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Perception of Luxury and Product Quality in Package Design: Examining the Effects of White Space, Typeface, and Visual Texture Reviewed International journal

Iseki, S., Mase, T., Kitagami, S.

Journal of Sensory Studies Vol. 40 ( 2 ) page： e70026 2025

Authorship：Last author Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

As consumers gravitate toward luxury brands, marketers face the challenge of conveying perceptions of luxury through package design. This study focused on packaging that only displays the brand logo. Using chocolate, we investigated the impact of packaging design elements on consumers' perceptions of luxury and product quality. We employed a 2 (white space: large, small) × 2 (typeface: luxurious, casual) × 2 (visual texture: luxurious, casual) between- participants design, exposing 1193 participants to one of eight package designs. Large white spaces and luxurious typefaces enhanced perceived luxury and product quality, respectively. Luxurious visual texture enhanced luxury perception and product quality evaluation when paired with casual typefaces, but not with luxurious typefaces. Thus, the boundary conditions for the effect of visual texture may depend on the typeface. Our findings contribute to the literature on luxury perception and package design and provide practical implications for brands that want to enhance the appeal of their brands/products.

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1111/joss.70026

Sensorimotor Information Moderating Difficulty in Understanding Ideogram: The Body-Object Interaction Effect for Visual Symbols Reviewed

Ota, N., Kitagami, S.

Psychologia 2025

Effects of Visual Symbol Type and Body-Object Interaction on a Visual Search Task Reviewed

Kitagami,S., Ota, N.

Japan Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 48 ( Suppl. ) page： 137 - 140 2024.12

Is destination memory more fallible than source memory? Reviewed

Chen,Y.,Kitagami,S.

Journal of Human Environmental Studies Vol. 22 ( 1 ) page： 69 - 74 2024.6

Effects of suspicion and empathy on ability to detect deceit Reviewed

Takahashi, S., Kitagagami. S.

Journal of Human Environmental Studies Vol. 22 ( 1 ) page： 75 - 80 2024.6

Visuospatial perspective-taking of a protagonist during narrative comprehension: the effects of task load and individual differences in visuospatial working memory Reviewed

Hosokawa, A.,Kitagami, S.

Frontiers in Psychology Vol. 15:1379472 2024.6

Infuence of Presentation format on Legibility of Pictograms Reviewed

Kitagami,S., Suda, C., Hosokawa, A

Japan Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 47 ( Suppl. ) page： 33 - 36 2023.12

Examination of the Determinants of Semantic Transparency of Animated and Static Visual Symbols Reviewed

Ota, N.,Kitagami,S.

Japan Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 47 ( Suppl. ) page： 41 - 44 2023.12

Role of visuospatial working memory in empathic responses during narrative comprehension Reviewed

Asako Hosokawa, Naoto Ota, Shinji Kitagami

The Japanese Journal of Psychology Vol. 94 ( 1 ) 2023.4

Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

The present study examines whether the activation of visuospatial perceptual processing affects empathic responses during narrative comprehension. Specifically, using a dual-task method, we investigated the effects of load on a visuospatial memory task and capacity of visuospatial working memory on empathic response rating scores for reading. Consequently, the results revealed that the effects of load on the visuospatial memory task reduced empathic response scores for reading in the higher visuospatial working memory capacity. The results suggest that the activation of visuospatial perceptual processing influence empathic responses during narrative comprehension. Moreover, elaboration through activation of visuospatial perceptual processing plays an important role in empathic responses, particularly for readers having a large capacity of visuospatial working memory.

DOI： https://doi.org/10.4992/jjpsy.94.22305

How Manipulation of Control Influences Desire for Control and Psychological Ownership Reviewed

Iseki, S.,Kitagami,S.

Advances in Consumer Studies Vol. 29 page： 27 - 38 2023.3

Vocabulary Learning Strategies used by Japanese English Major Students Reviewed

Tomoko Furusho, Shinji Kitagami

Journal of the Chubu English Language Education Society Vol. 52 page： 23 - 30 2023.1

People underestimate their capability to motivate themselves without performance-based extrinsic incentives Reviewed International coauthorship

Kuratomi, K., Johnsen, L. Kitagami, S., Hatano, A., Murayama, K.

