Ryosuke NIIMI, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Niigata University
8050 Ikarashi-2-no-cho, Nishi-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata, 950-2181 JAPAN

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Researchmap    ORCID: 0000-0003-1916-9853    ResearcherID: F-1535-2014

Research Field

Based on the methodologies of experimental psychology and neurosciences I have studied the human visual cognition, such as object recognition, scene perception, attention, visual preference, and symmetry perception.

Education

• 2003, B.A., Department of Psychology, Faculty of Letters, The University of Tokyo
• 2005, M.A. in Psychology, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo
• 2008, Ph.D. in Psychology, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo

Doctoral Thesis

• Niimi, R. (2008). An experimental study on the visual perception of orientation of familiar objects. Unpublished doctoral thesis, The University of Tokyo, Japan. (in Japanese)
  Abstract  PDF (11MB)

Professional Experience

• 2005 Apr - 2008 Mar, JSPS Research Fellow (DC)
• 2008 Apr - 2009 Mar, Research Scientist, RIKEN Brain Science Institute (Lab. for Integrative Neural Systems)
• 2009 Apr - 2011 Mar, JSPS Research Fellow (PD), Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
• 2009 Apr - 2011 Mar, Visiting Scientist, RIKEN Brain Science Institute (Lab. for Integrative Neural Systems)
• 2010 Apr - 2013 Mar, Part-Time Lecturer (Cognitive Psychology), Musashino University
• 2011 Apr - 2016 Mar, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, The University of Tokyo
• 2012 Apr - 2016 Mar, Part-Time Lecturer (Introduction to Psychology), Tokyo University of the Arts
• 2015 Apr - 2016 Mar, Part-Time Lecturer (Seminar on Writing English Paper), Rikkyo University
• 2016 Apr - present, Associate Professor, Niigata University

Publications

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Books

(in Japanese)

• Niimi, R. (2022). 3D object recognition. In Vision Society of Japan (Ed.), Illustrated encycropedia of vision (pp. 150-153). Tokyo: Asakura Shoten.
• Niimi, R. (2019). Chapters I-9, 10, 11 in K. Miura & J. Kawahara (Eds.), Psychology of beauty and attractiveness (pp. 18-23). Kyoto: Minerva Shobo.
• Niimi, R. (2017). Gist. In Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (Ed.), Encyclopedia of artificial intelligence (p. 137). Tokyo: Kyoritsu-shuppan.
• Niimi, R., Ueda, S., & Yokosawa, K. (2016). Object perception. Tokyo: Keisho-shobo.

Peer-Reviewed Papers

(in English)

