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Fumiya Yonemitsu  Ph.D.   

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略歴
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Affiliation

Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology 

​Mail: y.fumiya.0408[@]gmail.com

OSF: https://osf.io/e4u5j/

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8774-4499

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​Education

2021.09　Ph.D. (Psychology) Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University

2018.03　M.A. (Psychology) Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University

2016.03　B.A. (Education) Faculty of Education, Kagoshima University

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​Work history

2024.04 − present    Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology 

2021.10 − 2024.03   Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science PD

2021.10 − 2022.03   Collaborative Researcher at Faculty of Human Environment Studies, Kyushu University

2019.04 − 2021.09   Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science DC2

2019.09 − 2021.09   Advanced Teaching Assistant, Kyushu University

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Awards

Kyushu University Student Awards for Excellent Academic Research 

Finalist, Student oral presentation of The Japanese Psychonomic Society: Young Researchers Association. 2019.

JSCP Distinguished Presentation Award, The Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology. 2019.

Best Presentation Award, The 34th Annual Meeting of The Japanese Psychonomic Society. 2017.

Best Presentation Award, Chugoku-Shikoku Psychological Association. 2016.

Excellence Award, Library Fair & Forum. 2016.

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Grants

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (#24K16465) 2024 −  2026  Principal Investigator

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows PD (#22KJ2767) 2021 −  2024  Principal Investigator

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows DC2 (#19J11199) 2019 − 2021    Principal Investigator

Exemption from the refund of scholarships from the Japan Student Services Organization (because of good academic results). 2019.

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論文
​Publications
​Refereed articles

  1. Han, J., Sasaki, K., Yonemitsu, F., Takashima, K., & Yamada, Y. (2026).
    Robust Medusa effect across facial manipulations.
    Cognition, 270, 106419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106419

  2. Ikeda, A., Yonemitsu, F., Yoshimura, N., Sasaki, K., & Yamada, Y. (in press).
    The open science platforms fighting clandestine abuses of piracy and phishing: Case of Open Science Framework.
    Journal of Trial and Error. 

  3. Su, X., Ogawa, S., Takahashi, T., Yonemitsu, F., Kuraoka, M., Takahashi, Y., ... & Suzuki, H. (2026).
    Developing and Validating the Japanese Version of the Essentialist Beliefs About Ageing Scale: The Otassha Study.
    Psychogeriatrics: the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society, 26(1), e70113. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyg.70113  Link

  4. Yonemitsu, F., Sumida, R., & Ariga, A. (in press).
    Possibility of hindsight bias occurring when reading consumer issue cases
    The Japanese Journal of Psychology. Advance Online Publication

  5. Sasaki, K., Yonemitsu, F., & Ariga, A. (2025).
    The uncanny valley phenomenon can be explained by categorization failure rather than categorization difficulty.
    Visual Cognition, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2024.2448697 Link

  6. Takashima, K., Miura, A., Yonemitsu, F., Sasaki, K., Ikeda, A., & Yamada, Y. (2025).
    Does direct gaze during online meetings enhance the illusion of transparency?.
    The Japanese Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 65(1), 36-40. https://doi.org/10.2130/jjesp.2410 Link

  7. Sugai, M., Yonemitsu, F.*, & Ariga, A. (2024).
    Romantic bias in judging the attractiveness of faces wearing masks. 
    i-Perception, 15(5), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/20416695241287486  Link *corresponding author

  8. Yonemitsu, F., Sasaki, K., & Yamada, Y. (2023).
    The superiority of up/down over left/right in metaphorical association with emotion.
    The Japanese Journal of Psychonomic Science, 42(1), 11-18. https://doi.org/10.14947/psychono.psychono.42.2  Link 

  9. Eastwick, P. W., Sparks, J., Finkel, E. ... Yonemitsu, F. … Coles, N. A. (2024).
    A worldwide test of the predictive validity of ideal partner preference-matching.
    Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 128(1), 123–146. https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fpspp0000524  Link 

  10. Kekecs, Z., Palfi, B., Szaszi, B., Szecsi, P., Zrubka, M., Kovacs, M., Bakos, B. E., Cousineau, D., Tressoldi, P., Schmidt, K., Grassi, M., Evans, T. R., Yamada, Y., Miller, J. K., Liu, H., Yonemitsu, F., Dubrov, D., Röer, J. P., Becker, M., … Aczel, B. (2023).
    Raising the value of research studies in psychological science by increasing the credibility of research reports: The transparent Psi project.
    Royal Society Open Science, 10(2), 191375.  