Motivation and Emotion page： s11031-022-09996-5 2022.12

Infuence of Design and Colors on Learning Pictograms Reviewed

Kitagami,S., Ban, F.

Japan Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 46 ( Suppl. ) page： 65 - 68 2022.12

Development of a Japanese version of the Psychological Ownership Scale Reviewed

Iseki, S., Sasaki, K., Kitagami, S.

PeeJ Vol. 10 page： e13063 2022.3

Does functional knowledge activation occur via access to the basic categories?: An approach focused on reaction time Reviewed

Naoto Ota, Shinji Kitagami, Yukio Itsukushima

The Japanese Journal of Psychology Vol. 92 ( 6 ) page： 571 - 577 2022.2

How semantically labeled scent-gender associations influence the evaluations of scent and texture Reviewed

Iseki, S., Motoki, K, Sakata, R., Kitagami, S.

Frontiers in Psychology Vol. 12 page： 4808 2021.10

Development of a Japanese version of the 20-item prosopagnosia index (PI20-J) and examination of its reliability and validity Reviewed

Satoshi F. Nakashima, Masatoshi Ukezono, Ryunosuke Sudo, Masato Nunoi, Shinji Kitagami, Matia Okubo, Rie Toriyama, Yuko Morimoto, Yuji Takano

The Japanese Journal of Psychology Vol. 60 ( 9 ) page： 603-613 2020.2

Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

The 20-item prosopagnosia index (PI20) was developed for assessing congenital prosopagnosia, which is characterized by severe facial recognition deficits in the absence of any obvious neurological deficit. We aimed to develop a Japanese version of the PI20 (PI20-J) scale and evaluate its validity and reliability. In study 1, we confirmed the internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and concurrent validity of the scale. In study 2, we examined the relationships between PI20-J score and facial recognition performance and found a moderate correlation between them. In study 3, we examined whether the PI20-J score is related specifically with facial recognition performance, or with general object recognition performance. We found that participants with a high PI20-J score showed weaker facial recognition performance than those with a low PI20-J score. In contrast, the object recognition performance did not depend on the score. Our results suggest that the PI20-J score is related specifically with facial recognition performance. We conclude that PI20-J is highly reliable and valid as a self-reported measure for congenital prosopagnosic traits.

Everyday Context Attenuates the Attentional Capture by Modern Threatening Stimuli Reviewed

Takeno,M.,Kitagami,S.

Perception Vol. 49 ( 2 ) page： 186-198 2020.2

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

Threatening stimuli such as snakes typically draw attention. This attentional bias, called the threat-superiority effect, is proposed as the response of a fear module that human beings evolved to detect specific threatening stimuli. Alternatively, the relevance-detection hypothesis proposes that the threat-superiority effect by modern threats (i.e., weapons) is induced when the threatening stimulus is the most relevant for circumventing danger in the context. Although previous studies have shown that an urban context enhanced the modern threat-superiority effect, these do not clarify whether the context induced the attentional bias or facilitated the response via the fear module. Therefore, the present study investigated whether weapons captured attention in a daily context where the weapons were typically used as tools. The results indicated that weapons in the usual context did not capture attention. It is supported that the modern threat-superiority effect depends on the context, as suggested by the relevance-detection hypothesis.

DOI： 10.1177/0301006619896281

Effect of individual differences in desire for control on willingness to pay for a customizable product Reviewed

Iseki, S.,Kitagami, S.

The Japanese Journal of Psychonomic Science Vol. 38 ( 1 ) page： 56-62 2019.10

Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

People are innately motivated to exert control over their environment and to feel competent through gaining a sense of control. However, there are individual differences behind this motivation (desire for control). The present study investigated whether individual differences in desire for control could influence their willingness to pay for a customizable product as a result of increased perceived control over it. The results showed that individuals with a high desire for control were willing to pay more for a customizable product as compared to those with a lower desire for control. Furthermore, this effect was caused by increased perceived control over it. From the marketing perspective, the present findings suggest that it may be an effective strategy to target customizable products towards consumers with a high desire for control.

