Topics of research:

 

Music performance and communication

music performance, audio-visual, ensemble, audience, gaze

Groove and swing (rhythm and body in music)

Nonverbal communication and interpersonal impression formation

Kansei

 

Google scholar link 

 

ResearchGate link

 

Papers:

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Kawase, S. (2024). Positive Moods before Listening to Music Enhance Groove.  

PsyArXiv.  https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/nqv3k [link]

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Etani, T., Miura, A., Kawase, S., Fujii, S., Keller, P.E., Vuust, P., & Kudo, K. (2024).

A review of psychological and neuroscientific research on musical groove.

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105522 [link]

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Fukuie, T., Suwabe, K., Kawase, S., Shimizu, T., Ochi, G., Kuwamizu, R., Sakairi Y., & Soya, H. (2023). Groove rhythm enhances exercise impact on prefrontal cortex function in groove enjoyers. Neuroscience, Volume 531, 117-129.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2023.08.039 [link]

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Kawase, S. (2023). Is happier music groovier? The influence of emotional characteristics of musical chord progressions on groove.  Psychological Research. doi:10.1007/s00426-023-01869-x [link]

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Kawase, S., & Kitabayashi, Y. (2023). Perspectives of Teachers at Music Schools Toward Children's

Extra-Musical Abilities promoted by Music Lessons.  Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1190731. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1190731  [link]

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Satoshi Kawase, Takafumi Kanazawa. (2022). 

Collective creativity in ensemble music performance: A comparison of professional human performances and multi-agent performances.  PsyArXiv.  doi:10.31234/osf.io/mhsz9  [link]

 

Akagi, F., Ichinose, T., Takehara, N., Masuko, T., & Kawase, S. (2022). A time series analysis of group cohesion, group flow, and mood changes that occur throughout quasi-therapeutic singing sessions. PsyArXiv. doi:10.31234/osf.io/83jwg  [link]

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Fukuie, T., Suwabe K., Kawase, S., Shimizu, T., Ochi, G., Kuwamizu, R., Sakairi Y., & Soya, H. (2022). Groove rhythm stimulates prefrontal cortex function in groove enjoyers. Scientific Reports, 12, 7377. doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11324-3　[link]

 

Kawase, S., & Ogawa, J. (2020). Group music lessons for children aged 1–3 improve accompanying parents’ moods. Psychology of Music. doi:10.1177/0305735618803791 [link]

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Kawase, S., Ogawa, J., Obata, S., & Hirano, T. (2018). An Investigation into the Relationship Between Onset Age of Musical Lessons and Levels of Sociability in Childhood. Frontiers in Psychology, 9:2244. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02244 [link]

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Etani, T., Marui, A., Kawase, S.*, & Keller, P.E. (2018). Optimal tempo for groove: Its relation to directions of body movement and Japanese nori. Frontiers in Psychology, 9:462. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00462 [link]

 

Kawase, S., Ito, T., Otsuka, T., Sengoku, A., Shiramatsu, S., Matsuo, T., Oishi, T., Fujita, R., Fukuta, N., & Fujita, K. (2018). Cyber-physical hybrid environment using a largescale discussion system enhances audiences’ participation and satisfaction in the panel discussion. The IEICE Transactions [link]

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Ito, T., Otsuka, T., Kawase, S., Sengoku, A., Shiramatsu, S., Ito, T., Hideshima, E., Matsuo, T., Oishi, T., Fujita, R., Fukuta, N., & Fujita, K. (2017). Experimental Results on Large-scale Cyber-Physical Hybrid Discussion Support. International Journal of Crowd Science, 1(1), 26-38. doi: 10.1108/IJCS-01-2017-0003 [link]

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Kawase, S., & Obata, S. (2016). Audience gaze while appreciating a multipart musical performance. Consciousness and Cognition, 46, 15-26. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2016.09.015 [link]

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Kawase, S., & Obata, S. (2016). Psychological responses to recorded music as predictors of intentions to attend concerts: Emotions, liking, performance evaluations, and monetary value. Musicae Scientiae, 20(2), 163-172. doi: 10.1177/1029864915608682 [link]

 

Kawase, S. (2016). Associations among music majors' personality traits, empathy, and aptitude for ensemble performance. Psychology of Music, 44(2), 293-302. doi:10.1177/0305735614568697 [link]

 

Kawase, S. (2015). Relationships between performers’ daily social skills, social behaviors in ensemble practice, and evaluations of ensemble performance. Musicae Scientiae, 19(4), 350-365. doi:10.1177/1029864915590171 [link]
 

Kawase, S. (2014). Assignment of leadership role changes performers’ gaze during piano duo performances. 

