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Influence of Children's Mental Imagery on Their Relation to Objects -A Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Study

Research Project

Project/Area Number 22K20321
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section 0110:Psychology and related fields
Research InstitutionEdogawa University

Principal Investigator

Ishibashi Mikako  江戸川大学, 社会学部, 講師 (70962629)

Project Period (FY) 2022-08-31 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywordsスケールエラー / 前頭葉 / 幼児 / NIRS / 心的イメージ / 前頭前野
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究では,子どものイメージの形成がいかにモノの関わりに影響を与えるのかを実証的に明らかにすることで,スケールエラー現象の発達機序の解明に寄与することを目的とする。具体的には,モノに関わる際の子どもの心的イメージを調べるにあたり,イメージの誘発による行動変容を実験操作により検討し,さらには前頭前野における脳領域の活動を脳機能計測により検討する。本研究では腹側及び背側経路から前頭前野における機能的連絡に着目することで,子どものモノの認識や行為選択に必要な情報統合の発達過程の解明に迫る。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We examine whether children's tool selection is influenced by visual images of tool use presented by a model.Children were shown one of two video clips; a model manipulated an appropriately sized tool into an apparatus
(Correct condition; N =10,M = 39.4months) or an inappropriately sized tool into an apparatus but failed to use it in the end (Incorrectcondition; N = 17,M = 41.18months). After watching either video, children were given two sizes of tools; one was size-appropriate, and the other was size-inappropriate. They were required to play using the tools. The results showed that the prefrontal activation during the task was increased children who do not exhibit scale error than those who exhibit SE in both conditions. Among the data from children with scale error, prefrontal activation was more active in the incorrect condition than in the correct condition, suggesting that the incorrect image may be required to inhibit children’behavior more than the correct image.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

幼児期のスケールエラーは,物体認識およびその行為の選択についての統合が未熟な状態を反映している現象とされ,状況にそぐわない優位な反応を抑制することが難しいために生じるという。本研究では物体の心的イメージが強く想起された際に,腹側経路で処理される「車」等の意味表象に基づいた行為選択が行われやすく,かつ,前頭前野における抑制能力の働きが弱いために,スケールエラーが見られることが考えられる。本研究は,スケールエラーの発達機序の解明において心的イメージに着目し,幼児期のイメージを介した物体認識及び認識に基づく行為の統合過程に踏み込んだ点において学術的意義があるといえる。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All 2024

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

  • [Journal Article] Large‐scale data decipher children's scale errors: A meta‐analytic approach using the zero‐inflated Poisson models2024

    • Author(s)
      Hagihara Hiromichi、Ishibashi Mikako、Moriguchi Yusuke、Shinya Yuta
    • Journal Title

      Developmental Science

      Volume: Not determined Issue: 4 Pages: 1-17

    • DOI

      10.1111/desc.13499

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Effect of object visual image on tool selection-Children’ tool-based scale error―.2024

    • Author(s)
      Mikako Ishibashi , Yudai Abe, Yusuke Moriguchi
    • Organizer
      About ICIS The International Congress of Infant Studies (ICIS)
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2022-09-01   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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