DOI： 10.14947/psychono.38.8

Effects of haptic imagery and effectance motivation on psychological ownership Reviewed

Iseki, S.,Kitagami, S.

Transactions of Japan Society of Kansei Engineering Vol. 17 ( 5 ) page： 531-536 2018.11

An extension of a parallel-distributed processing framework of reading aloud in Japanese: Human nonword reading accuracy does not require a sequential mechanism Reviewed

Ikeda, K., Ueno, T., Ito, U., Kitagami, S., & Kawaguchi, J.

Cognitive Science Vol. 41 page： 1288-1317 2017.6

People's naiveté about how extrinsic rewards influence intrinsic motivation Reviewed

Murayama, K., Kitagami, S., Tanaka, A., & Raw, J. A. L.

Motivation Science Vol. 2 ( 3 ) page： 138-142 2016.9

Mere touching imagery promotes purchase intention through increased psychological ownership Reviewed

Iseki, S. & Kitagami, S.

Journal of Human Environmental Studies Vol. 14 ( 1 ) page： 49-54 2016.6

The load to distribute retrospective attention to multiple items within visual working memory Reviewed

Takeno, M & Kitagami, S.

Journal of Human Environmental Studies Vol. 14 ( 1 ) page： 23-28 2016.6

Why Verbalization of Non-Verbal Memory Reduces Recognition Accuracy: A Computational Approach to Verbal Overshadowing Reviewed

Hatano, A., Ueno, T., Kitagami, S., & Kawaguchi, J.

PLOS ONE Vol. 10 ( 6 ) page： e0127618 2015.6

Verbalizing information salient to face identification does not cause verbal overshadowing Reviewed

Hatano, A., Kitagami, S., & Kawaguchi, J.

Comprehensive Psychology Vol. 3 ( 1 ) page： Article 21 2014.12

Emergence of semantic memory through sequential event prediction and its role in episodic future thinking: A computational exploration Reviewed

Ito, Y., Ueno, T., Kitagami, S., & Kawaguchi, J.

Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society page： 660-665 2014.7

Parallel vs serial Issues in reading aloud: evidence for parallel processing from a computational model of Japanese Kanji & Kana nonword reading Reviewed

Ueno, T., Ikeda, K., Ito, Y., Kitagami, S., & Kawaguchi, J.

Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society page： 1634-1639 2014.7

Does a weapon attract eyewitness attention? Reviewed

Ami, S., Kitagami, S.

Journal of Human Environmental Studies Vol. 12 ( 1 ) page： 7-10 2014.6

Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

Eyewitness often fails to remember details about the perpetrator of a crime. That is because the witness primarily focuses on the weapon during the encounter. This phenomenon is known as the weapon focus effect. On the basis of the process of the weapon focus effect, there may be a tendency of individuals to attend to a weapon. The present experiment was designed to investigate whether weapons attract more attention than do neutral objects. We assessed participants' visual attention to photographs of weapons and neutral objects presented under identical conditions. We first presented photographs of objects such as knives (i.e., weapons) and cell phones (i.e., neutral objects) in turn. Participants had to click a mouse button as soon as each photograph appeared. We predicted that RTs to the weapon stimuli would be shorter than would those to neutral objects. It was revealed that participants' RTs to weapons were shorter than to other objects. These results are in line with our prediction, and suggesting that individuals have system to pay faster attention to weapons. The present study implies that a weapon influence eyewitness' attention, leading to the weapon focus effect.

Consolidation power of extrinsic rewards: Reward cues enhance long-term memory for irrelevant past events Reviewed

Murayama, K. & Kitagami, S.

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Vol. 143 ( 1 ) page： 15-20 2014.2

Does intention to learn the locations facilitate eyewitness memory for cars?

Takahashi, M., Kawaguchi, A., & Kitagami, S.

