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Psychology Lab
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The lab studies the psychology of vision and the sense of self-motion, using vection as its main clue.

AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the sense of self-motion created by vision.
Associate Professor Takeharu Senoo studies the psychology of perception, focusing on vection (visually induced self-motion sensation).
The lab has carried out comprehensive research on vection, including identifying the stimulus features that induce it efficiently.
At the same time, to broaden the possibilities for applying vection, the lab also works in a variety of other fields.
The professor belongs to the Media Design Division of the Faculty of Design, and the professor's field is listed as psychology.
Key terms
- Vection
- The illusion of feeling that you yourself are moving when you see coherent motion across a wide field of view
ResearchResearch themes
Vection is the illusion of moving yourself that occurs when you see coherent motion across a wide field of view. This research investigates the stimulus features that induce vection and also seeks to broaden the possibilities for its application.
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- Associate ProfessorTakeharu Senoo
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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.
- Top image: “Motion - Train New York City 2013” Stuart McAlpine / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Comprehensive research on vection: “Cockpit Motion Facility” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Psychology Lab): “Motion illusion in star arrangement” Fiestoforo / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Psychology (Hiroyuki Ito) Lab): “Variation on Z N spin model” Yourimarina / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Psychology (Senoo) Lab): “Motion Blur and Relative Velocity in a Moving Train” WarmaFiesta / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Psychoacoustics Lab (Masayuki Takada)): “Leslie S3L Train horn” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
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