  • 幼児の心の理論獲得における人形を用いた見立て遊びの役割

    宮原冴佳, 山本絵里子, 関根和生, 白野陽子, 増田れい, 皆川泰代

    慶応義塾大学大学院社会学研究科紀要:社会学心理学教育学:人間と社会の探究   90   63 - 77  2021.04  [Refereed]

  • Multi-Channel Interaction among Expert Rappers in Their Freestyle Rap Battle, Case Study by Applying the Theory of Synchronization

    Daichi Shimizu, Kentoaro Kodama, Kazuki Sekine

    The IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communication and Computer Sciences   J104-A ( 2 ) 75 - 83  2021.02  [Refereed]

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  • Evidence for children's online integration of simultaneous information from speech and iconic gestures: an ERP study

    Kazuki Sekine, Christina Schoechl, Kimberley Mulder, Judith Holler, Spencer Kelly, Reyhan Furman, Asli Ozyurek

    LANGUAGE COGNITION AND NEUROSCIENCE   35 ( 10 ) 1283 - 1294  2020.12  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Children perceive iconic gestures, along with speech they hear. Previous studies have shown that children integrate information from both modalities. Yet it is not known whether children can integrate both types of information simultaneously as soon as they are available (as adults do) or whether they initially process them separately and integrate them later. Using electrophysiological measures, we examined the online neurocognitive processing of gesture-speech integration in 6- to 7-year-old children. We focused on the N400 event-related potential component which is modulated by semantic integration load. Children watched video clips of matching or mismatching gesture-speech combinations, which varied the semantic integration load. The ERPs showed that the amplitude of the N400 was larger in the mismatching condition than in the matching condition. This finding provides the first neural evidence that by the ages of 6 or 7, children integrate multimodal semantic information in an online fashion comparable to that of adults.

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  • Development of Multi-Modality Aphasia Therapy ―Japanese version― (M-MAT-J)

    Wataru KIMURA, Hiroshi TATSUMI, Kazuki SEKINE, Keita KITAGAWA, Miranda L. ROSE

    Journal of the Institute for Psychological and Physical Science   12 ( 1 ) 29 - 37  2020.03  [Refereed]

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  • ラッパーの手の動きがラップの音響特性に与える影響

    関根和生, 児玉謙太郎, 清水大地

    日本認知科学会第36回大会発表論文集     698 - 701  2019.09  [Refereed]

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  • An Attempt to Visualize and Quantify Speech-Motion Coordination by Recurrence Analysis: A Case Study of Rap Performance

    K. Kodama, D. Shimizu, K. Sekine

    Proceedings of the annual meeting of the cognitive science society CogSci 2019     2031 - 2037  2019.07  [Refereed]  [International journal]

  • Comparing signers and speakers: building a directly comparable corpus of Auslan and Australian English

    Gabrielle Hodge, Kazuki Sekine, Adam Schembri, Trevor Johnston

    CORPORA   14 ( 1 ) 63 - 76  2019.04  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    The Auslan and Australian English archive and corpus is the first bilingual, multi-modal documentation of a deaf signed language (Auslan, the language of the Australian deaf community) and its ambient spoken language (Australian English). It aims to facilitate the direct comparison of face-to-face, multi-modal talk produced by deaf signers and hearing speakers from the same city. Here, we describe the documentation of the bilingual, multi-modal archive and outline its development pathway into a directly comparable corpus of a signed language and spoken language. We differentiate it from existing bilingual corpora and offer some research questions which the resulting corpus may be best placed to answer. The Auslan and Australian English corpus has the potential to redress several significant misunderstandings in the comparison of signed and spoken languages, especially those that follow from misapplications of the paradigm that multi-modal signed languages are used and structured in ways that are parallel to the uni-modal spoken or written conventions of spoken languages.

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  • Gestural representation of motion events in narrative increases symbolic distance with age

    Kazuki Sekine, Sotaro Kita

    Language, Interaction, and Acquisition   9 ( 1 ) 40 - 68  2018  [Refereed]  [International journal]

  • The listener automatically uses spatial story representations from the speaker's cohesive gestures when processing subsequent sentences without gestures

    Kazuki Sekine, Sotaro Kita

    ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA   179   89 - 95  2017.09  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    This study examined spatial story representations created by speaker's cohesive gestures. Participants were presented with three-sentence discourse with two protagonists. In the first and second sentences, gestures consistently located the two protagonists in the gesture space: one to the right and the other to the left. The third sentence (without gestures) referred to one of the protagonists, and the participants responded with one of the two keys to indicate the relevant protagonist. The response keys were either spatially congruent or incongruent with the gesturally established locations for the two participants. Though the cohesive gestures did not provide any clue for the correct response, they influenced performance: the reaction time in the congruent condition was faster than that in the incongruent condition. Thus, cohesive gestures automatically establish spatial story representations and the spatial story representations remain activated in a subsequent sentence without any gesture.

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  • Communicative effectiveness of pantomime gesture in people with aphasia

    Miranda L. Rose, Zaneta Mok, Kazuki Sekine

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   52 ( 2 ) 227 - 237  2017.03  [Refereed]

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    Background: Human communication occurs through both verbal and visual/motoric modalities. Simultaneous conversational speech and gesture occurs across all cultures and age groups. When verbal communication is compromised, more of the communicative load can be transferred to the gesture modality. Although people with aphasia produce meaning-laden gestures, the communicative value of these has not been adequately investigated.Aims: To investigate the communicative effectiveness of pantomime gesture produced spontaneously by individuals with aphasia during conversational discourse.Methods & Procedures: Sixty-seven undergraduate students wrote down the messages conveyed by 11 people with aphasia that produced pantomime while engaged in conversational discourse. Students were presented with a speech-only, a gesture-only and a combined speech and gesture condition and guessed messages in both a free description and a multiple-choice task.Outcomes & Results: As hypothesized, listener comprehension was more accurate in the combined pantomime gesture and speech condition as compared with the gesture-or speech-only conditions. Participants achieved greater accuracy in the multiple-choice task as compared with the free-description task, but only in the gestureonly condition. The communicative effectiveness of the pantomime gestures increased as the fluency of the participants with aphasia decreased.Conclusions & Implications: These results indicate that when pantomime gesture was presented with aphasic speech, the combination had strong communicative effectiveness. Future studies could investigate how pantomimes can be integrated into interventions for people with aphasia, particularly emphasizing elicitation of pantomimes in as natural a context as possible and highlighting the opportunity for efficient message repair.

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  • Part of the message comes in gesture: how people with aphasia convey information in different gesture types as compared with information in their speech

    Karin van Nispen, Mieke van de Sandt-Koenderman, Kazuki Sekine, Emiel Krahmer, Miranda L. Rose

    APHASIOLOGY   31 ( 9 ) 1078 - 1103  2017  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    Background: Studies have shown that the gestures produced by people with aphasia (PWA) can convey information useful for their communication. However, the exact significance of the contribution to message communication via gesture remains unclear. Furthermore, it remains unclear how different gesture types and representation techniques impact message conveyance.Aims: The present study aimed to investigate the contribution of gesture to PWA's communication. We specifically focussed on the degree to which different gesture types and representation techniques convey information absent in the speech of PWA.Methods & Procedure: We studied the gestures produced by 46 PWA and nine non-brain-damaged participants (NBDP) during semi-structured conversation. For each of the different types of gestures and representation techniques we identified whether these conveyed essential information, that is information that was absent in speech. Rather than looking at information that was either similar to information in speech or additional to information in speech, we focused on the essential gestures only.Outcomes & Results: For PWA, a fifth of their gestures were Essential. Despite individual differences between PWA, the majority produced more Essential gestures than NBDP, who produced limited amounts of Essential gestures. Essential information was mostly conveyed by specific gesture types: Pointing, Emblems and Iconic gesture. Within the group of iconic gestures, not only Handling and Enact but also Object and Shape gestures, were often Essential.Conclusions: Our findings suggest that a great proportion of gestures produced by most PWA convey information essential for understanding their communication. In their communication advice, speech language therapists could draw attention to specific gesture types to make sure that interlocutors pay more attention to these gestures when communicating with PWA.