Vol. 122 page： 115-132 2014.1

Neuroscientific information bias in Metacomprehension: The effect of brain images on metacomprehension judgment of neuroscience research Reviewed

Ikeda, K., Kitagami, S., Takahashi, T., Hattori, Y., & Ito, Y.

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review Vol. 20 ( 6 ) page： 1357-1363 2013.12

Design and Evaluation of Clinical Department Pictograms: Cognitive Psychological Study on Pictogram Comprehension Reviewed

Kitagami,S. Takahashi, T., Hayashi, F.

Bulletin of JSSD Vol. 60 ( 4 ) page： 45-50 2013.11

Authorship：Lead author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

We designed 17 clinical department pictograms using design principles of pictorial symbols communication support (JIS T 0103), and we administered a questionnaire to evaluate some aspects of pictogram comprehension. The results showed that most pictograms were comprehensible, but some were evaluated as less comprehensible or not comprehensible for several reasons. First, pictograms that had a relatively high error rate were less comprehensible because of the representativeness of the pictogram representation. Second, pictograms, with a high no-response rate were not comprehensible because of the representativeness of the pictogram and the lack of knowledge about clinical departments. Therefore, we suggest that considering both design and cognitive aspects is necessary and important to improve pictogram comprehensibility.

Why verbalization of facial features increases false positive responses on visually-similar distractors: A computational exploration of verbal overshadowing Reviewed

Hatano, A., Ueno, T., Kitagami, S., & Kawaguchi, J.

Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society page： 2494-2499 2013.7

A computational exploration on the role of semantic memory in episodic future A computational exploration on the role of semantic memory in episodic future thinking Reviewed

Ito, Y., Ueno, T., Kitagami, S., & Kawaguchi, J.

Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society page： 2626-2631 2013.7

Plagiarism as an illusional sense of authorship: The effect of predictability on source attribution of thought Reviewed

Sugimori, E. & Kitagami, S.

Acta Psychologia Vol. 143 ( 1 ) page： 35-39 2013.6

Recognition memory for cars and identification of location: Implications for the unconscious transference of cars Reviewed

Takahashi, M., Kawaguchi, A., & Kitagami, S.

Journal of Human Environmental Studies Vol. 11 ( 1 ) page： 35-41 2013.6

The interactive effect of working memory and text difficulty on metacomprehension accuracy Reviewed

Ikeda, K. & Kitagami, S.

Journal of Cognitive Psychology Vol. 25 ( 1 ) page： 91-106 2013.2

The effect of working memory capacity and mental effort on monitoring accuracy in text comprehension Reviewed

Ikeda, K. & Kitagami, S.

Psychologia Vol. 55 ( 3 ) page： 184-193 2012.12

学習媒体と手話単語の属性が手話の語彙学習に及ぼす効果 Reviewed

北神慎司，上林智美

日本教育工学会論文誌 Vol. 36 ( Suppl. ) page： 37-40 2012.12

Cognitive factors increase errors of pressing open or close buttons in elevator Reviewed

Takahashi, T., Otsuka, Y., Hattori, Y., & Kitagami, S.

Journal of Human Environmental Studies Vol. 10 ( 1 ) page： 25-28 2012.6

Handedness differences in memory recall and image generation: A neuropsychological supra-modal activation model. Reviewed

Hatta, T., Hotta, C., & Kitagami, S.

Journal of Mental Imagery Vol. 35 ( 1 & 2 ) page： 33-46 2011.10

How Did Students Recognize Different Types of Supporting Tools for Lecture ?: Interaction between Teacher and Students by Using Classroom Newsletter and Bulletin Board System. Reviewed

Tetsuya Fujita & Shinji Kitagami

Japan Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 34 ( Suppl. ) page： 21-24 2010.12

A Compound Icon Generation Method Based on Inclusive Relation in Mobile Map Reviewed

Kazuya TANIGUCHI, Daisuke YAMAMOTO, Shinji KITAGAMI, and Naohisa TAKAHASHI

The IEICE transactions on information and systems (Japanese edetion) Vol. J93-D ( 3 ) page： 170-179 2010.3

*Psychological Study about Semantic Transparency of Icons to Indicate Landmarks on Moblie Map Reviewed

