SHUSHI NANBA

Last Updated :2025/04/03

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor
Web Site
https://sites.google.com/view/nambaikin/
https://sites.google.com/view/hucogpsy/
E-mail
nashushihiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
My interest is facial expressions and communications.

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Hiroshima University
  • Hiroshima University

Research Fields

  • Informatics;Human informatics;Cognitive science
  • Social sciences;Psychology;Experimental psychology

Research Keywords

  • Communication
  • Emotion
  • Empathy
  • Facial Expressions

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, The Frontiers of Psychology
  2. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Introductory Psychology Laboratory Project I
  3. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Introductory Psychology Laboratory Project II
  4. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Seminar in Psychological Research Methods
  5. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Seminar in Psychological Readings I
  6. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Seminar in Psychological Readings II
  7. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Seminar in Psychological Readings III
  8. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Seminar in Psychological Readings IV
  9. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Psychology of Perception and Cognition
  10. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Psychological Experiments
  11. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Advanced Laboratory Project in Cognitive Psychology I
  12. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Advanced Laboratory Project in Cognitive Psychology II
  13. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis
  14. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Introduction to Psychology
  15. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Year, Practical Training in Psychology I
  16. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Practical Training in Psychology II
  17. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Seminar on Methods of Research in Psychology A
  18. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Seminar on Methods of Research in Psychology B
  19. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Advanced Seminar on Methods of Research in Psychology A
  20. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Advanced Seminar on Methods of Research in Psychology B
  21. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Academic writing in psychology A
  22. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Academic writing in psychology B
  23. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Advanced academic writing in psychology A
  24. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Advanced academic writing in psychology B
  25. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Special Lecture on Psychology C
  26. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Special Lecture on Psychology D
  27. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Seminar on Psychology I
  28. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Seminar on Psychology II
  29. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Seminar on Psychology III
  30. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Seminar on Psychology IV
  31. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Advanced Seminar on Psychology I
  32. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Advanced Seminar on Psychology II
  33. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Advanced Seminar on Psychology III
  34. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Advanced Seminar on Psychology IV
  35. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Special Study
  36. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Special Study
  37. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Special Study
  38. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Special Study

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. ★, How an Android Expresses "Now Loading...": Examining the Properties of Thinking Faces., International Journal of Social Robotics., 20240805
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  2. Conveying "Fun" Through Communicative Moves of Facial Expressions: Investigating the Theory of Affective Pragmatics., Japanese Psychological Research., 2024
  3. Computational analysis of value learning and value-driven detection of neutral faces by young and older adults., Frontiers in Psychology, 20240523
  4. Thought habits and processing modes among Japanese university students do not influence dynamic associations between rumination and negative affect, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 14(1), 20240319
    Link to Paper Search Results by DOI
  5. Development of the RIKEN database for dynamic facial expressions with multiple angles, Scientific Reports, 13, 20231208
  6. How Human and Machine Classify Spontaneous and Posed Expressions of Emotion, 36(1), 28-33, 2021
  7. ★, The spatio-temporal features of perceived-as-genuine and deliberate expressions., Plos ONE, 17(7), 202207
  8. Computational Process of Sharing Emotion: An Authentic Information Perspective., Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
  9. Spatiotemporal properties of amused, embarrassed, and pained smiles., Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 46(4), 467-483, 202207
  10. An android for emotional interaction: Spatiotemporal validation of its facial expressions., Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
  11. Viewpoint Robustness of Automated Facial Action Unit Detection Systems., Applied Sciences., 2021
  12. Feedback from facial expressions contribute to slow learning rate in an Iowa Gambling Task., Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 2021
  13. Assessing automated facial action unit detection systems for analyzing cross-domain facial expression databases., Sensors, 21(12), 2021
  14. Fantasy component of interpersonal reactivity is associated with empathic accuracy: findings from behavioral experiments with implications for applied settings., Reading Psychology, 42(7), 788-806, 2021
  15. Pictorial referents facilitate recognition and retrieval speeds of associations between novel words in a second language (L2) and referents., Frontiers in Communication, 2021
  16. Distinct temporal features of genuine and deliberate facial expressions of surprise., Scientific reports, 11(1), 1-10, 2021
  17. Sound-symbolic semantics of written Japanese vowels in a paper-based survey study., Frontiers in Communication, 6, 2021
  18. Semantics based on the physical characteristics of facial expressions used to produce Japanese vowels, Behavioral Sciences, 10(10), 2020
  19. Social context and culture influence judgments of non-Duchenne smiles., Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science, 4(3), 309-321, 2020
  20. Human and machine validation of 14 databases of dynamic facial expressions. Behavior research methods, Behavior research methods, 53, 686-701, 2021
  21. Spontaneous Facial Actions Map onto Emotional Experiences in a Non-social Context: Toward a Component-Based Approach, FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 8, 2017
  22. Spontaneous Facial Expressions Reveal New Action Units for the Sad Experiences, JOURNAL OF NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR, 41(3), 203-220, 2017
  23. Spontaneous Facial Expressions Are Different from Posed Facial Expressions: Morphological Properties and Dynamic Sequences, CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY, 36(3), 593-605, 2017
  24. Dynamic Facial Displays as Detectors of Authentically Expressed Emotions, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 51, 550-550, 2016
  25. Dynamic Displays Enhance the Ability to Discriminate Genuine and Posed Facial Expressions of Emotion, FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 9, 2018
  26. Emotion recognition from posed and spontaneous dynamic expressions: Human observers vs. machine analysis., Emotion, 21(2), 447-451, 2021