• Niimi, R. (2024). Probability of minority inclusion is underestimated. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 36, 502-522. doi: 10.1080/20445911.2024.2347399
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• Niimi, R., Saiki, T., & Yokosawa, K. (2023). Auditory scene context facilitates visual recognition of objects in consistent visual scenes. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 85, 1267-1275, doi: 10.3758/s13414-023-02699-0
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• Niimi, R. (2023). The contributions of surface features and contour shapes to object slant perception. i-Perception, 14(2), 1–18, doi: 10.1177/20416695231160402
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• Niimi, R. & Goto, M. (2023). Good conduct makes your face attractive: The effect of personality perception on facial attractiveness judgments. Plos One, 18(2), e0281758, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281758
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• Niimi, R. (2020). Interacting hands draw attention during scene observation. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 82, 1088-1098, doi: 10.3758/s13414-019-01881-7
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• Niimi, R., Shimada, H., & Yokosawa, K. (2017). Inhibition of return decays rapidly when familiar objects are used. Japanese Psychological Research, 59(2), 167-177, doi: 10.1111/jpr.12149  (Special issue: Search: a new perspective to understand cognitive dynamics)
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• Nonose, K., Niimi, R., & Yokosawa, K. (2016). On the three-quarter view advantage of familiar object recognition. Psychological Research, 80(6), 1030-1048, doi: 10.1007/s00426-015-0702-9
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• Sastyin, G., Niimi, R., & Yokosawa, K. (2015). Does object view influence the scene consistency effect? Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 77(3), 856-866, doi: 10.3758/s13414-014-0817-x
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• Niimi, R., & Watanabe, K. (2014). Do we know others' visual liking? i-Perception, 5(7), 572-584, doi: 10.1068/i0661
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• Yamashita, W., Niimi, R., Kanazawa, S., Yamaguchi, M. K., & Yokosawa, K. (2014). Three-quarter view preference for three-dimensional objects in 8-month-old infants. Journal of Vision, 14(4), 5, doi: 10.1167/14.4.5
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• Niimi, R., & Watanabe, K. (2013). Contextual effects of scene on the visual perception of object orientation in depth. Plos One, 8(12), e84371, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084371
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• Kohara, I., & Niimi, R. (2013). The shot length styles of Miyazaki, Oshii, and Hosoda: A quantitative analysis. Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 8(2), 163-184, doi: 10.1177/1746847713487472
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• Niimi, R., & Watanabe, K. (2012). Consistency of likeability of objects across views and time. Perception, 41(6), 673-686, doi: 10.1068/p7240
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• Saneyoshi, A., Niimi, R., Suetsugu, T., Kaminaga, T., & Yokosawa, K. (2011). Iconic memory and parietofrontal network: fMRI study using temporal integration. Neuroreport, 22(11), 515-519, doi: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e328348aa0c
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• Niimi, R., Saneyoshi, A., Abe, R., Kaminaga, T., & Yokosawa, K. (2011). Parietal and frontal object areas underlie perception of object orientation in depth. Neuroscience Letters, 496(1), 35-39, doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.03.081
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• Takahashi, K., Niimi, R., & Watanabe, K. (2010). Illusory motion induced by blurred red-blue edges. Perception, 39(12), 1678-1680, doi: 10.1068/p6811
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• Niimi, R., & Yokosawa, K. (2009). Viewpoint dependence in the recognition of non-elongated familiar objects: Testing the effects of symmetry, front-back axis, and familiarity. Perception, 38(4), 533-551, doi: 10.1068/p6161
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• Niimi, R., & Yokosawa, K. (2009). Three-quarter views are subjectively good because object orientation is uncertain. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 16(2), 289-294, doi: 10.3758/PBR.16.2.289
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• Niimi, R., Watanabe, K., & Yokosawa, K. (2008). The dynamic-stimulus advantage of visual symmetry perception. Psychological Research, 72(5), 567-579, doi: 10.1007/s00426-008-0133-y
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• Niimi, R., & Yokosawa, K, (2008). Determining the orientation of depth-rotated familiar objects. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15(1), 208-214, doi: 10.3758/PBR.15.1.208
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• Niimi, R., Yokosawa, K., & Watanabe, K. (2006). Attentional set for axis of symmetry in symmetry-defined visual search. Perception & Psychophysics, 68(7), 1153-1162, doi: 10.3758/BF03193717
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• Niimi, R., Watanabe, K., & Yokosawa, K. (2005). The role of visible persistence for perception of visual bilateral symmetry. Japanese Psychological Research, 47(4), 262-270, doi: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2005.00295.x
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(in Japanese)

• Niimi, R. & Yamada, S. (2020). Effect of facial attractiveness on clothing attractiveness ratings by gender. Japanese Journal of Psychology, 91(2), 94-104, doi: 10.4992/jjpsy.91.19004
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• Niimi, R. (2016). Kôkûsinribu: The psychology department of the Aeronautical Research Institute, Tokyo Imperial University. History of Psychology and Psychology Studies, 16/17, 1-23.
• Saneyoshi, A., Niimi, R., Suetsugu, T., Kaminaga, T., & Yokosawa, K. (2009). Japanese Journal of Psychonomic Science, 28, 23-34.
• Niimi, R. & Yokosawa, K. (2007). Japanese Psychological Review, 50, 119-134.

