Cortical processing of language comprehension using emotional context

• Project/Area Number: 22700363
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Neuroscience in general
• Research Institution: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
• Principal Investigator: IHARA Aya 独立行政法人情報通信研究機構, 未来ICT研究所脳情報通信研究室, 主任研究員 (30390694)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
• Keywords: 脳 / 言語処理 / 感情 / 脳磁図

Research Abstract

To clarify the effect of emotional context on language processing, we performed neuroimaging experiment. The results showed that the bilateral frontal cortices play important roles in language comprehension using emotional context : the emotional context is stored in the right frontal cortex and the context is integrated with linguistic information in the left frontal cortex.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Language comprehension dependent on emotional context : A magnetoencephalography study (2012)
  • Author(s): Aya Ihara, Qiang Wei, Ayumu Matani, Norio Fujimaki, Haruko Yagura, Takeshi Nogai, Hiroaki Umehara, Tsutomu Murata
  • Journal Title: Neuroscience Research Volume: 72巻 Pages: 50-58
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Language Comprehension Dependent on Emotional Context : A Magnetoe ncephalography Study (2012)
  • Author(s): A.Ihara, Q.Wei, A.Matani, N.Fujimaki, H.Yagura, T.Nogai, H.Umehara, T.Murata
  • Journal Title: Neuroscience Research Volume: vol.72, no.1 Issue: 1 Pages: 50-58
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.09.011
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 感情的文脈下における言語脳活動 (2012)
  • Author(s): 井原綾,魏強,眞溪歩,藤巻則夫,矢倉晴子,野界武史,村田勉,梅原広明
  • Organizer: 第26回日本生体磁気学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京電機大学,東京都
  • Year and Date: 2012-05-31
• [Presentation] 感情的文脈に応じた言語理解の脳内処理 (2011)
  • Author(s): 井原綾,魏強,眞溪歩,藤巻則夫,矢倉晴子,野界武史,梅原広明,村田勉
  • Organizer: 第34回日本神経科学学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: パシフィコ横浜,神奈川県
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-16
• [Presentation] 非侵襲的脳活動計測法および脳刺激法を用いた言語処理の基礎的研究 (2011)
  • Author(s): 井原綾,魏強,眞溪歩,藤巻則夫,矢倉晴子,野界武史,梅原広明,村田勉
  • Organizer: 第26回日本生体磁気学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 九州大学,福岡県
  • Year and Date: 2011-06-03
• [Remarks] プレスリリース2011年11月30日「感情によって言葉の受け取り方は違う!脳内メカニズムを発見」
  • URL: http://www.nict.go.jp/press/2011/11/111130.html
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