  11. Yoshimura, N., Yonemitsu, F., Sasaki, K., & Yamada, Y. (2022).
    Robustness of the aging effect of smiling against vertical facial orientation.
    F1000Research, 11:404. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.111126.3  Link

  12. Yonemitsu, F., Sasaki, K., Gobara, A., & Yamada, Y. (2021). 
    The clone devaluation effect: does duplication of local facial features matter? 
    BMC Research Notes, 14, 400. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-021-05815-1  Link

  13. Motoki, K., Yonemitsu, F., & Ariga, A. (in press)
    Problems of reproducibility and research practices in consumer research
    Advances in consumer studies. (in Japanese)

  14. Yonemitsu, F., Sasaki, K., Gobara, A., & Yamada, Y. (2021). 
    The clone devaluation effect: A new uncanny phenomenon concerning facial identity. 
    PLOS ONE, 16(7): e0254396. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254396  Link

  15. Hasegawa, R., Tada, K., Yonemitsu, F., Ikeda, A., Yamada, Y., Takahashi, K., & Kondo, H. M. (2021)
    Current empirical research pre-registration and its practices: A tutorial on Open Science Framework.
    The Japanese Journal of Psychology, 92(3), 188-196. (in Japanese)  Link

  16. Yonemitsu, F., Ikeda, A., Yoshimura, N., Sasaki, K., Takashima, K., Qian, K., & Yamada, Y. (2020).
    Warning ‘Don’t spread’ vs. ‘Don’t be a spreader’ to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Royal Society Open Science, 7(9), 200793. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200793  Link

  17. Kekecs, Z., Aczel, B., Palfi, B., Szaszi, B., Szecsi, P., Zrubka, M., Kovacs, M., Bakos, B., Cousineau, D., Tressoldi, P., Grassi, M., Arnold, D., Evans, T., Yamada, Y., Miller, J., Liu, H., Yonemitsu, F., & Dubrov, D. (accepted in principle).
    Raising the value of research studies in psychological science by increasing the credibility of research reports: The Transparent Psi Project.
    Royal Society Open Science.  Preprint available

  18. Sasaki, K., Yonemitsu, F., & Yamada, Y. (2019).
    Goodness of the side of the dominant hand: A registered direct replication of Casasanto (2009).
    Japanese Psychological Review, 62(3), 262-271. (in Japanese) https://doi.org/10.24602/sjpr.62.3_262  Link

  19. Yoshimura, N., Yonemitsu, F., Marmolejo-Ramos, F., Ariga, A., & Yamada, Y. (2019). 
    Task difficulty modulates the disrupting effects of oral respiration on visual search performance.
    Journal of Cognition, 2(1), 21. http://doi.org/10.5334/joc.77  Link 

  20. Yonemitsu, F., Sasaki, K., Gobara, A., Kosugi, K. E., & Yamada, Y. (2018). 
    Close, and ye shall find: Eye closure during thinking enhances creativity. 
    Palgrave Communications, 4(1), 80. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-018-0138-0  Link

  21. Yonemitsu, F., Ihaya, K., & Yamada, Y. (2018).
    Relationship between psychological resilience and emotional processing: An attentional blink study.
    Japanese Journal of Research on Emotions, 25(3), 58-61. (in Japanese) https://doi.org/10.4092/jsre.25.3_58  Link

  22. Yonemitsu, F., Sung, Y., Naka, K., Yamada, Y., & Marmolejo-Ramos, F. (2017). 
    Does weight lifting improve visual acuity? A replication of Gonzalo-Fonrodona and Porras (2013). 
    BMC Research Notes, 10(1), 362. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2699-1  Link

  23. Ohtake, Y., Okumura, Y., Gobara, A., Naka, K., Yonemitsu, F., Sasaki, K., Watanabe, N., Fujita, S., Hattori, T., Yamada, Y., & Kobayashi, T. (2017).
    Supporting mother-child picture book reading with a search system at a public library.
    The Science of Reading, 59(3), 58-72. (in Japanese) https://doi.org/10.19011/sor.59.3_134  Link

  24. Naka, K., Yonemitsu, F., & Yamada, Y. (2017).
    Facial attractiveness judgment and gender environment: Comparison between students in single- and mixed-gender universities.
    The Japanese Journal of Psychonomic Science, 36(1), 50-55. (in Japanese) https://doi.org/10.14947/psychono.36.5  Link

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Preprints and unrefereed articles

  1. Ikeda, A., Yonemitsu, F., Yoshimura, N., Sasaki, K., & Yamada, Y. (2022, January 27).
    The Open Science Foundation clandestinely abused for malicious activities in unintended manners. 
    PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/xtuen Link