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  • Gestural Hesitation Reveals Children's Competence on Multimodal Communication: Emergence of Disguised Adaptor.

    Kazuki Sekine

    Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2017, London, UK, 16-29 July 2017    2017  [Refereed]

  • Development of multimodal discourse comprehension: cohesive use of space by gestures

    Kazuki Sekine, Sotaro Kita

    LANGUAGE COGNITION AND NEUROSCIENCE   30 ( 10 ) 1245 - 1258  2015.11  [Refereed]

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    This study examined how well 5-, 6-, 10-year-olds and adults integrated information from spoken discourse with cohesive use of space in gesture, in comprehension. In Experiment 1, participants were presented with a combination of spoken discourse and a sequence of cohesive gestures, which consistently located each of the two protagonists in two distinct locations in gesture space. Participants were asked to select an interpretation of the final sentence that best matched the preceding spoken and gestural contexts. Adults and 10-year-olds performed better than 5-year-olds, who were at chance level. In Experiment 2, another group of 5-year-olds was presented with the same stimuli as in Experiment 1, except that the actor showed hand-held pictures, instead of producing cohesive gestures. Unlike cohesive gestures, one set of pictures was self-explanatory and did not require integration with the concurrent speech to derive the referent. With these pictures, 5-year-olds performed nearly perfectly and their performance in the identifiable pictures was significantly better than those in the unidentifiable pictures. These results suggest that young children failed to integrate spoken discourse and cohesive use of space in gestures, because they cannot derive a referent of cohesive gestures from the local speech context.

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  • Cross-linguistic Views of Gesture Usage

    Kazuki Sekine, Gale Stam, Keiko Yoshioka, Marion Tellier, Olga Capirci

    VIAL-VIGO INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS   12   91 - 105  2015  [Refereed]

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    People have stereotypes about gesture usage. For instance, speakers in East Asia are not supposed to gesticulate, and it is believed that Italians gesticulate more than the British. Despite the prevalence of such views, studies that investigate these stereotypes are scarce. The present study examined people's views on spontaneous gestures by collecting data from five different countries. A total of 363 undergraduate students from five countries (France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and USA) participated in this study. Data were collected through a two-part questionnaire. Part 1 asked participants to rate two characteristics of gesture: frequency and size of gesture for 13 different languages. Part 2 asked them about their views on factors that might affect the production of gestures. The results showed that most participants in this study believe that Italian, Spanish, and American English speakers produce larger gestures more frequently than other language speakers. They also showed that each culture group, even within Europe, put weight on a slightly different aspect of gestures.

  • The parallel development of the form and meaning of two-handed gestures and linguistic information packaging within a clause in narrative

    Kazuki Sekine, Sotaro Kita

    OPEN LINGUISTICS   1 ( 1 ) 490 - 502  2015.01  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    We examined how two-handed gestures and speech with equivalent contents that are used in narrative develop during childhood. The participants were 40 native speakers of English consisting of four different age groups: 3-, 5-, 9-year-olds, and adults. A set of 10 video clips depicting motion events were used to elicit speech and gesture. There are two findings. First, two types of two-handed gestures showed different developmental changes: those with a single-handed stroke with a simultaneous hold increased with age, while those with a two handed-stroke decreased with age. Second, representational gesture and speech developed in parallel at the discourse level. More specifically, the ways in which information is packaged in a gesture and in a clause are similar for a given age group; that is, gesture and speech develop hand-in-hand.

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  • The Development of the Ability to Semantically Integrate Information in Speech and Iconic Gesture in Comprehension.

    Kazuki Sekine, Hannah Sowden, Sotaro Kita

    Cogn. Sci.   39 ( 8 ) 1855 - 1880  2015  [Refereed]

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    We examined whether children's ability to integrate speech and gesture follows the pattern of a broader developmental shift between 3- and 5-year-old children (Ramscar & Gitcho, 2007) regarding the ability to process two pieces of information simultaneously. In Experiment 1, 3-year-olds, 5-year-olds, and adults were presented with either an iconic gesture or a spoken sentence or a combination of the two on a computer screen, and they were instructed to select a photograph that best matched the message. The 3-year-olds did not integrate information in speech and gesture, but 5-year-olds and adults did. In Experiment 2, 3-year-old children were presented with the same speech and gesture as in Experiment 1 that were produced live by an experimenter. When presented live, 3-year-olds could integrate speech and gesture. We concluded that development of the integration ability is a part of the broader developmental shift; however, live-presentation facilitates the nascent integration ability in 3-year-olds.

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  • The Relationship of Aphasia Type and Gesture Production in People With Aphasia

    Kazuki Sekine, Miranda L. Rose

    AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY   22 ( 4 ) 662 - 672  2013.11  [Refereed]  [International journal]

    Authorship：Lead author

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    Purpose: For many individuals with aphasia, gestures form a vital component of message transfer and are the target of speech-language pathology intervention. What remains unclear are the participant variables that predict successful outcomes from gesture treatments. The authors examined the gesture production of a large number of individuals with aphasia-in a consistent discourse sampling condition and with a detailed gesture coding system-to determine patterns of gesture production associated with specific types of aphasia.Method: The authors analyzed story retell samples from AphasiaBank (TalkBank, n.d.), gathered from 98 individuals with aphasia resulting from stroke and 64 typical controls. Twelve gesture types were coded. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the patterns of gesture production. Possible significant differences in production patterns according to aphasia type were examined using a series of chi-square, Fisher exact, and logistic regression statistics.Results: A significantly higher proportion of individuals with aphasia gestured as compared to typical controls, and for many individuals with aphasia, this gesture was iconic and was capable of communicative load. Aphasia type impacted significantly on gesture type in specific identified patterns, detailed here.Conclusion: These type-specific patterns suggest the opportunity for gestures as targets of aphasia therapy.

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  • Gesture production patterns in aphasic discourse: In-depth description and preliminary predictions

    Kazuki Sekine, Miranda L. Rose, Abby M. Foster, Michelle C. Attard, Lucette E. Lanyon

    APHASIOLOGY   27 ( 9 ) 1031 - 1049  2013.09  [Refereed]

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    Background: Gesture frequently accompanies speech in healthy speakers. For many individuals with aphasia, gestures are a target of speech-language pathology intervention, either as an alternative form of communication or as a facilitative device for language restoration. The patterns of gesture production for people with aphasia and the participant variables that predict these patterns remain unclear.Aims: We aimed to examine gesture production during conversational discourse in a large sample of individuals with aphasia. We used a detailed gesture coding system to determine patterns of gesture production associated with specific aphasia types and severities.Methods & Procedures: We analysed conversation samples from AphasiaBank, gathered from 46 people with post-stroke aphasia and 10 healthy matched controls all of whom had gestured at least once during a story re-tell task. Twelve gesture types were coded. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the patterns of gesture production. Possible significant differences in production patterns according to aphasia type and severity were examined with a series of analyses of variance (ANOVA) statistics, and multiple regression analysis was used to examine these potential predictors of gesture production patterns.Outcomes & Results: Individuals with aphasia gestured significantly more frequently than healthy controls. Aphasia type and severity impacted significantly on gesture type in specific identified patterns detailed here, especially on the production of meaning-laden gestures.Conclusions: These patterns suggest the opportunity for gestures as targets of aphasia therapy. Aphasia fluency accounted for a greater degree of data variability than aphasia severity or naming skills. More work is required to delineate predictive factors.

