Field RNG Experiments Using Short Movies : An Examination of the Focused-attention and Emotion Hypotheses

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  • 映像を用いたフィールドRNG実験 : フォーカス説と感情説の検討

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To examine MMI (mind-matter interaction), a field experiment using a random number/event generator (RNG/REG) is methodologically well structured, and the outputs of RNG are often found to be biased when field consciousness is evoked strongly during some events. This study was designed and conducted to compare the validity of hypotheses based on focused attention and on group emotion to explain this anomalistic phenomenon. In the experiment, the top three short films evaluated as stimulating, from 10 candidates, were selected as experimental stimuli, defined operationally as interesting, sad, and humorous. The lowest rated short movie was used as a control condition, a non-emotional stimulus. A total of six groups (total n=230) participated in the field RNG experiment. Results revealed that the total chi-squared statistics were significant for the experimental condition (three short films), although the results for each of the three emotions were not significant. In contrast, the total chi-squared became non-significant when all the output, including the control condition, was calculated. These results appear to support the emotion hypothesis. Stouffer's z-scores showed no statistical biases. No emotion-specific biases became clear in the RNG outputs. Finally, some future research issues are discussed.

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  • CRID
    1390282763115277568
  • NII Article ID
    110009425416
  • DOI
    10.18936/islis.30.1_17
  • ISSN
    24240761
    13419226
  • Text Lang
    en
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    • JaLC
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