Virtual physical training leads to acute cognitive and neural benefits on young and older adults.
Project/Area Number |
19K20639
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Review Section |
Basic Section 90030:Cognitive science-related
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Research Institution | Tohoku University |
Principal Investigator |
Burin Dalila 東北大学, スマート・エイジング学際重点研究センター, 助教 (10816185)
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Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
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Keywords | virtual reality / body ownership / agency / executive functions / brain imaging / virtual training / cognitive benefits / neural benefits / Virtual reality / Physical training / Cognitive benefits / Neural benefits |
Outline of Research at the Start |
Physical, cognitive and neural acute benefits after a high-intensity intermittent virtual training on young adults and elderly.
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Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The first study on young participants proved that a virtual training performed exclusively by the own virtual body (while the real person's body is still) can have beneficial effects during and right after the training: during the training, physiological changes can be detected (the heart rate increases/decreases coherently with the virtual movements) but more importantly, right after the training also cognitive (speed of executive functions) and neural (increased activation over brain-related areas) benefits can be assessed. The same effects can be measured on healthy elderly but on a longer training: in fact, while an acute training does not seem to be enough, a longer training (twice a week for 6 weeks, 20 minutes a session) determines the same cognitive and neural effects.
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
From a clinical perspective, they can be useful for people (especially the elderly, cardiophatics, patients recovering after a long-term disease, etc.) in order to improve cognitive functions (on health population) or to recover lost cognitive abilities (on neurological patients).
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Report
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Research Products
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