日時：2015年11月27日 (金) 11:15〜12:30
会場：ひびきのキャンパス　講義室２

題目：「The emergence of phantom agency in mechanical rhythm （機械的リズムに宿るエージェント幻想）」
講師： Dr. Hideyuki Takahashi (Specially appointed assistant professor at Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University)

Rhythmic synchrony between different individuals often brings various emotions in our mind. We found that we sometimes feel phantom agency, if our motor rhythm synchronize with external mechanical rhythm of non-animate objects (e.g. robot). To verify this illusion, we have performed several behavioral and fMRI experiments. In this presentation, I would like to introduce our recent findings and discuss how rhythmic synchrony is transformed to the sense of agency in our brain.