Publications such as books

  1. 2019, Facial Expressions: Recognition Technologies and Analysis, Exploring the Assumption of Congruent Mimicry in Emotional Contagion by Leveraging Experienced Emotions as Facial Stimuli., NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, 2019, June, Scholarly Book, Others, English, Namba, S. & Kabir, R. S., 978-1-53615-254-8, 202, 137-168

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Human and Machine Validation of 14 Databases of Dynamic Facial Expressions., Krumhuber, E., Küster, D., and Namba, S., 61st Annual Meeting Virtual Psychonomics 2020, 2020/11, Without Invitation, English
  2. Human Versus Machine Emotion Recognition from Spontaneous and Posed Expressions., Namba, S., Krumhuber, E., and Küster, D., 61st Annual Meeting Virtual Psychonomics 2020, 2020/11, Without Invitation, English
  3. The facial dynamics of genuine and deliberate surprise., Namba S., The 2021 SAS Annual Conference, 2021/04, With Invitation, English
  4. Strangers who love fiction: fantasy component of interpersonal reactivity associated with empathic accuracy., Namba, S., Kabir, R. S., Matuda, K., Noguchi, Y., Kambara, K., Kobayashi, R., Shigematsu, J., Miyatani, M., and Nakao, T., The 6th World Congress on Positive Psychology,, 2019/07/20, Without Invitation, English, Melbourne
  5. Item Response Analysis of the Japanese adaptation of the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness, Kabir, R. S., Namba, S and Haramaki, Y., The 6th World Congress on Positive Psychology, 2019/07/19, Without Invitation, English, Melbourne
  6. Posed versus spontaneous expressions - can we tell the difference?, Namba, S., Kabir, R. S., Nakao, T., and Krumhuber, E, The International Society for Research on Emotion (ISRE 2019), 2019/07/13, Without Invitation, English, Amsterdam
  7. A cross-corpora emotion recognition challenge in humans and machine., Krumhuber, E. G., Küster, D. and Namba, S, The International Society for Research on Emotion (ISRE 2019), 2019/07/10, Without Invitation, English, Amsterdam,
  8. Clustering Individual Differences to Test Validity and Relationships between the Trait and Performance of Empathy., Noguchi, Y., Namba, S., Kambara, K., Kobayashi, R., Shigematsu, J., & Miyaoto, M., Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 52nd Annual Convention, 2018/11/16, Without Invitation, English, USA
  9. Estimating parameters for false action memories in other-oriented observation inflation: Insights from a Bayesian multinomial processing tree approach, Kashihara, S., Namba, S., Russell, K., Miyatani, M., & Nakao, T., The 59th Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, 2018/11/15, Without Invitation, English
  10. The relationship between time perspective and the mood repair effect of positive autobiographical memory., Hashimoto, J., Kobayashi, R., Kashihara, S., Hiramoto, R., Haraguchi, Y., Honda, T., Ishida, N., Okazaki, A., Kishimoto, K., Nakano, H., Horinouchi, H., Zhu, J., Sun, Y., Yamamoto, K., Namba, S., Miyatani, M., and Nakao, T., 58th Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association, 2019/11/02, Without Invitation, English

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. 2019, 2020
  2. 2020, 2022
  3. KAKENHI(Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up), 2019, 2020