Shinji Kitagami, Kazuya Taniguchi, Daisuke Yamamoto and Naohisa Takahashi

Japan Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 33 ( Suppl. ) page： 77-80 2009.12

Effect of representation formation ability on expository text comprehension Reviewed

Kenji Ikeda & Shinji Kitagami

Journal of Human Environmental Studies Vol. 7 ( 1 ) page： 55-59 2009.6

Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

This study investigated the effect of situation model and textbase formation ability on expository text comprehension. The results showed that firstly situation model formation ability in low group impaired reading test score when cognitive loads were imposed on participants, and secondly textbase formation ability in low group impaired reading test score than in high group. These results suggest that it is important for expository text comprehension to form textbase. However, when cognitive loads are imposed, it is thought that situation model formation ability is also important for expository text comprehension.

Pilot study on Muller-Lyer illusion by EEG Reviewed

Shusaku NOMURA, Shuntaro SASAKI, Shinji KITAGAMI, Tomomasa NAGASHIMA and Osamu HIWAKI

Journal of Japan Society of Kansei Engineering Vol. 8 ( 1 ) page： 175-183 2008.12

The research about visual typicality of animated visual symbols. Reviewed

Kitagami, S.

Japan Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 30 ( Suppl. ) page： 21-24 2006.12

Qualitative research about semantic transparency of animated visual symbols.

Kitagami, S.

Sanyo Hoso Gakujutsu Bunka Zaidan Report ( 50 ) page： 4-8 2006.10

Semantic transparency and ecological validity of animated Symbols: comparison to static visual symbols in J-PIC. Reviewed

Kitagami, S. & Muroi, S.

Japan Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 29 ( Suppl. ) page： 209-212 2005.12

The Research about the semantic transparency of 100 animated visual symbols. Reviewed

Kitagami, S.

Japan Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 28 ( Suppl. ) page： 85-88 2004.12

The influence of verbal encoding on the memory of visual symbols: What kind of verbalization is the best for the recognition of ideogramas?

Kitagami, S., Endo, M., & Sugirmori, E.

ournal of Social Systems, Memoirs of the Faculty of Law and Literature, Shimane University Vol. 8 page： 49-64 2003.12

The psychological study about recognition of visual symbols in the black background. Reviewed

Kitagami, S., Yamagata, H., & Muroi, M.

Japan Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 27 ( Suppl. ) page： 37-40 2003.12

Pictograms as universal design.

Kitagami, S.

Shnrigaku World ( 21 ) page： 5-8 2003.4

The influence of test-set similarity in verbal overshadowing Reviewed

Kitagami, S., Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S.

Applied Cognitive Psychology Vol. 16 ( 8 ) page： 963-972 2002.12

The psychological study about the recognition of visual symbols. Reviewed

Kitagami, S., Yamagata, H., & Muroi, M.

Japan Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 26 ( Suppl. ) page： 39-44 2002.12

Information processing of pictograms and the visual field difference Reviewed

Kitagami, S., Inoue, T., & Nishizaki, Y.

Perceptual and Motor Skills Vol. 95 ( 1 ) page： 173-183 2002.8

Practical usage and possibilities of pictograms: The exploration of psychologically friendly visual symbols.

Kitagami, S.

Kyoto University Research Studies in Education ( 48 ) page： 527-538 2002.3

Disruptive effect of verbal encoding on memory and cognition of nonverbal information: A review of the verbal overshadowing effect for nonverbal information.

Kitagami, S.

Kyoto University Research Studies in Education ( 47 ) page： 403-413 2001.3

The analytical approach to the evaluation for multimedia software in education. Reviewed

Kitagami, S. & Inoue, T.

Japan Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 24 ( Suppl. ) page： 183-188 2000.12

The Influence of verbal encoding of visual information. Reviewed

Kitagami, S.

The Japanese Journal of Psychology Vol. 71 ( 5 ) page： 387-394 2000.7

A review of the verbal overshadowing effect.

Kitagami, S.

Kyoto University Research Studies in Education ( 46 ) page： 209-221 2000.3

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