감성과학 (Science of Emotion and Sensibility)

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한국감성과학회 (Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility)
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노화에 의해 저하된 시공간 주의배분능력이 정서지각 편향성에 미치는 영향

The Influences of Deteriorated Visuo-spatial Attention Allocation Ability Caused by Aging on Emotional Perception Bias

  • 투고 : 2020.07.07
  • 심사 : 2020.10.08
  • 발행 : 2020.12.31
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본 연구의 목적은 노화에 따라 나타나는 시공간 주의배분능력과 정서지각 편향성의 변화에 대해 탐구하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 시공간 주의배분능력을 측정하기 위해 useful field of view (UFOV) 과제와 정서지각 편향성을 측정하기 위해 정서지각과제(emotional perception task)를 사용하였다. 본 연구에는 노인 집단의 23명과 청년 집단의 25명의 총 48명의 실험참가자가 참여하였다. 실험 결과, UFOV 과제에서는 노인 집단이 청년 집단에 비해 느린 반응속도와 낮은 정답률을 보여 노인 집단이 청년 집단보다 저하된 시공간 주의배분능력을 가지고 있다는 것을 나타냈다. 또한, 정서지각과제에서는 노인 집단이 청년 집단에 비해 긍정적 정서지각 편향성과 부정적 정서지각 편향성 모두 크게 나타났다. 상관분석 결과에서는 정서지각과제의 정답률에 대한 부정적 정서지각 편향성이 UFOV 과제의 시야각 30° 조건의 반응속도와 유의미한 정적 상관관계가 나타났다(r=.289). 또한, 정서지각과제의 정답률에 대한 긍정적 정서지각 편향성은 UFOV 과제의 모든 시야각 조건들의 정답률과 유의미한 정적 상관관계가 나타났으며(r=.305, r=.322, r=.299), 반응속도와 유의미한 부적 상관관계가 나타났다(r=-.345, r=-.295, r=-.308). 이러한 결과는 노화가 저하된 시공간 주의배분능력 그리고 긍정적 정서지각 편향성과 부정적 정서지각 편향성의 증가와 관련있다는 것을 의미하고, 노화에 따라 나타나는 긍정적 및 부정적 정서지각 편향성은 저하된 시공간 주의배분능력과 관련성이 있는 것으로 여겨진다.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of aging on visuo-spatial attention allocation ability and emotional perception bias. We used the useful field of view (UFOV) task to measure the visuo-spatial attention allocation ability and the emotional perception task to measure positive and negative emotional perception bias. A total of 48 participants took part in this study with 23 participants in the senior group and 25 in the junior group. The senior group showed slower response time and lower accuracy than the junior group in the UFOV task, indicating that the senior group had lower visuo-spatial attention allocation ability than the junior group. In the emotional perception task, the senior group showed both positive and negative emotional perception bias more than the junior group. The correlation analysis showed that the negative emotional perception bias for accuracy in the emotional perception task showed a positive correlation with the response time to the stimuli presented in the visual angle 30° in the UFOV task (r=.289). In addition, positive emotional perception bias for the accuracy in the emotional perception task showed a positive correlation with the accuracy of the stimuli presented in the visual angles 10°, 20°, and 30° in the UFOV task (r=.305, r=.322, and r=.299, respectively). However, it showed a negative correlation with the response time of the stimuli presented in the same location in the UFOV task (r=-.345, r=-.295, r=-.308). These results suggest that aging is associated with a decrease in the visuo-spatial attention allocation ability and perceptual bias toward positive and negative emotions. In addition, the positive and negative emotional perception biases associated with aging are potentially related to the reduced visuo-spatial attention allocation ability.

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본 연구는 과학기술정보통신부 및 정보통신기획평가원의 대학ICT연구센터육성지원사업의 연구결과로 수행되었음(ITP-2020-2017-0-01630).

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