Proceedings and Technical Reports

(in English)

• Niimi, R., & Watanabe, K. (2012). How well do we know others' liking? Japanese Journal of Psychonomic Science, 31, 77-78. (Summary of Awarded Presentation)
• Niimi, R., & Yokosawa, K. (2006). The role of visual symmetry in determining depth orientation of familiar objects. Japanese Journal of Psychonomic Science, 25, 105-106. (Summary of Awarded Presentation)

(in Japanese)

• Niimi, R. (2023). Technical Report of IEICE, HIP2023-67, 35-38.
• Niimi, R. (2021). Studies in Humanities (Niigata University), 148, Y33-Y54.
• Niimi, R. (2020). Technical Report of IEICE HIP, 120(185), 17-20.
• Mio, S. & Niimi, R. (2019). Technical Report of IEICE HIP, 119(348), 61-64.
• Kikuchi, N. & Niimi, R. (2019). Technical Report of IEICE HCS, 118(437), 39-44.
• Takahashi, N., Shirai, N., & Niimi, R. (2019). Technical Report of IEICE HCS, 118(437), 71-76.
• Kondo, A., Niimi, R., Takahashi, K., & Watanabe, K. (2011). Technical Report of IEICE HIP, 111(155), 63-38.

Others

• Niimi, R. & Yokosawa, K. Reaction time.   Nou-kagaku Jiten (Online disctionary of brain science, in Japanese). doi: 10.14931/bsd.806

Invited Talks

(in English)

• Niimi, R. (2008, February). Visual symmetry and human object perception. RIKEN BSI Forum, Wako, Japan.

(in Japanese)

• Niimi, R. (2019, February). 18th Meeting of Special Interest Group on Kansei, Fukuoka, Japan.
• Niimi, R. (2017, March). The 53rd Annual Meeting of Niigata Psychological Association, Niimigata, Japan.
• Niimi, R. (2015, June). The 26th Seminar of the Psychology Department, the Universitiy of Tokyo.
• Niimi, R. (2012, September). Japanese Cognitive Science Society Summer School 2012, Hakone, Japan.