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  • Does the listener keeps spatial information from the speaker's cohesive gestures to comprehend subsequent sentences without gestures?

    Kazuki Sekine, Sotaro Kita

    Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2013, Berlin, Germany, July 31 - August 3, 2013    2013  [Refereed]

  • A Comparative Study on Representational Gestures in Italian and Japanese Children

    Paola Pettenati, Kazuki Sekine, Elena Congestri, Virginia Volterra

    JOURNAL OF NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR   36 ( 2 ) 149 - 164  2012.06  [Refereed]  [International journal]

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    This study compares words and gestures produced in a controlled experimental setting by children raised in different linguistic/cultural environments to examine the robustness of gesture use at an early stage of lexical development. Twenty-two Italian and twenty-two Japanese toddlers (age range 25-37 months) performed the same picture-naming task. Italians produced more spoken correct labels than Japanese but a similar amount of representational gestures temporally matched with words. However, Japanese gestures reproduced more closely the action represented in the picture. Results confirm that gestures are linked to motor actions similarly for all children, suggesting a common developmental stage, only minimally influenced by culture.

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  • Soccer as Social Interaction between Observable Bodies.

    Katsuya Takanashi, Kazuki Sekine

    Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2012, Sapporo, Japan, August 1-4, 2012    2012  [Refereed]

  • 小学校一斉授業における教師と児童の視線配布

    伊藤 崇, 関根和生

    社会言語科学会   14 ( 1 ) 126 - 141  2011  [Refereed]

  • 身振りにおけるマイクロスリップと視点の持続性

    古山宣洋, 末崎裕康, 関根和生

    身振りにおけるマイクロスリップと視点の持続性   14 ( 1 ) 5 - 19  2011  [Refereed]

  • The role of gesture in the language production of preschool children

    Kazuki Sekine

    GESTURE   11 ( 2 ) 148 - 173  2011  [Refereed]  [International journal]

    Authorship：Lead author

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    The present study investigates the functions of gestures in preschoolers' descriptions of activities. Specifically, utilizing McNeill's growth point theory (1992), I examine how gestures contribute to the creation of contrast from the immediate context in the spoken discourse of children. When preschool children describe an activity consisting of multiple actions, like playing on a slide, they often begin with the central action (e.g., sliding-down) instead of with the beginning of the activity sequence (e.g., climbing-up). This study indicates that, in descriptions of activities, gestures may be among the cues the speaker uses for forming a next idea or for repairing the temporal order of the activities described. Gestures may function for the speaker as visual feedback and contribute to the process of utterance formation and provide an index for assessing language development.

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  • Micro-Analysis of Observability of Bodies in Soccer

    TAKANASHI Katsuya, SEKINE Kazuki

    Cognitive Studies   17 ( 1 ) 236 - 240  2010.03  [Refereed]

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  • The Role of Gestures Contributing to Speech Production in Children

    Sekine Kazuki

    Japanese Journal of Qualitative Psychology   9 ( 1 ) 115 - 132  2010  [Refereed]

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    The present study investigated the function of gestures in the descriptions of events by preschoolers. Specifically,utilizing McNeill's "Growth Point" theory (2005), I examined how these children's gestures contributed to the creationof contrasts in their spoken discourse. When preschool children describe an event consisting of multiple activities(like playing on a slide), they often make unintended erroneous expressions. Frequently, they begin with the centralactivity of a sequence of events instead of describing it in chronological order. This study indicates that indescriptions of events, gestures provide the speaker cue(s) for forming their next idea or serve as a resource for speechrepair. The results suggest that gestures have at least two functions: 1) a visual-feedback function and 2) a contextcreation function, both of which have been largely overlooked so far. These gestural functions are considered tocontribute to the process of utterance formation and can provide an index for assessing the ontogenetic development oflanguage construction.

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  • Gesture correction in children.

    Kazuki Sekine

    DiSS-LPSS Joint Workshop 2010 - The 5th Workshop on Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech and the 2nd International Symposium on Linguistic Patterns in Spontaneous Speech, Tokyo, Japan, September 25-26, 2010     71 - 74  2010  [Refereed]

  • Developmental change of discourse cohesion in speech and gestures among Japanese elementary school children

    Sekine, K, Furuyama, N

    Rivista di psicolinguistica applicata   10 ( 3 ) 97 - 116  2010  [Refereed]  [International journal]

  • 聞き手による身振りの符号化：方向情報の伝達と受容 生涯発達心理学研究

    関根和生

    生涯発達心理学研究   1   31 - 40  2009.12  [Refereed]

  • Changes in frame of reference use across the preschool years: A longitudinal study of the gestures and speech produced during route descriptions

    Kazuki Sekine

    LANGUAGE AND COGNITIVE PROCESSES   24 ( 2 ) 218 - 238  2009  [Refereed]  [International journal]

    Authorship：Lead author

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    This study longitudinally investigated developmental changes in the frame of reference used by children in their gestures and speech. Fifteen children, between 4 and 6 years of age, were asked once a year to describe their route home from their nursery school. When the children were 4 years old, they tended to produce gestures that directly and continuously indicated their actual route in a large gesture space. In contrast, as 6-year-olds, their gestures were segmented and did not match the actual route. Instead, at age 6, the children seemed to create a virtual space in front of themselves to symbolically describe their route. These results indicate that the use of frames of reference develops across the preschool years, shifting from an actual environmental to an abstract environmental frame of reference. Factors underlying the development of frame of reference, including verbal encoding skills and experience, are discussed.

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  • 身振りから捉える幼児期の大規模空間表象の発達（２）―経路説明における身振りと発話の質的検討―

    関根和生

    発達研究   22   71 - 82  2008.08  [Refereed]

  • Psychological Studies on Development of Spontaneous Gestures in Preschoolers: A Review

    SEKINE KAZUKI

    The Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology   56 ( 3 ) 440 - 453  2008  [Refereed]

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    Previous studies of the development of gestures have examined gestures in infants. In recent years, together with the rise of interest in spontaneous gestures accompanied by speech, research on spontaneous gestures in preschool-age children has increased. But little has been reported in terms of systematic developmental changes in children's spontaneous gestures, especially with respect to preschool-age children. The present paper surveys domestic and international research on the development of spontaneous gestures in preschoolers. When gestures seen in infants and preschool-age and older children were categorized, it was found that spontaneous gestures begin to appear together with speech semantically and temporarily by the end of the one-word period; during this same period, gestures that were seen earlier gradually decrease. It is suggested that the development of spontaneous gestures relates to a sentence level, not to a vocabulary level. Based on growth point theory (McNeill, 1992), it is also argued that spontaneous gestures develop with &ldquo;thinking for speaking&rdquo; and symbol ability.