  2. Yonemitsu, F., Sasaki, K., Gobara, A. & Yamada, Y. (2021, March 1).
    The clone devaluation effect: A new uncanny phenomenon concerning facial identity.
    PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/x8ugt  Link  

  3. Hasegawa, R., Tada, K., Yonemitsu, F., Ikeda, A., Yamada, Y., Takahashi, K., & Kondo, H. M. (2021, January 25).
    Current empirical research pre-registration and its practices: A tutorial on Open Science Framework.
    PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/kvgyc  Link  published in The Japanese Journal of Psychology​

  4. Yonemitsu, F., Sasaki, K., & Yamada, Y. (2020, August 12).
    The superiority of up/down over left/right in metaphorical association with emotion.
    PsyArxiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/e8mvw  Link 

  5. Yonemitsu, F., Ikeda, A., Yoshimura, N., Sasaki, K., Takashima, K., Qian, K., & Yamada, Y. (2020, May 4).
    Warning “Don’t spread” vs. “Don’t be a spreader” to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic.
    PsyArxiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/u4z3e  Link  published in Royal Society Open Science

  6. Sasaki, K., Yonemitsu, F., & Yamada, Y. (2019, November 29).
    Goodness of the side of the dominant hand: A registered direct replication of Casasanto (2009).
    PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/4qnfk  Link  published in Japanese Psychological Review

  7. Kekecs, Z., Aczel, B., Palfi, B., Szaszi, B., Szecsi, P., Zrubka, M., Kovacs, M., Bakos, B., Cousineau, D., Tressoldi, P., Grassi, M., Arnold, D., Evans, T., Yamada, Y., Miller, J., Liu, H., Yonemitsu, F., & Dubrov, D. (2019, August 1).
    Raising the value of research studies in psychological science by increasing the credibility of research reports: The Transparent Psi Project.
    PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/uwk7y  Link  accepted in principle in Royal Society Open Science

  8. Yonemitsu, F., & Yamada, Y. (2018).
    Political orientation and disgust sensitivity in Japanese.
    Technical report of IEICE, 118(381), 31-36. (in Japanese)

  9. Ishikawa, C., Kobayashi, T., Naka, K., Yonemitsu, F., & Yamada, Y. (2018). 
    Facial attractiveness judgments by females in majority-male workspace
    Technical report of IEICE. 118(196), 31-35. (in Japanese)

  10. Yonemitsu, F., Sasaki, K., Gobara, A., Kosugi, K. E., & Yamada, Y. (2018, March 21). 
    Close, and ye shall find: Eye closure during thinking enhances creativity.
    PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-018-0138-0  Link  published in Palgrave Communications

  11. Ohtake, Y., Gobara, A., Naka, K., Yonemitsu, F., Sasaki, K., Okumura, Y., Watanabe, N., Hattori, T., Yamada, Y., & Kobayashi, T. (2017). 
    Pitarie: The Effect of an Intervention Assisting Mothers with Picture Book Search. 
    IEICE technical report, 116 (436), 109-114. (in Japanese)


     

発表
Presentation

  1. Yonemitsu, F., & Yamada, Y. (2019). Enhancing the illusion of transparency by erotic visual stimuli. The 58th Annual Convention of the Taiwan Psychological Association, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. [Poster] 

  2. Yoshimura, N., Yonemitsu, F., & Yamada, Y. (2019). Boundary extension with anteflexion: The view from between the legs is remembered more widely. The 58th Annual Convention of the Taiwan Psychological Association, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. [Poster]

  3. Yonemitsu, F., Sasaki, K., & Yamada, Y. (2017). Olfactory cue gains preference for novel fruit depending on categorical compatibility. Fechner Day 2017, The 33rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics, Fukuoka, Japan. [Poster] 

  4. Okumura, Y., Ohtake, Y., Gobara, A., Sasaki, K., Yonemitsu, F., Naka, K., Watanabe, N., Fujita, S., Hattori, T., Yamada, Y., & Kobayashi, T. (2017). The effect of an intervention assisting mothers with picture book search. The 27th annual conference of European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA 2017), Bologna, Italy. [Poster] 

  5. Yonemitsu, F., Sasaki, K., Gobara, A., & Yamada, Y. (2017). The clone devaluation effect: Many exactly same faces induce eerie impressions. The 17th annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA. [Poster]

  6. Yonemitsu, F., & Shimokido, T. (2016). Changing allocation of attentional resources in a very short time: Attentional blink in high-trait anxious individuals. The 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan. [Oral]

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