Ecological Psychology, 26(3), 198-215. doi:10.1080/10407413.2014.929477 [link]

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Kawase, S. (2014). Importance of communication cues in music performance according to performers and audience. International Journal of Psychological Studies, 6, 49-64. doi: 10.5539/ijps.v6n2p49 [link]

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Kawase, S. (2014). Gazing behavior and coordination during piano duo performance. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 76(2), 527-540. doi:10.3758/s13414-013-0568-0 [link]

 

Kawase, S. (2013). Factors influencing audience seat selection in a concert hall: A comparison between music majors and nonmusic majors. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 36, 305-315. doi:10.3758/s13414-013-0568-0 [link]

 

Kawase, S., & Eguchi, K. (2010). The Concepts and Acoustical Characteristics of 'Groove' in Japan. PopScriptum 11 - The Groove Issue, 1-45. [link]

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International Conference:　

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Kawase, S.,  Kashio I., Morizumi, K., & Matsumoto, S. (2023). Individual Differences in Tempo of Groovy Music. ICMPC17-APSCOM7

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Kawase, S., Ogawa, J., Umata, I., & Komeda, H. (2023). Effects of Early Childhood Group Music Lessons on Children's Non Cognitive Skills. ICMPC17-APSCOM7 

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Kawase, S. &  Shoda, H. (2023). Effects of supplementary information about the human versus artificial performer on the listener's psychological responses to music performance. ICMPC17-APSCOM7

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Hirota,Y., Suwabe, K., Otsuki,T., & Kawase, S. (2023). High-groove music boosts self-selected jogging speed and positive mood in university students. European College of Sport Science 

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Satoshi Kawase, Yuriko Kitabayashi (2021).  Music Teachers’ Views of Non-musical Abilities in Children Acquired through Musical Lessons: A Large-Scale Study of Non-cognitive Skills.  ICMPC-ESCOM2021 

 

Satoshi Kawase (2021).  Emotional Characteristics of Music and Groove: Can Sad Music with Drum Breaks Induce Groove? 32nd International Congress of Psychology(ICP 2020+)

 

Satoshi Kawase, Yoshitaka Kumasaka, Chika Nagisa, Masahiro Okano(2021).  Musical Coordination Ability of Children: Comparison between Pupils of Group and Individual Lessons. 32nd International Congress of Psychology (ICP 2020+)

 

Satoshi Kawase (2017). Effects of daily communication skills on emotional expressions of performers   International Symposium on Performance Science 2017(ISPS 2017) (Abstract book, p.60)

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Satoshi Kawase, Satoshi Obata (2017).   Conflict and collaboration in multiphase orchestra practice  International Symposium on Performance Science 2017(ISPS 2017) (Abstract book, p.125)

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Satoshi Kawase, Jun’ichi Ogawa (2017). The effects of children’s group music lessons on the mood of accompanying parents   6th Conference of the Asia-Pacific Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (APSCOM 2017).

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Fumiho Akagi, Satoshi Kawase, Naomi Takehara, Tomoko Ichinose, Tsutomu Masuko (2017), Time-series analysis of mood changes by group singing: Assuming music therapy, The 15th World Congress of Music Therapy

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Takayuki Ito, Takanobu Otsuka, Satoshi Kawase, Akihisa Sengoku, Shun Shiramatsu, Tokuro Matsuo, Tetsuya Oishi, Rieko Fujita, Naoki Fukuta, and Katsuhide Fujita, "Preliminary Results on A Large-scale Cyber-Physical Hybrid Discussion Support Experiment", The Eleventh 2016 International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems (KICSS 2016)

 

Takahide Etani, Atsushi Marui, Satoshi Kawase 

The Relationship between Groove and Tempo in Drum Breaks.

31st International Congress of Psychology(ICP 2016)

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Satoshi Kawase, Jun’ichi Ogawa

The influence of group music study on children’s empathy.

31st International Congress of Psychology(ICP 2016)

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Satoshi Kawase, Satoshi Obata

What attracts an audience’s visual attention? An eye tracking study. 