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  • 振りから捉える幼児期の大規模空間表象の発達（１）―ルート・マップ視点とサーヴェイ・マップ視点の比較検討―

    関根和生

    発達研究   21   175 - 183  2007.08  [Refereed]

  • 同時通訳時に産出される英語学習者のジェスチャー：縦断的記録

    野邊修一, 古山宣洋, 染谷泰正, 関根和生, 鈴木美緒, 林浩司

    ことばの科学研究   8 ( 8 ) 68 - 83  2007.06  [Refereed]

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  • 自伝的記憶想起における視点と自己評価との関連：女子大学生の不安傾向・解離傾向に焦点をあてた検討

    眞榮城和美, 関根和生

    清泉女子学院大学人間学部紀要   4   33 - 41  2007.03  [Refereed]

  • 同時通訳者の身振りに関する研究（その２）：訓練生による英日同時通訳に関する研究

    古山宣洋, 野邊修一, 染谷泰正, 関根和生, 鈴木美緒, 林浩司

    通訳研究   6   77 - 98  2006.12  [Refereed]

  • 幼児における空間参照枠の発達：経路説明における言葉と身振りによる検討

    関根和生

    発達心理学研究   17 ( 3 ) 263 - 271  2006.12  [Refereed]

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  • 同時通訳者の身振りに関する研究

    古山宣洋, 野邊修一, 染谷泰正, 関根和生, 林浩司

    通訳研究   5 ( 5 ) 111 - 136  2005.12  [Refereed]

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  • 身振りの発達に関する心理学的研究の展望 ―乳幼児期における身振りと発話との関係に注目して―

    関根和生

    和光大学人間発達研究   4   117 - 137  2005.03  [Refereed]

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Books and Other Publications

  • Handbook of Developmental Psychology

    ( Part： Contributor, Chap 74. Experimental observation method)

    Fukumura  2017

  • 日本語学３月号 特集：ジェスチャーとことば

    関根和生( Part： Contributor, 子どもの言語発達と身振り)

    明治書院  2012.03

  • Integrating Gestures: The interdisciplinary nature of gesture. G. Stam & M. Ishino (Eds.)

    Sekine, K, The development, of spatial, perspective in, the, description of, large-scale environments

    John Benjamins  2011

  • 自発的身振りからみる幼児期の視点変化

    関根和生( Part： Sole author)

    風間書房  2010.08 ISBN: 9784759918052

    ASIN

  • 身体と空間のことば

    篠原和子, 片岡邦好

    ひつじ書房  2008.03

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    古山宣洋・関根和生：「忘却か，方略か？～ナラティヴの話者の一貫した言及回避の謎に迫る」

  • マルトリートメント：子ども虐待対応ガイド ―専門家のための対応ガイド―

    E. B, マイヤーズ 他, 小木曽宏, 監訳

    明石書房  2008

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    訳・関根和生 第18章 法廷の内外における子どもへの面接：近年の研究とその実践的意義

  • Gesture and the dynamic dimension of language: Essays in honor of David McNeill. S. Duncan, D. J. Cassell & L. E. Levy (Eds.)

    Furuyama, N, Sekine, K. "Forgetful o, strategic? The, mystery of the, systematic avoidance of, reference in, the cartoon story narrative

    John Benjamins  2007

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Presentations

  • 話者-指示対象間の距離と聞き手の位置が指示詞選択に及ぼす影響

    門田圭祐, 関根和生

    日本認知科学会第41回大会 

    Presentation date： 2024.10

  • How Do Single-Handed Gestures Differ from Two-Handed Gestures? Implications for Multimodal Treatment for People with Aphasia

    Sekine, K, Kitagawa, K, Kimura, W

    The Academy of Aphasia 2024 annual meeting 

    Presentation date： 2024.10

  • 電話応対時のお辞儀が音響特性に与える影響

    野中郁子, 関根和生

    日本認知科学会第41回大会 

    Presentation date： 2024.10

  • 語彙検索を促進させる自己接触行動の機能

    西東 理花, 堀田 浩司, 関根 和生

    日本認知科学会第41回大会 

    Presentation date： 2024.10

  • 聞き手の指さしは共同作業を促進させるのか？

    関根和生, 金丸航太郎

    日本認知科学会第41回大会 

    Presentation date： 2024.10

  • Using social robots for cross-cultural gesture elicitation in children: Psycholinguistic considerations on dialogue design

    Rohlfing, K. J, Tolksdorf, N, Grimminger, A, Honda, K, Sekine, K

    The 2nd International Multimodal Communication Symposium 

    Presentation date： 2024.09

  • Effects of Bowing During Japanese Telephone Conversation on Acoustic Properties

    Sekine, K, Nonaka, I

    The 2nd International Multimodal Communication Symposium 

    Presentation date： 2024.09

  • The impact of Japanese grammatical structures on emoji sequence preferences

    Sekine, K, Ikuta, M

    The 12th European Conference on Language Learning (ECLL2024) 

    Presentation date： 2024.07

  • Predicting viewer withdrawal rate using the collective gaze property of a small number of viewers

    Nomura, R, Sato, G, Sekine, K, Shimizu, Y

    International Congress of Psychology 

    Presentation date： 2024.07

  • 身振りの三次元計測に向けた簡便な手法の比較検討

    家永直人, 関根和生

    電⼦情報通信学会総合⼤会 

    Presentation date： 2024.03

  • 日本語指示詞の選択に指示対象までの距離と聞き手の位置が及ぼす影響

    門田圭祐, 関根和生

    第48回社会言語科学会研究大会 

    Presentation date： 2024.03

  • バーチャルアバター講師がオンライン学習に与える影響

    関根和生, 吉原歩夢

    日本発達心理学会第35回大会 

    Presentation date： 2024.03

  • Does the spatial distribution of a speaker's gaze and gesture impact on a listener's comprehension of discourse?

    Sekine, K, Kajikawa, T

    GeSpIn 2023 

    Presentation date： 2023.09

  • Preliminary efficacy of Multi-Modality Aphasia Therapy-Japanese version(M-MAT-J) for people with chronic aphasia after stroke:A pilot study

    Kitagawa, K, Kimura, W, Tanaka, Y, Sekine, K, Hibi, T, Shiga, M, Tenpaku, Y, Tatsumi, H, Rose, M

    32nd World Congress of the IALP 2023 

    Presentation date： 2023.08

  • The effect of visual information on speech comprehension in Japanese younger and older adults

    Sekine, K, Tanaka, Y, Terasawa, Y, Takayama, M

    16th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference 

    Presentation date： 2023.08

  • AphasiaBank 日本版の構築に向けて

    Iizuka, N, Sekine, K

    第49回日本コミュニケーション障害学会学術講演会 

    Presentation date： 2023.07

  • 自然会話場面における自己接触行動の分類と頻度

    牧恒平, 関根和生

    日本認知心理学会21回大会 

    Presentation date： 2023.07

  • ジェスチャーは事象間の時間的関係の理解に影響を与えるか？

    吉田階, 関根和生

    日本認知心理学会21回大会 

    Presentation date： 2023.07

  • Multi-Modality Aphasia Therapy-Japanese version (M-MAT-J) の臨床効果 第2報 -CALとM-MAT-Jの主観的印象評価の結果について-

    木村航, 北川敬太, 田中康博, 関根和生, 日比尭正, 志賀真理子, 天白陽介, 辰巳寛, Miranda. L. Rose

    第24回日本言語聴覚学会 

    Presentation date： 2023.06

  • Multi-Modality Aphasia Therapy-Japanese version (M-MAT-J) の臨床効果 第1報 -神経心理学的検査の結果について-

    北川敬太, 木村航, 田中康博, 関根和生, 日比尭正, 志賀真理子, 天白陽介, 辰巳寛 Miranda. L. Rose

    第24回日本言語聴覚学会 

    Presentation date： 2023.06

  • Do self-adaptors influence gaze behaviour to a listener?

    Maki, K, Sekine, K

    39th conference on the Japanese cognitive studies 

    Presentation date： 2022.09

  • The Effect of Gesture Information for Understanding Indirect Requests in Young Children

    Miyake, H, Sekine, K

    86th conference of the Japanese Psychological Association 

    Presentation date： 2022.09

  • Do freestyle rappers tolerate stress?

