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The interaction of cognition and bodily movements

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K17329
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Experimental psychology
Research InstitutionKeio University (2016)
Sapporo Medical University (2015)

Principal Investigator

Itaguchi Yoshihiro  慶應義塾大学, 理工学部(矢上), 訪問研究員 (50706637)

Research Collaborator Fukuzawa Kazuyoshi  早稲田大学, 文学部, 教授 (00156762)
Yoshihara Masahiro  早稲田大学, 文学研究科
Yamada Chiharu  早稲田大学, 文学研究科
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Keywords空書 / 運動 / 身体性 / 文字 / 認知 / 書字
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study aimed to reveal the underlying mechanism how bodily movements influence cognitive processing of written language by using young and elderly healthy individuals and brain damaged patients. The series of experiments consistently showed that kusho behavior positively affected cognitive task performance (Kanji construction task) only when the visual feedback of the finger movements was available. In addition, we showed a positive correlation between the task performance and vocabulary score only in the condition that target stimuli were presented for 3 seconds. Further, we confirmed that the facilitation effects of kusho behavior for the elderly individuals and a patient with a parietal lobe lesion. These results together supported the hypothesis that the visual aspects of kusho behavior assist cognitive processing regardless of the general cognitive ability.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2016 2015

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Writing in the Air: Contributions of Finger Movement to Cognitive Processing2015

    • Author(s)
      Itaguchi Y. Yamada C, and Fukuzawa K.
    • Journal Title

      PLoS ONE

      Volume: 0128419 Pages: 1-17

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 頭頂葉損傷症例を対象とした認知課題成績における空書効果の検討2016

    • Author(s)
      板口典弘・山田千晴・永井知代子・福澤一吉
    • Organizer
      第40回神経心理学会学術集会
    • Place of Presentation
      KKRホテル(熊本県熊本市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-15
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Contributions of finger movements to cognitive tasks.2015

    • Author(s)
      Itaguchi Y. Yamada C, and Fukuzawa K.
    • Organizer
      Society for Neuroscience 2015
    • Place of Presentation
      Chicago
    • Year and Date
      2015-10-21
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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