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Brain mechanisms of language and context formation studied by event-related potentials

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K12096
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Intelligent informatics
Research InstitutionToyohashi University of Technology

Principal Investigator

Sugimoto Shunji  豊橋技術科学大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (50422811)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 堀川 順生  豊橋技術科学大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), シニア研究員 (50114781)
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Keywords文脈形成 / 意思決定 / 問題意識 / 問題解決 / 緊張・緩和 / 笑い / 楽曲選好 / 旋律輪郭 / 言語理解
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study is to clarify event-related potentials (ERPs) evoked in relation with context formation, and to construct a neuronal model to predict context preferences. In ERP experiments, we observed positive components in the right frontal region when participants made a negative decision. Previous studies have shown that those positive ERPs are caused by “deviation” such as error detection and schema reinterpretation. The present results, however, indicate that those ERPs are related to the brain mechanisms for “conflict and resolution” in everyday life. We further created a neuronal model to predict the popularity of music based on melodic context (melody line) and found that the correlation between rating values and popularity for classical music increased by tuning a working-memory span in the model. These results suggest that the proposed melody-preference model based on tension/relaxation interaction has certain validity.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

将来的な少子高齢化、また老化や筋萎縮性側索硬化症などの難病が引き起こす社会問題へ対処していく手段として、文脈選好の脳機構についての理解、および人と計算機のインタラクティブな相互作用を用いた生活支援機器の開発への需要はますます高まるものと思われる。本研究で得られた心理的葛藤に由来する陽性事象関連電位についての知見は、広く脳科学的・認知科学的な分野において貢献すると思われる。また、緊張/緩和構造を用いて旋律選好を予測する試みは、文脈形成における情報統合の脳機構に基づいて人の選好を計算機で予測する方法の基礎的知見を提供するものであり、今後、意思決定の工学的応用分野などにおいて貢献すると思われる。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2018 2016 2015

All Journal Article (5 results) Presentation (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] 緊張/緩和の相互作用に基づいて旋律を定量的に評価する試み-旋律輪郭の認知的選好を探る-2018

    • Author(s)
      杉本俊二
    • Journal Title

      日本音響学会聴覚研究会資料

      Volume: 48(2) Pages: 135-138

    • NAID

      40021545771

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 笑い体験時における脳波活動の計測2016

    • Author(s)
      松原右京、杉本俊二、堀川順生
    • Journal Title

      日本音響学会聴覚研究会資料

      Volume: 46

    • NAID

      40020868961

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 肯定/否定の意思決定に関連した脳波活動の研究2016

    • Author(s)
      杉本俊二、杉山健太、堀川順生
    • Journal Title

      統計数理研究所共同研究リポート359

      Volume: 359 Pages: 6-10

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 肯定/否定の意思決定に関連した脳波活動の研究(2)2016

    • Author(s)
      杉本俊二、杉山健太、堀川順生
    • Journal Title

      統計数理研究所共同研究リポート359

      Volume: 359 Pages: 11-14

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 肯定/否定の意思決定における脳活動2015

    • Author(s)
      杉山健太、杉本俊二、堀川順生
    • Journal Title

      日本音響学会聴覚研究会資料

      Volume: 45(3) Pages: 189-194

    • NAID

      40020515053

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Brain activities related to yes-no decision making for tag questions2016

    • Author(s)
      Kenta Sugiyama, Shunji Sugimoto, Junsei Horikawa
    • Organizer
      The 3rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Bioacoustics
    • Place of Presentation
      The Irago Sea-Park & Spa Hotel
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-10
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] EEG activities evoked by joke stories2016

    • Author(s)
      Ukyo Matsubara, Shunji Sugimoto, Yoshiteru Ishida, Junsei Horikawa
    • Organizer
      The 3rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Bioacoustics
    • Place of Presentation
      The Irago Sea-Park & Spa Hotel
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-10
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 質問に対する肯定/否定の意思決定に関連した脳活動2016

    • Author(s)
      杉山 健太、杉本 俊二、堀川 順生
    • Organizer
      日本音響学会2016年秋季研究発表会
    • Place of Presentation
      富山大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-14
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 肯定/否定の意思決定における前頭脳波活動2016

    • Author(s)
      杉本俊二、杉山健太、堀川順生
    • Organizer
      電子情報通信学会総合大会
    • Place of Presentation
      九州大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-15
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report

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