    Sekine, K, Maki, K, Mistuishi, H

    86th conference of the Japanese Psychological Association 

    Presentation date： 2022.09

  • Gestures give a hand to children’s understanding of degraded speech

    Sekine, K

    The 9th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies 

    Presentation date： 2022.07

  • Speech and gesture differences between freestyle and rehearsed rap

    Sekine, K

    The 9th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies 

    Presentation date： 2022.07

  • Rhyme detection in Japanese freestyle rap by using Levenshtein distance

    Nomura, R, Sekine, K

    The 84th National Convention of IPSJ 

    Presentation date： 2022.03

  • The Relationship between Activated Brain Regions during Freestyle Rap and Linguistic Abilities in Professional and Amateur Rappers

    Kazuki Sekine, Satoshi Morimoto

    Presentation date： 2021.09

  • The role of spontaneous gestures in communication; The application of gestures to aphasia therapy.

    Kazuki Sekine  [Invited]

    The 22nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Speech-Language-Hearing Therapists 

    Presentation date： 2021.06

  • Multi-Modality Aphasia Therapyの開発-重度失語症2例の介入報告-

    北川敬太, 木村航, 田中康博, 辰巳寛, 関根和生, Miranda. L. Rose

    第44回日本高次脳機能障害学会学術総会  川崎医科大学

    Presentation date： 2020.11

  • 発話と映像的身振りの統合的理解における幼児の視線

    三宅英典, 関根和生

    日本心理学会第84回大会  東洋大学

    Presentation date： 2020.09

  • 発話と映像的身振りの統合的理解における聞き手の視線

    Miyake, K, Sekine, K

    日本認知科学会第36回大会 

    Presentation date： 2019.09

  • 手の動きがラップの音響特性に与える影響

    Sekine, K., Kodama, K., Shimizu, D.

    日本認知科学会第36回大会 

    Presentation date： 2019.09

  • 幼児における向社会行動の理解と産出に関わる神経基盤：NIRS研究

    Yamamoto, Y., Masuda, R., Sekine, K., Miyahara, S., Hakuno, Y. Minagawa, Y.

    第19回日本赤ちゃん学会 

    Presentation date： 2019.07

  • 幼児の心の理論獲得における人形を用いた見立て遊びの役割

    Miyahara, S., Yamamoto, E., Sekine, K., Hakuno, Y., Masuda, R., Minagawa, Y.

    第19回日本赤ちゃん学会 

    Presentation date： 2019.07

  • An attempt to visualize and quantify speech-motion coordination by recurrence analysis : A case study of rap performance.

    Sekine, K., Kodama, K., Shimizu, D.

    The Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society 

    Presentation date： 2019.07

  • How does a doll play affect socio-emotional development in children?

    Sekine, K., Yamamoto, E., Miyahara, S., & Minagawa, Y.

    The Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society 

    Presentation date： 2019.07

  • 子どもは談話における身振りをどのように理解しているか？

    関根和生

    論理と感性のグローバル研究センター 2018年度公開成果報告会 

    Presentation date： 2019.05

  • How do gestures contribute to comprehension of degraded speech in children?

    Sekine, K.  [Invited]

    The Centre for Children’s Learning in a Social World 

    Presentation date： 2019.02

  • Do you see what they mean?: An eye-tracking study on the attention to gestures produced by people with aphasia

    Sekine, K., van Nispen, K., ten Felde, K., Koemans, J., van Drie, E., Preisig, B.

    The Science of Aphasia 

    Presentation date： 2018.09

  • Neural integration of semantic information from speech and iconic gesture in children

    Sekine, K., Schoechl, C., Mulder, K., Holler, J., Kelly, S., Furman, R. & Özyürek, A.

    the 8th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies 

    Presentation date： 2018.07

  • Age-related change of hand raising behavior in elementary school children

    Sekine, K., & Ito, T.

    The Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society 

    Presentation date： 2018.07

  • The role of iconic gestures among preschool children: Comprehension of gesture viewpoints

    Sekine, K.

    Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development 

    Presentation date： 2018.01

  • Gestural hesitation reveals children’s competence on multimodal communication: Emergence of disguised adaptor

    Sekine, K.

    The Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society 

    Presentation date： 2017.07

  • Integration of gesture and speech at word and discourse level in children

    Sekine, K.  [Invited]

    Session on Gesture and Speech Integration in Language Development 

    Presentation date： 2017.02

  • Integration of speech and cohesive use of space in gesture

    Sekine, K.  [Invited]

    Nijmegen Gesture Centre Lecture Series 

    Presentation date： 2017.01

  • How different iconic gestures add to the communication of PWA

    van Nispen, K., Van De Sandt-Koenderman, M., Sekine, K., Krahmer, E., & Rose, M.

    The 7th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies 

    Presentation date： 2016.07

  • Does gesture add to the comprehensibility of people with aphasia?

    van Nispen, K., Rose, M., & Sekine, K.

    The Conference of the Colloque Gesture and Speech in Interaction (GESPIN) 

    Presentation date： 2015.09

  • The parallel development of two-handed gestures and linguistic information packaging within a clause in narrative

    Sekine, K. & Kita, S.

    The Conference of the Child Language Symposium 

    Presentation date： 2015.07

  • Children's comprehension of cohesive use of space by gestures accompanying spoken discourse

    Sekine, K. & Kita, S.

    The 38th Annual Boston University Conference On Language Development 

    Presentation date： 2014.10

  • How does a speaker manage the active/inactive status of a referent in discourse?

    Sekine, K. & Kita, S.

    The 13th Congress of the International Association for the Study of Child Language 

    Presentation date： 2014.07

  • How do children and adults gesturally manage the activation status of referents in discourse?

    Sekine, K. & Kita, S.

    The 6th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies 

    Presentation date： 2014.07

  • The communicative effectiveness of pantomime gesture in people with aphasia

    Sekine, K., Mok. Z., & Rose, M.

    The 16th International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference 

    Presentation date： 2014.06

  • Gesture production patterns in people with aphasia: Implications for gesture based aphasia therapies

    Sekine, K., Rose, M., Foster, A., Attard, A.C., & Lanyon, L.

    The British Aphasiology Society Biennial Conference 

    Presentation date： 2013.09

  • Does the listener keeps spatial information from the speaker’s cohesive gestures to comprehend subsequent sentences without gestures?

    Sekine, K. & Kita, S.

    The Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society 

    Presentation date： 2013.08

  • Use of spatial information from cohesive gesture to comprehend subsequent sentences

    Sekine, K. & Kita, S.

    The Tilburg Gesture Research Meeting 

    Presentation date： 2013.07

  • Development of multimodal discourse comprehension: Integration of speech and cohesive gesture

    Sekine, K. & Kita, S.

    The Biennial meeting of Society for Research in Child Development 

    Presentation date： 2013.04

  • How gesture usage is perceived cross-linguistically

    Sekine, K., Stam, G., Yoshioka, K., Tellier, M & Capirci, O.

    The Biennial meeting of Society for Research in Child Development 

    Presentation date： 2013.04

  • The relationship of aphasia type and gesture production in people with aphasia

    Sekine, K., Rose, M.

    The 15th International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference 

    Presentation date： 2012.09

  • Soccer as social interaction between observable bodies

    Takanashi, K. & SEKINE, K.

    The Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society 

    Presentation date： 2012.08

  • Integrative comprehension of information in speech and iconic gesture in 3-, 5-year-olds and adults

    Sekine, K., Sowden, H., & Kita, S.

