2016 Volume 36 Issue 143 Pages 30-34
The importance of psychological measurement and evaluation has been growing, such as stress evaluation, product evaluation and design, and mental training in various scenes of our life. A questionnaire survey is generally conducted as a quantitative measurement method for psychological data, and this data is useful to understand the general mental states of a person. In contrast, an interview survey is also essential for clarifying aspects of an individual’s mental state in detail. However, it is difficult for experts and people who are not experts to share the understanding of the interview results, meaning the mental state, because interpretation of these results requires advanced skills. Therefore, the society for visualization of mind was inaugurated last October in order to create an easy to understand visualization of an individual’s mental state. This paper introduces the society’s effort to visualize the mind using an interdisciplinary approach based on psychology, information science, and fluid dynamics.
