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Measuring working memory of children with ADHD by the image-integration task and its potential as a training tool

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K04363
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Educational psychology
Research InstitutionTokyo University of Social Welfare

Principal Investigator

Narimoto Tadamasa  東京福祉大学, 心理学部, 准教授 (60434560)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 松浦 直己  三重大学, 教育学部, 教授 (20452518)
沢 哲司  北里大学, 医療系研究科, 講師 (80756768)
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Keywords視空間ワーキングメモリ / ADHD児 / 視覚イメージ / 実行機能 / 視空間イメージ / 視空間性ワーキングメモリ / ADHD / ワーキングメモリ / 特別支援教育 / 教育心理学 / 認知処理 / 支援ツール
Outline of Final Research Achievements

As a result of measuring working memory ability of ADHD children and typically developed children using an "image integration task" that can directly verify the ability of ADHD children, the performance of ADHD children was lower than that of typically developed children. Since there is no difference in short-term memory ability in both groups, this difference in performance cannot be attributed to low storage capacity of ADHD children. In addition, since the involvement of the execution functions is considered to be weak in the execution of this task, this difference in performance cannot be attributed to the weakness of the execution function of ADHD children. Due to the spread of coronal infection, it was not possible to verify the possibility as a training tool for the image integration task. It is in the middle of the preliminary experiment now. We plan to continue to verify this effect in the future.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

ワーキングメモリとは、保持と処理の続作業を担う能力である。先行研究では、記銘情報を保持し、その保持期間に「別の」処理課題を求める二重課題が用いられてきた。このような課題の達成には、処理と保持の遂行能力以外にもそれを支える実行機能(たとえば無関連情報を抑制することやもはや必要のない心的表象を新たな表象に更新することなど)が強く求められる。本研究では、これまでの課題よりも直接的に処理と保持の遂行能力が測定できるイメージ統合課題を用いて、ADHD児の正確なワーキングメモリ能力を調べることにした。この能力を正確に理解することで、より精度の高い検査 (スクリーニング) ツールを開発することが可能となる。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2020 2018

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

  • [Journal Article] Working Memory and Visually Generated Images2020

    • Author(s)
      成本 忠正
    • Journal Title

      The Japanese Journal of Mental Imagery

      Volume: 17 Issue: 1 Pages: 41-44

    • DOI

      10.32145/jia.17.1_41

    • NAID

      130007995217

    • ISSN
      1349-1903, 2434-3595
    • Year and Date
      2020-09-30
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Impaired Visuospatial Short-Term Memory in Children with ADHD2018

    • Author(s)
      Narimoto, T., Matsuura, N., & Hiratani, M.
    • Journal Title

      journal of Genetic Psychology

      Volume: 179 Issue: 1 Pages: 19-29

    • DOI

      10.1080/00221325.2017.1414028

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Impaired visuospatial short-term memory in children with ADHD2018

    • Author(s)
      成本忠正
    • Organizer
      European workshop on Imagery and Cognition
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ワーキングメモリが視空間イメージの保持にどのようにかかわっているのか?2018

    • Author(s)
      成本忠正
    • Organizer
      日本イメージ心理学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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