    The 12th Congress of the International Association for the Study of Child Language 

    Presentation date： 2012.07

  • Integration of speech and cohesive use of space in gesture

    Sekine, K.

    The 5th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies 

    Presentation date： 2012.07

  • 一斉授業において児童は発話をどのように聞いているのか（５）

    Ito, T.&Sekine, K.

    日本発達心理学会第23回大会 

    Presentation date： 2012.03

  • 発話と身振りの理解の発達 RT3-1認知発達におけるデジタルとアナログ（２）—言語と身振り−

    Sekine, K.

    日本発達心理学会第23回大会 

    Presentation date： 2012.03

  • サッカーにおける守備側選手が運動と空間を埋めるための手掛かり

    Sekine, K.&Takanashi, K.

    日本認知科学会第28回大会 

    Presentation date： 2011.09

  • The impact of aphasia type and severity on gesture production in discourse: Implications for gesture-based aphasia therapies

    Rose, M., Sekine, K.

    International Biennial Conference of British Aphasiology Society conference 

    Presentation date： 2011.09

  • 教室内における挙手行動の年齢的変化

    Sekine, K.

    日本教育心理学会第53回総会 

    Presentation date： 2011.07

  • How to observe children’s gestures.

    Sekine, K.  [Invited]

    IEICE VNV (Verbal/Non-Verbal Communication) colloquial 

    Presentation date： 2011.06

  • Integrative comprehension of information in speech and iconic gesture in 3-, 5-year-olds and adults

    Sekine, K., Sowden, H., Kita, S.

    12th Congress of the International Association for the Study of Child Language 

    Presentation date： 2011.06

  • 身振りのステレオタイプは存在するのか？

    Sekine, K., Yoshioka, K.

    日本発達心理学会第22回大会 

    Presentation date： 2011.03

  • 授業において児童は発話をどのように聞いているのか（３）

    Ito, T.&Sekine, K.

    日本発達心理学会第22回大会 

    Presentation date： 2011.03

  • 授業内の挙手行動の年齢的変化

    Sekine, K.

    日本発達心理学会第22回大会 

    Presentation date： 2011.03

  • 物語話者の身振りに生起するマイクロスリップと話者の視点の関連についての検討

    Massaki, Y., Furuyama, N., Sekine, K.

    第11回計測自動制御学会システムインテグレーション部門講演会 

    Presentation date： 2010.12

  • 物語説明を行う話者の身振りに生起するマイクロスリップの検討

    Massaki, Y., Furuyama, N., Sekine, K.

    第20回インテリジェント・システム・シンポジウム講演 

    Presentation date： 2010.09

  • 聞き手の位置は話し手の身振りに影響を及ぼすのか？日本語話者による物語説明課題の検討

    Massaki, Y., Furuyama, N., Sekine, K.

    第20回インテリジェント・システム・シンポジウム講演 

    Presentation date： 2010.09

  • アニメーションの物語説明における身振りにマイクロスリップは生じるか？―コミュニケーション場面におけるマイクロスリップに関する研究

    Massaki, Y., Furuyama, N., Sekine, K.

    日本生態心理学会第3 回大会 

    Presentation date： 2010.09

  • Gesture correction in children

    Sekine, K.

    DiSS-LPSS 

    Presentation date： 2010.09

  • 授業において児童は発話をどのように聞いているのか（２）：教師と児童の視線配分の関連性

    Ito, T.&Sekine, K.

    日本教育心理学会第52回総会 

    Presentation date： 2010.08

  • When do children suppress gestures?

    Sekine, K.

    4th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies 

    Presentation date： 2010.07

  • Production of representational gestures in Italian and Japanese children

    Sekine, K., Congestrì, E., Pettenati, P., Volterra, V.

    4th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies 

    Presentation date： 2010.07

  • The impact of listener location on how speech and gesture are coordinated as the speaker describes motion events: A case of Japanese cartoon narrative

    Furuyama, N., Sekine, K.

    4th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies 

    Presentation date： 2010.07

  • 言葉を補う身振りの性質

    Sekine, K.

    日本発達心理学会第21回大会 

    Presentation date： 2010.03

  • サッカーにおける身体の観察可能性の調整と利用の微視的分析

    Takanashi, K.&Sekine, K.

    日本認知科学会第26回大会 

    Presentation date： 2009.09

  • 身振りする身体の冗長性/個別性：それぞれの方法でうまくやる

    Arakawa, A., Sekine, K., Takenaga, T., Oogami, Y., Hidaka, T., Bono, M., Sogon, S., Hosoma, H.

    日本心理学会73回大会 

    Presentation date： 2009.08

  • 反復的な語りにおける身振りと発話の共変化

    Sekine, K., Furuyama, N.

    日本心理学会73回大会 

    Presentation date： 2009.08

  • The development of gestural tracking reference in Japanese school-aged children.

    Sekine, K., Furuyama, N.

    The International Conference of Multimode 

    Presentation date： 2009.07

  • Representational gestures in Italian and Japanese children

    Pettenati, P., Sekine, K., Congestrì, E., Volterra, V.

    International Conference of Multimode 

    Presentation date： 2009.07

  • The development of gestural tracking reference in Japanese school-aged children

    Sekine, K., Furuyama, N.

    International Conference of Multimode 

    Presentation date： 2009.07

  • 幼児期における身振りの理解

    Sekine, K.

    発達心理学会第20回大会 

    Presentation date： 2009.03

  • 児童期における談話構造の発達：身振りと発話による検討

    Sekine, K., Furuyama, N.

    日本教育心理学会第50回 

    Presentation date： 2008.10

  • 身振りの文脈創造機能

    Sekine, K.

    社会言語科学会第22回大会 

    Presentation date： 2008.09

  • 自発的身振りにおけるマイクロスリップ

    Furuyama, N., Sekine, K., Mishima, H., Suzuki, K.

    日本生態心理学会第２回大会 

    Presentation date： 2008.08

  • Does catchment constrain referential acts? Cartoon narrative by native English speakers

    Furuyama, N., Sekine, K., Duncan, S, McNeill, D.

    1st International Conference of Language, Communication and Cognition 

    Presentation date： 2008.08

  • 膨大な情報のうち何に触れ、何に触れないのか？身振りに着眼した情報の取捨選択

    Furuyama, N., Sekine, K.

    日本発達心理学会第19回大会 

    Presentation date： 2008.03

  • 身振りと発話からみる児童期の談話構造の発達

    Sekine, K., Furuyama, N.

    日本発達心理学会第19回大会 

    Presentation date： 2008.03

  • 子どもの足は何を語るか：自発的身振りの観点か

    Sekine, K.

    日本発達心理学会第19回大会 

    Presentation date： 2008.03

  • 発話構造の発達における自発的身振りの役割

    Sekine, K.

    日本認知科学会第24回大会 

    Presentation date： 2007.09

  • 身振りに表れる視点と空間情報の分節化との関係―分解効果と心の理論に注目して―

    Sekine, K.

    日本心理学会71回大会 

    Presentation date： 2007.09

  • 子どもの話し方は大人とどのように違うのか？―情報の取捨選択に着目して. 発表

    Furuyama, N., Sekine, K.

    国立情報学研究所オープンハウス 

    Presentation date： 2007.06

  • Developmental Changes of large-scale spatial representation in preschool children.

    Sekine, K.

    The 3rd Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies 

    Presentation date： 2007.06

  • Another face of catchment: Does it have any impact on what we talk about

    Furuyama, N., Sekine, K.

    3rd Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies 

    Presentation date： 2007.06

  • Developmental Changes of large-scale spatial representation in preschool children

    Sekine, K.

