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Cognitive Science Lab
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The lab explores the relationship between people and technology through psychology, using driving and VR as its subjects.
AboutAbout the lab
Understanding people through psychology to design safety and security.
The Cognitive Science Lab studies the relationship between people and technology using diverse psychological perspectives and experimental methods.
In traffic settings, the lab uses tools such as driving simulators to investigate support for drivers and communication between automated vehicles and people.
Human cognition and behavior in virtual reality spaces are also subjects of research.
Education and research in traffic science are also carried out in the Department of Automotive Science at the Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences.
Key terms
- Virtual reality
- A technology, also called artificial reality, that lets people have experiences inside a computer-generated space
- Arousal level
- The degree to which a driver is awake. Supporting drivers whose arousal level has dropped is a subject of the research
- eHMI
- A mechanism for presenting information to the outside of a vehicle. It is used for communication between automated vehicles and the people around them
NewsLab news
A doctoral student received the Kyushu University Student Award and the Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences Award
Doctoral and master's students received the Graduate Research Encouragement Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan
A student received the UXD Award at the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE) UDX Workshop 2025
A student received the Best Poster Award from ITS Japan
A student received the Excellent Presentation Award at the SICE System Integration Division Annual Conference
ResearchResearch themes
The lab investigates the relationship between people and technology using diverse psychological perspectives and experimental methods. Its research is organized around two themes: traffic science and traffic psychology, and virtual reality and human interfaces.
*Illustrative imageTraffic Science and Traffic Psychology
The lab studies automobiles from the perspective of drivers and occupants. Its work covers support for drivers with a lowered arousal level, distracted drivers, and older drivers, as well as communication between automated vehicles and other road users (eHMI).
*Illustrative imageVR and Human Interfaces
The lab conducts research that involves both virtual reality and psychology. Its subjects include the sense of body ownership, simulated sensations of weight, locomotion methods, and wind perception in VR environments, with a particular focus on how avatars are perceived.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Cognitive Science Lab consist of faculty members, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and secretaries.As of 2026
- ProfessorKazunori Shidoji
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “'Let the Games Begin' Soldiers Train on Virtual Driving Simulator DVIDS106870” Spc. Elayseah Woodard-Hinton / Public domain (cropped)
- Traffic Science and Traffic Psychology: “Japanese car accident” Shuets Udono / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- VR and Human Interfaces: “VR headset with smartphone and stereoscopy image” Bert Niehaus / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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