Faculty introduction

KAMBARA Ayumi 神原 歩
  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities
Faculty Profile
Research Field

Social psychology, Cognitive psychology

Affiliated Academic Societies

The Japanese Psychological Association
The Japanese Society of Social Psychology
The Japanese Society of Cognitive Psychology
American Psychological Association (APA)
Association for Psychological Science (APS)

Courses Taught

Applied Psychology Seminar, Psychological Experiments, Industrial Social Psychology, etc.

Academic Degrees

Osaka University (bachelor)
Kansai University (master)
Kansai University (PhD)

Brief Biography

After graduating from Osaka University, I worked for several private companies before entering the Kansai University Graduate School, where I received my doctorate in 2013. Then, I worked at Nara Women's University and joined KUAS.2024年9月-2025年3月 Princeton Univ. Research Collaborator, 2025年4月-2025年9月 LYON NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE, Visiting Professor.

Achievements and Awards

Apr, 2023 Best Presentation Award［Social Contribution Evaluation Section］: Can the mere presence of an intimate other on Zoom reduce stress?－Online vs. In-person－, The Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology (Ayumi Kambara, Hisashi Mitsuishi, Yuki Harada)
Oct 2022 Special Best Presentation Award: Can we better understand others' perspectives when we sit Side-By-Side Rather Than Face-To-Face? -The influence of differences in body angle between self and others on how accurately we can obtain others’ psychological perspectives-, The Japanese Psychological Association (Ayumi Kambara, Hiroyuki Muto)
Sep 2022 Best Article Award, ”Effects of experiencing visual illusions on susceptibility to bias in opponent's social judgment”, The Japanese Psychological Association (Ayumi Kambara)
Mar 2020 Best Class Award, Kyoto University of Advanced Science
Oct, 2013 Best Presentation Award［Comprehensive Evaluation Section］, The Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology (Ayumi Kambara, Yumi Endo)

Related Links

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Contact

Mail: kanbara.ayumi@kuas.ac.jp

Research Overview

My main research interests are as follows:

・From embodiment perspective, using the influence of lower-order perceptions (e.g., physical, sensory perceptions) on higher-order perceptions (e.g., thoughts, decision-making, efficacy) for minimizing cognitive bias, or developing rehabilitation method.

・Understanding the impact of beliefs about others (e.g., giver or receiver/attachment style) on interpersonal relationships and happiness

・Exploring the ways to mitigate natural asymmetries between self-perception and other-perception

List of Researches
Academic Papers

＜Five Recent achievements＞

Does the presence of a friend reduce cardiovascular response to stress even over a screen?
PLOS ONE Dec, 2024 (Ayumi Kambara, Hisashi Mitsuishi, Yuki Harada)

Exploring individual psychological characteristics associated with unmarried status: Focusing on attachment style Oct 2024 (Ayumi Kambara, Hiroyuki Muto, Yoshiyuki, Sodekawa, Masahiro Yamada)

Learning from illusions: From perception studies to perspective-taking interventions
May, 2023 (François Quesque, Ayumi Kambara, Jean-Baptiste Van, der Hens, Yves Rossetti
)

Overconfidence about one’s own objectivity: A historical review and consideration of adaptive significance Japanese Psychological Review, 65(4) 431-442, 2022 (Ayumi Kambara)

Effects of experiencing visual illusions on susceptibility to biases in opponent’s social judgments
The Japanese Journal of psychological research, 92(1) 12-20, 2021 (Ayumi Kambara)

Publications

「暮らしの中の社会心理学」 安藤香織・杉浦淳吉(編) (担当:第2章 社会的認知) ナカニシヤ出版 2024年3月
「読んでわかる社会心理学」 辻川典文, 阿部晋吾, 神原歩, 田端拓哉 サイエンス社 2020年12月

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