    3rd Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies 

    Presentation date： 2007.06

  • キャッチメント構造が情報の取捨選択に与える影響

    Sekine, K., Furuyama, N.

    社会言語科学会第19回大会 

    Presentation date： 2007.03

  • 身振りからみる大規模空間表象の発達

    Sekine, K.

    日本発達心理学会第18回大会 

    Presentation date： 2007.03

  • 幼児期における空間表象の発達：経路説明における身振りと発話の検討

    Sekine, K.

    日本心理学会70回大会 

    Presentation date： 2006.11

  • Simultaneous Interpreter Gestures: Do they change as the trainee acquires the skill of simultaneous interpretation?

    Furuyama, N., Nonabe, O., Sekine, K., Suzuki, M., Hayashi, K.

    日本通訳学会第7回年次大会 

    Presentation date： 2006.09

  • 「方向」情報の受容と伝達：自発的身振りに注目して

    Sekine, K.

    日本認知科学会第23回大会 

    Presentation date： 2006.08

  • Self and a point of view (2): Gestural expression in autobiographical memories

    Sekine, K., Maeshiro, K.

    19th biennial ISSBD Conference 

    Presentation date： 2006.07

  • 子どもの身振りからみる空間参照枠の発達②

    Sekine, K.

    日本発達心理学会第17回大会 

    Presentation date： 2006.03

  • 幼児期における身振りと発話の発達的変化

    Sekine, K.

    第２回子ども学会議 

    Presentation date： 2005.09

  • 同時通訳におけるジェスチャーの研究

    Furuyama, N., Nonobe, S., Someya, T., Takase, H., Sekine, K.

    日本通訳学会第6回年次大会 

    Presentation date： 2005.09

  • 身体を通して共有される時間/空間：インターパーソナル・シンクロニー研究の現在

    Sekine, K., Arakawa, A., Kimura, M., Saito, Y., Takahashi, S., Den, Y., Nagaoka, C., Furuyama, N.

    日本心理学会第69回大会 

    Presentation date： 2005.09

  • 記憶と自己（１）

    Maeshiro, K., Sekine, K.

    日本心理学会第69回大会 

    Presentation date： 2005.09

  • 聴覚障害幼児の身振りと発話の発達 ―保育所における他児や保育士とのかかわり―

    Sekine, K.

    日本心理学会第69回大会 

    Presentation date： 2005.09

  • Developmental change in frames of reference in childhood

    Sekine, K.

    2nd Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies 

    Presentation date： 2005.06

  • 幼児期における園内飼育動物の捉え方の変化

    Sekine, K.

    日本保育学会第58回大会 

    Presentation date： 2005.05

  • 大学生におけるペットロボットの印象評定

    Suzuki H., Hatano, E., Sekine, K., Hiranuma, A., Aizawa, T., Kimura, R., Naganuma, M.

    日本発達心理学会第16回大会 

    Presentation date： 2005.03

  • 子どもの身振りからみる空間参照枠の発達

    Sekine, K.

    日本発達心理学会第16回大会 

    Presentation date： 2005.03

  • 大学生におけるペットロボットの印象評定(２)

    Suzuki H., Hatano, E., Kimura, R., Naganuma, M., Sekine, K., Hiranuma, A., Aizawa, T.

    第5回SICE(計測自動制御学会)システムインテグレーション部門(SI)講演会 

    Presentation date： 2004.12

  • 大学生におけるペットロボットの印象評定(１)

    Suzuki H., Hatano, E., Kimura, R., Naganuma, M., Sekine, K., Hiranuma, A., Aizawa, T.

    第5回SICE(計測自動制御学会)システムインテグレーション部門(SI)講演会 

    Presentation date： 2004.12

  • 1C1-4大学生におけるペットロボットの印象評定(２)

    Suzuki H., Hatano, E., Kimura, R., Naganuma, M., Sekine, K., Hiranuma, A., Aizawa, T.

    第5回SICE(計測自動制御学会)システムインテグレーション部門(SI)講演会 

    Presentation date： 2004.12

  • 1C1-3大学生におけるペットロボットの印象評定(１)

    Suzuki H., Hatano, E., Kimura, R., Naganuma, M., Sekine, K., Hiranuma, A., Aizawa, T.

    第5回SICE(計測自動制御学会)システムインテグレーション部門(SI)講演会 

    Presentation date： 2004.12

  • 自伝的記憶想起における視点とジェスチャー表現との関係

    Sekine, K.

    日本発達心理学会第15回大会 

    Presentation date： 2004.03

  • WS14子どもの会話構造の発達における相互性と意味性 「意味の創出における発話とジェスチャーの発達的変化」

    Sekine, K.

    日本心理学会第67回大会 

    Presentation date： 2003.09

  • ジェスチャーの発話促進機能における発達的検討

    Sekine, K.

    日本教育心理学会第45回総会 

    Presentation date： 2003.08

  • How gesture facilitates children's speech

    Sekine, K.

    International Workshop of JSDP 

    Presentation date： 2003.08

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Research Projects

  • Development of an Online Social Interaction Support System Using Virtual Reality for People with Aphasia

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2024.04
    -
    2028.03
     

  • 身振りの発話促進機能における脳内情報処理過程の解明

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業

    Project Year :

    2024.04
    -
    2027.03
     

    関根 和生

  • 失語症と認知症に対するジェスチャーを利用したコミュニケーション支援法の開発

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(C)

    Project Year :

    2023.04
    -
    2026.03
     

    木村 航, 関根 和生, 辰巳 寛

  • 身振りと発話産出過程の神経基盤

    早稲田大学-NICT  早稲田大学-NICTマッチング研究支援事業

    Project Year :

    2023.04
    -
    2024.03
     

  • Cross-cultural studies on shyness

    Waseda University-DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)  DAAD-Waseda Partnership Program

    Project Year :

    2023.04
    -
    2024.03
     

  • MoCapによらない三次元空間における身振りの自動位置推定システムの提案

    公益財団法人 電気通信普及財団 

    Project Year :

    2023.04
    -
    2024.03
     

    家永直人, 関根和生

  • The development of communication abilities in deaf children

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2021.04
    -
    2024.03
     

  • Development and validation of a classroom conference system to promote teachers' facilitation skills

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2019.04
    -
    2023.03
     

    Ito Takashi

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    In this research project, the following two studies were conducted.
    (1) Results of a study in which various teachers reflected on their teaching behaviors while viewing movies taken by a wearable camera attached to them: It was shown that trainees and skilled teachers have different targets to look at, and it was possible to notice the difference between the two by using the movies in the reflection. Furthermore, we were able to show a specific model of the skilled teacher's cognitive skills.
    (2) Results of a study in which the figures of face-to-face communication networks measured by sensors attached to the teachers and students were reviewed by teachers: It was found that the teacher's checking of the face-to-face communication between students during the class can encourage students to communicate with each other in subsequent classes.

  • The Japanese version of AphasiaBank

    Japanese Association of Communication Disorders 

    Project Year :

    2022.04
    -
    　
     

  • Development of an aphasia treatment system applying M-MAT and Telepractice

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    Project Year :

    2019.04
    -
    2022.03
     

    Kimura Wataru

    　View Summary

    It is difficult to say that the theory of aphasia treatment with sufficient scientific basis has been established in rehabilitation therapeutics in Japan. Aphasia Therapy (M-MAT) has not yet been established in Japan. In this study, we developed a Japanese version of multimodality aphasia therapy and verified its clinical usefulness. As a result, we confirmed improvement in call ability and pragmatic communication ability.