International Symposium on Performance Science 2015(ISPS 2015) (Abstract book, p.107)

 

Satoshi Kawase

Associations between social skills and ensemble performance in music majors. Ninth Triennial Conference of theEuropean Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM2015), Proceedings of ESCOM2015.

 

Satoshi Kawase
Assignment of leadership role changes performers’ gaze behaviour during piano duo performances. 
International Symposium on Performance Science 2013 (ISPS 2013) Proceedings of ISPS2013 pp.451-456.

 

Satoshi Kawase
Mutual gaze facilitates synchronization during piano duo performances.
12th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC12) Proceedings of ICMPC12 pp.522-526. 

 

Satoshi Kawase
The role of gazing behaviour during a piano duo performance. 
11th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC11) Proceedings of ICMPC11 pp.679-682

 

Satoshi Kawase
An exploratory study of gazing behavior during live performance.
7th Triennial Conference of European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM2009), Proceedings of ESCOM2009 pp.220-226, 2009. 

 

Satoshi Kawase
Interaction of auditory and visual information in the Gidayu-bushi performer’s expression of gender and age.
7th Triennial Conference of European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM2009), Proceedings of ESCOM2009 pp.227-232, 2009. 

 

Satoshi Kawase
Role of gazing behaviour in live performances: Case study
Suncoast Music Education Research Symposium VII (SMERS VII), 2009

 

Shoko Yasuda, Toshie Nakamura, Maria Raluca Draguna, Satoshi Kawase, Kenji Katahira, Haruka Shoda
Psychological Study of Strong Experiences in Listening to Music:Relationship between Physical Reactions and Acoustic Features of the Music
10th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC 10), Proceedings of ICMPC10 pp.496-499, 2008

 

Haruka Shoda, Toshie Nakamura, Maria Raluca Draguna, Satoshi Kawase, Kenji Katahira, Shoko Yasuda, Mayumi Adachi
Emotional Communication of a Pianist’s Intended Expression via Acoustical and Visual Information
10th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC 10), Proceedings of ICMPC10 pp.517-520, 2008

 

Kenji Katahira, Toshie Nakamura, Satoshi Kawase, Shoko Yasuda, Haruka Shoda, Maria Raluca Draguna
Effects of the Relationship Between Co-Performers’ Body Movement on Coordination in Ensembles
10th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC 10), 2008 (Abstract)

 

Satoshi Kawase, Toshie Nakamura, Maria Raluca Draguna, Kenji Katahira, Shoko Yasuda, Haruka Shoda
Communication channels performers and listeners use: A survey study
International Conference on Music Communication Science (ICOMCS), Proceedings of ICoMCS 2007 pp.76-79, 2007. 

 

Shoko Yasuda, Toshie Nakamura, Maria Raluca Draguna, Satoshi Kawase, Kenji Katahira, Haruka Shoda
Psychological Study of Strong Experiences in Listening to Music: A Relationship between Partial and Overall Evaluations of Physical Reactions
International Conference on Music Communication Science (ICOMCS), Proceedings of ICoMCS pp.184-187, 2007

 

Kenji Katahira, Toshie Nakamura, Satoshi Kawase, Shoko Yasuda, Haruka Shoda, Maria Raluca Draguna
The Role of Body Movement in Co-Performers' Temporal coordination
International Conference on Music Communication Science (ICOMCS), Proceedings of ICoMCS pp.72-75, 2007

 

Haruka Shoda, Toshie Nakamura, Maria Raluca Draguna, Satoshi Kawase, Kenji Katahira, Shoko Yasuda
Effects of a pianist's body movements on listeners' impressions
International Conference on Music Communication Science (ICOMCS), Proceedings of ICoMCS pp.143-146, 2007

 

Research grant:

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JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 23H00974, 2023

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JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 20K02822, 2020

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JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 17K04770, 2017

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The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation,  2017

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The Hori Sciences And Arts Foundation,  2017

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Kayamori Foundation of Informational Science Advancement,  2017

 

JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 26870735, 2014-2017

 

HAYAO NAKAYAMA Foundation for Science & Technology and Culture, 2009

 

YAMAHA MUSIC FOUNDATION, 2009

 

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, researcher sending project for international conference 2007 

 

Fieldwork Support Project, Osaka University 2006