| Project/Area Number |
23830127
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Experimental psychology
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| Research Institution | Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Human Service Center |
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Principal Investigator |
HIRAI Masahiro 愛知県心身障害者コロニー発達障害研究所, 機能発達学部, 研究員 (60422375)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
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| Keywords | バイオロジカルモーション / 社会知覚 / 発達 / 発達障害 / ウィリアムズ症候群 / 心理物理 / 他者行為 / 運動視 |
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| Research Abstract |
Biological motion (BM) is a visual phenomenon whereby our visual system can extract rich visual information from only point-light motion. It has been pointed out that the BM perception is part of a social perception and many recent behavioral studies have demonstrated that children with autism spectrum disorders are not good at detecting a human form from point-light motion. Although some studies in individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) on the BM perception have clarified the perceptual characteristics, it has not been well addressed the various aspects of BM processing. In the current study, we measured the thresholds for lower- and higher- levels of BM processing by adopting a psychophysical method and we found cognitive gaps in the BM perception.
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