| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
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| Research Abstract |
The main purpose of this study was to investigate effects of motor observation on spatial attention and peripersonal space.
In the Exp. 1, it was found that observation of reaching (or switching) movements could shift spatial attention of observers. The direction corresponded to that elicited by actual arm movements.
In the Exp. 2, right-handed subjects saw reach-to-grasp movements performed by an experimenter, sitting face to face with each other. When the experimenter used his left hand, the attentional shift could be observed.
The Exp. 3 investigated effects of reach-to-grasp movements on peripersonal space with visuo-tactile interactions.
Results showed that arm movements elicited dynamic shifts of peripersonal space toward the target.
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