Experimental verification of hierarchical structure in Kansei processing

感性是人从感官到精神状态的反应，即敏感、感觉、感性、感觉、美学、情感、情感和直觉。在这个调查中，提出了一个人内在的感性过程模型，以检验感性的性质。该模型由感性判断的层次结构和智能方面的两个数据库组成。这个层次被认为是由五个层次构成的，即基本、愉悦、喜欢、艺术和绝对的感性。在2003财年，我们使用感性的言语表达进行了两个实验来阐明层次结构。在第一个实验中，60名受试者根据感性表达的频率对215个言语表达进行评分，选出100个具有代表性的表达。在第二个实验中，测量了100个表情之间的心理距离，并使用多维尺度（MDS）技术进行了分析。在MDS获得的100个口头表达的二维结构中，其中一个轴清晰地显示了感性的层次结构。除了假设的五个层次之外，还发现了情感层次。在2004财年，研究了智力数据库对感性判断的影响。音乐被用来唤起感性，玩家的信息被用来激活智能数据库。14名受试者对由音乐和演奏者的信息组成的8种刺激物进行评分，其中包括12种口头表达。结果表明，即使音乐声音相同，玩家的信息对改变受试者的感性也有显著影响。在层次结构中，影响仅限于较高的层次。这些实验结果表明，本研究假设的感性决定层次是有效的。

Kansei is the human reaction from sensory to mental state, i.e., sensitivity, sense, sensibility, feeling, esthetics, emotion, affection and intuition. In this investigation, a model of Kansei process intrinsic to a human being was proposed in order to examine the property of Kansei. The model consisted of a hierarchy for Kansei determination and two databases in terms of intelligence. The hierarchy was assumed to be constructed with five levels, i.e., basics, pleasantness, liking, art, and the absolute Kansei.In FY 2003, two experiments using verbal expressions of Kansei were carried out to clarify the hierarchical structure. In the first experiment, 60 subjects rated 215 verbal expressions with respect to the frequency of Kansei expression, and 100 expressions were selected as representative. In the second experiment, psychological distances among the 100 expressions were measured, and analyzed using a MDS (multidimensional scaling) technique. In the obtained two-dimensional configuration of the 100 verbal expressions by MDS, one of the axes clearly showed the hierarchy of Kansei. Besides the assumed five levels, the level of emotion was found.In FY 2004, the effects of intelligence databases on Kansei determination were examined. Music was used to evoke Kansei, and information of players was used to activate the intelligence database. Fourteen subjects rated eight stimuli consisted of music and player's information for 12 verbal expressions. As a result, it was shown that the player's information has significant effects to change subjects' Kansei even if the musical sounds were the same. The effects were restricted for the higher levels in the hierarchy.These experimental results indicate that the hierarchy of Kansei determination assumed in this investigation is valid.