Keita Goto (4th year, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies) Awarded First Place for Best Presenter at the "Undergraduate and High School Student Presentation Battle" at the 84th Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association

2020.12.03

At the 84th Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, Keita Goto, a fourth-year student in the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, was awarded "First Place for Best Presenter" at the "Undergraduate and High School Student Presentation Battle," an event organized by the Japanese Psychological Association's Junior Members Association, held from Saturday, October 10 to Sunday, November 2.

In this event, participants give a five-minute presentation on a psychology-related topic, such as their seminar research, an interim report on their graduation thesis, or a research plan they are about to undertake. While it is usually held in person, presentations were given via pre-recorded videos this year due to the spread of COVID-19.

The presentations were judged based on how engagingly the topic could be presented within the five-minute time limit. Mr. Goto gave a presentation titled "A Study Concept on the Relationship between Autistic Traits and Visual Attentional Capture: Using a Video See-Through HMD" and was awarded "First Place for Best Presenter."

The Junior Members Association event at the 84th Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association is one of the sessions at the convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, the largest psychological association in Japan. It aims to promote interaction among junior members, integrate a wide range of research, education, and applications, and contribute to society, with the goal of fostering young researchers and contributing to the future development of psychology.

I am greatly honored to receive such an award for my first academic presentation. I joined the Masaki Mori Lab to conduct research related to virtual reality, and through that, I became interested in the visual characteristics of individuals with ASD, as others in the lab were researching autism spectrum disorder. I believe I was able to come across the theme of "whether wearing a video see-through HMD could suppress visual hypersensitivity (visual attentional capture) in individuals with ASD" precisely because I was a member of the Masaki Mori Lab. I would like to take this opportunity to express my deepest gratitude to Professor Masaki Mori for his daily guidance and to everyone who has supported my research.

The 84th Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, Junior Members Association Symposium "Undergraduate and High School Student Presentation Battle"

The 84th Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association

Posted by: General Affairs Section, Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) Office