| Project/Area Number |
11610087
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
実験系心理学
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| Research Institution | Japan Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
KOYAMA Takamasa Japan Women's University, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Social Sciences, Professor, 人間社会学部, 教授 (20143703)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TERAO Keiji Tsukuba Primate Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Director, 筑波霊長類センター, センター長 (30109920)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2001
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥2,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000)
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| Keywords | WGTA / finger maze / the aged / macaque / cognitive function / assessment method / simplified method / behavioral observation / 認知能力 |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of the research is developing the simplified method to assess cognitive impairment of aged monkeys. The WGTA (Wisconsin General Test Apparatus) is excellent equipment used in a lot of the previous studies, but it takes a long time (2 to 3 months) to complete the test. We have developed a new type of the finger maze with error boxes, which is called the correctable type of finger maze. Our experiments show the different performance between young and aged monkeys. On the other hand, the experiments by WGTA shows that the aged monkey was poorer in transferring learned solution to other tasks. Another experiment suggests that the aged were more liable to depend on physical orientation to resolve the delayed non-matching positional recognition task. Cross-study between the finger maze and the WGTA is needed to explain effectiveness of the finger maze to assess cognitive deterioration of aged monkey.
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