  • Exploratory research on the applicability of human big data collection system for analyzing classroom communication

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    Project Year :

    2014.04
    -
    2017.03
     

    Ito Takashi, SEKINE Kazuki

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    Applying big data collection and analysis system for measuring human body movement rhythms and face-to-face behaviors, we aimed two goals. One was development and establishment of measurement technique for participants' attitudes for classroom lessons, and the other was designing quick feedback system between the researchers and the teachers in order to improve the lesson practices. Analysis using body movement rhythms showed certain usefulness as an index to detect the difference between children's grade levels. Based on these results, we examined relationships between nonverbal behaviors of children and degree of understanding of academic contents or degree of attention to speakers. Furthermore, in the reviewing session about some aspects on the classroom communication captured by the system, it was confirmed that a new awareness for the children were emerged in the teacher.

  • The use of communicative hand gestures by individuals with post-stroke aphasia (language communication impairment)

    La Trobe University  Faculty Research Grants

    Project Year :

    2011
    -
    2012
     

    Rose, M, Sekine, K

  • 児童期における談話の発達 : 身振りと発話による検討

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 特別研究員奨励費

    Project Year :

    2009
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    2011
     

    関根 和生

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    本研究の目的は,身振りは幼児期から発話生成に影響を及ぼしているのか,また,身振りの使用が言語発達と共にどのように変化するのか,ということを実証的に検討することである。この目的を遂行するため,最終年度では,以下の4点の研究活動を行った
    1.平成21年度に行った研究1「談話構築における身振りの使用とその変化」と平成22年度に行った研究2「児童期における空間利用の変化」の結果から,児童期における身振りと空間利用の発達段階を提案した。また,自然状況下での談話場面のデータを収集・分析した。その結果,実験的場面から得られたデータを支持するものとなった。
    2.本研究の理論的貢献となる"身振りと発話の変化に関する説明理論"と,"発達段階ごとの身振りの産出モデル"を構築した。
    3教育心理学会や,データ収集を行った小学校で研究成果を報告し,現場の教師からフォードベックをいただいた。それをもとに,実践的貢献となる研究結果の教育場面への応用を提案した。身振りの空間利用の仕方が談話発達の予測することから,身振りが指標となるという提案である。
    4.最後に,本研究の問題点や限界点を総括し,今後の課題や研究の方向性を検討した。
    以上の研究活動から,児童期後半から,談話知識とともに人物参照のための身振りが出現することが明らかになった。この現象は,教室場面や自然会話場面など,幅広い文脈でみられるものであった。これらの知見は,談話構築がマルチモーダルに達成されていることを明らかにするデータであり,これまで言語を中心に分析してきた談話研究に対して,新たな理論的・実践的観点を提供するものである。

  • A comparative study on gestures between Italian and Japanese children

    Foreign Ministry  Executive Program of Cooperation in the Fields of Science & Technology between the Government of Italy and the Government of Japan

    Project Year :

    2008
    -
    2010
     

    Sekine, K, Volterra, V

  • Development of discourse and gestures in primary school age children

    日本学術振興会  若手研究者海外派遣事業

    Project Year :

    2009
    -
    　
     

    関根和生

  • 幼児期における自発的身振りの役割：「視点」の表出と理解

    日産科学振興財団  日産科学振興財団研究助成

    Project Year :

    2008
    -
    2009
     

    関根和生

  • 幼児期の子どもにおける空間表現の発達的変化―自発的身振りと発話による検討―

    財団法人発達科学研究教育センター  発達科学研究教育センター研究助成

    Project Year :

    2006
    -
    2007
     

    関根和生

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    Keio University  

    2019.04
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    2020.03
     

  • Language in the Hand: Methodological approaches to multimodal communication

    Radboud University  

    2018.04
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  • 心理学特殊講義 ―言語発達―

    和光大学現代人間学部  

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    和光大学現代人間学部  

  • 発達心理学

    玉川大学通信教育学部・教育学科  

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    国際医療福祉大学・保健医療学部・言語聴覚学科  

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  • 自己接触行動のストレス低減効果に関する研究

    2023   牧恒平

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    本研究では，自己接触行動がストレスに及ぼす影響を調査した。自己接触行動とは，ストレスや緊張が高まった際に頻繁に行われる自分の身体の一部を触る行為のことを指す。先行研究によれば，ストレッサーとなる事象が生じる直前に自己接触を行うことで，ストレス上昇が抑制させることが明らかになっている。だが，ストレス体験中の自己接触行動の効果も明らかになっていない。そこで，本研究では，心理社会的ストレス課題前に自己接触を行う群，課題中に行う群，自己接触を行わない群の３群を設け，課題中の生理指標（唾液中コルチゾール、心拍）と心理指標（VAS）の相違を比較検討した。その結果，ストレス課題前に自己接触を行う群は，課題中に行った群よりも，コルチゾール値が有意に低かった。心拍数とVASの値には群間の差はみられなかった。これらの結果から，自己接触行動がストレス低下に直接的な効果をもたらすわけではないものの，特定の条件下ではストレス軽減に寄与する可能性があることが示唆された。今後の課題として，ストレス状況下での自発的な自己接触行動の効果や接触行動タイプの違いによる影響をさらに詳細に検討することが挙げられる。

  • 間接的要求に付随する非言語行動の検討

    2022  

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    　本研究では，直接的要求と間接的要求における言語・非言語行動の相違を検討した。32名の成人がペアとなり調査に参加した。各ペアは全て初対面の者同士で，１人が要求者，もう１人が要求に答える応答者となった。呈示した要求シナリオに沿って，要求者は間接的もしくは直接的に要求することが求められた。その結果，両要求条件下で笑顔，困り顔，視線の逸脱，自己接触行動，ヘッジ，有声休止など，多様な言語・非言語行動が使用されていた。だが，これらの行動は，いずれも直接的要求条件で有意に多く使用されていた。この結果は，要求行動がマルチモーダルに達成されていることを示してる。また，直接的に要求する際には，要求から生じる心理的負荷を緩和させるために，要求者は非言語的行動によって他者への配慮や負債感を伝達しながら，メッセージの強さ調整していることが示唆された。

  • フリースタイルラップにおけるストレス耐性についての調査

    2021  

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    本研究では，フリースタイルラップに注目し，プロとアマチュアラッパーのストレス耐性の相違を検討した。本調査には2名のプロラッパー（ラップ経験15年以上）と2名のアマチュアラッパーが参加した。プロ同士，アマチュア同士，プロとアマという組み合わせを作り，二人一組でラップバトルを行った。ストレス評価として，唾液中のコルチゾールをCube Reader法によって計測した。唾液の採取はラップバトル前，バトル直後，バトル終了から10分後の3時点で行った。結果として，バトル後のプロのコルチゾールレベル (nM/L) はアマチュアよりも低かった。このことから，プロラッパーはアマチュアラッパーと比べて，ストレス耐性が高いことが明らかになった。

  • 音楽活動における身体活動が音響特性に与える影響

    2020  

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    　本研究ではプロとアマチュアラッパーの言語能力の相違を検討した。本調査には，１名のプロのラッパー（ラップ経験２０年）と５名のアマチュアラッパー（ラップ経験平均５年）が参加した。参加者は文字流暢性課題，カテゴリー流暢性課題，脚韻課題，文構成課題，聴覚言語記憶課題（有意味語，無意味語），作業記憶課題に取り組んだ。結果として，文字流暢性課題，脚韻課題，文構成課題，聴覚言語記憶課題の無意味語においてプロの成績がアマチュアラッパーよりも有意に高かった。以上のことより，プロラッパーはアマチュアよりも言語能力が全体的に高く，特に意味的側面よりも音韻的側面においてその能力が顕著に高いことが明らかにされた。