The effect of environmental temperature on social recognition and social decision making

The effect of environmental temperature on social recognition and social decision making - The effect of environmental temperature on social recognition and social decision making

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000026473

Enrollment

Registered

2017-03-20

Start date

2017-04-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Healthy volunteer

Interventions

High temperature group Low temperature group Medium temperature group (control)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Japanese undergraduates and graduate students that can take a day trip to the implementation site of the experiment. 2. Person who have normal vision or corrected normal vision. 3. Person who can well-understand Japanese language.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not applicable

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Recognition performance on memory for unfamiliar faces	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1.Judgement bias on ambiguous facial expression 2.Reaction time on implicit association test of temperature and facial expression 3.Correct response and increment of correct response in manipulation phase from baseline phase in social facilitation task 4.Reaction time and ratio of utilitarian judgement in moral dilemma task 5.Demographic variables: sex, age and psychological traits (individual difference of face recognition performance, social anxiety, empathy, relational mobility) 6.Physiological index: skin temperature, salivary amylase concentration	—

Measure

Time frame

1.Judgement bias on ambiguous facial expression 2.Reaction time on implicit association test of temperature and facial expression 3.Correct response and increment of correct response in manipulation phase from baseline phase in social facilitation task 4.Reaction time and ratio of utilitarian judgement in moral dilemma task 5.Demographic variables: sex, age and psychological traits (individual difference of face recognition performance, social anxiety, empathy, relational mobility) 6.Physiological index: skin temperature, salivary amylase concentration

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Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactSatoshi Nakashima

Hiroshima Shudo University The Faculty of Health Sciences

snakashi@shudo-u.ac.jp082-830-1199

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026