| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of imitation inhibition and executive function training involved in prefrontal activation to control emotional empathy such as emotional contagion and empathic fatigue. The results verified its effectiveness, except that imitation inhibition was not clearly correlated with empathy. Oxygenated hemoglobin concentrations in the prefrontal cortex were monitored with 16-channel near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) while participants observed pictures of others in pain and rested before performing the executive-function task (the Simon task). Oxy-Hb changed in anterior parts of the medial prefrontal cortex and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during rest and notably the Simon task, indicating that the executive function task might control emotional empathy. These results were presented at a domestic academic conference.
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