Presentations at International Conferences

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Poster Presentation

• Niimi, R. & Hirano, A. (2022, November). Perceptual correspondence between visual clutter and auditory features. Virtual poster presented at the 63rd Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting.
• Niimi, R. (2019, July 30). Attentional cueing effect by pointing hand and other cues: Differences and interactions. Poster session presented at the 15th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Osaka, Japan.
  Abstract (p. 94)
• Yokosawa, K., Shimane, Y., & Niimi, R. (2019, June 27). Scene consistency effect of object recognition in peripheral vision. Poster session presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, London, ON, Canada.
• Niimi, R. (2018, November 17). How hands and faces guide visual selective attention. Poster session presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
• Niimi, R., Saiki, T., & Yokosawa, K. (2016, July). Auditory scene context facilitates visual object recognition. Poster session presented at the 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan.
  Abstract
• Niimi, R. (2015, November). How do we see hands? Attentional deployment when observing hand images. Poster session presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Chigaco, IL.
• Niimi, R. (2015, July). Modest effect of perspective distortion on object recognition. Poster session presented at the 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Singapore.
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• Niimi, R. (2013, November). Camera focal length and object recognition. Poster session presented at the OPAM meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• Yamashita, W., Niimi, R., Kanazawa, S., Yamaguchi, M. K., & Yokosawa, K. (2013, July). Three-quarter view preference for three-dimensional objects in 8-month-old infants. Poster session presented at the 9th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Suzhou, China.
  Abstract
• Yokosawa, K., Sastyin, G., & Niimi, R. (2013, May). Does viewpoint dependency effect influence scene consistency effect? Poster session presented at the annual meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.
  Abstract
• Niimi, R. & Watanabe, K. (2012, November). How well do we know others' average liking? Poster session presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
• Niimi, R. (2012, July). Mahjong tile illusion: Illusory shape perception induced by object surface texture. Poster session presented at the 8th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Incheon, Korea.
  Abstract
• Niimi, R., & Watanabe, K. (2011, July). Consistency of likability to objects across views and time. Poster session presented at the 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Hong Kong, China.
  Abstract
• Niimi, R., & Watanabe, K. (2011, January). How well do we know others' preferences? Poster session presented at the International Workshop for Young Researchers "Knowing Self, Knowing Others", Kyoto, Japan.
• Niimi, R., & Watanabe, K. (2010, August). Environmental reference frame alters the perceived orientation of three-dimensional object. Poster session presented at the 33rd European Conference on Visual Perception, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  Abstract
• Takahashi, K., Niimi, R., & Watanabe, K. (2010, August). Illusory motion of blurred blue-red edges. Poster session presented at the 33rd European Conference on Visual Perception, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  Abstract
• Saneyoshi, A., Niimi, R., Abe, R., Kaminaga, T., & Yokosawa, K. (2009, November). Object orientation in canonical and accidental views: an fMRI study. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA.
• Saneyoshi, A., Niimi, R., Suetsugu, T., Kaminaga, T., & Yokosawa, K. (2008, November). The failure on temporally separated visual information integration: an fMRI study. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL.
• Niimi, R., & Tanifuji, M. (2008, November). When does the visual attention shrink toward object? Poster session presented at the OPAM meeting, Chicago, IL.
• Niimi, R., & Yokosawa, K. (2008, May). Three-quarter view is good because object orientation is uncertain. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.
  Abstract
• Niimi, R., & Yokosawa, K. (2007, November). A biased perception of the depth orientation of familiar objects. Poster session presented at the OPAM meeting, Long Beach, CA.
• Niimi, R., & Yokosawa, K. (2007, May). It seems turn away from me: Foreshortened front-back axes bias determination of depth-orientation of familiar objects. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
  Abstract
• Niimi, R., & Yokosawa, K. (2006, November). Determining the depth orientation of familiar objects. Poster session presented at the OPAM meeting, Houston, TX.
• Niimi, R., & Yokosawa, K. (2006, May). Recognizing orientation of depth-rotated familiar objects. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
  Abstract
• Niimi, R., & Yokosawa, K. (2005, November). Viewpoint dependency in the recognition of symmetric familiar objects. Poster session presented at the OPAM meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• Niimi, R., Watanabe, K., & Yokosawa, K. (2005, May). Rapid successive presentation improves symmetry perception. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
  Abstract
• Niimi, R., Yokosawa, K., & Watanabe, K. (2004, May). Search asymmetry in search for symmetry. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
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• Yokosawa, K., Niimi, R., & Watanabe, K. (2003, May). Temporal characteristics of bilateral symmetry perception: Predominant effect of visible persistence. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
  Abstract

Oral Presentation

• Niimi, R., Ehara, R., & Yokosawa, K. (2014, November). On the top-view disadvantage in visual object recognition. Paper presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA.
• Niimi, R. (2014, July). When a Mackintosh chair looks like a young woman: A study on visual object personification. Paper presented at the 10th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Takamatasu, Japan.
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Awards

• 2021, First prize in the 13th Illusion Contest (Sakusi Sakucho Kontesuto). Watch this video.
• 2011, Won a prize in the 3rd Illusion Contest (Sakusi Kontesuto).
• 2010, Top 10 Finalist, 6th Annual Best Illusion of the Year Contest (Takahashi, Niimi, & Watanabe)

Others

• Memberships — Psychonomic Society (Fellow), Japanese Psychological Association, Japanese Psychonomic Society, Japan Society for Animation Studies, etc.
• Peer Review — Vision Research, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Japanese Psychological Research, Japanese Journal of Psychonomic Science, Scientific Reports, etc.

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