A study on balancing perception adjustment accompanying motor learning

• Project/Area Number: 24500237
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Perception information processing/Intelligent robotics
• Research Institution: Gifu University
• Principal Investigator: ITO Satoshi 岐阜大学, 工学部, 准教授 (70291911)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,230,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
• Keywords: 運動と知覚の学習 / 平衡制御 / 平衡感覚 / 知能ロボット / 運動制御 / 知覚 / 平衡 / 制御 / 運動計測 / 知覚補正 / 学習

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examines perceptual changes that accompany motor learning for a balancing task. Perceptual changes in an upright state were demonstrated using an experimental method that involves the use of a specially designed but unstable stool capable of a lateral slide as well as roll rotation of the seat surface. Subjects were asked to keep the seat surface horizontal during the motor learning phase, in which the lateral slide occurred in synchronization with shifts in virtual roll about the rotatory axis. Perceptual changes were evaluated from a measure of the psychologically upright postures of each subject. Significant results from statistical analyses showed that psychologically upright postures were inversely affected by the direction of seat movement and roll rotation during the motor learning phase.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Experiments on Perceptual Change Accompanying Motor Learning in Seated Balance (2014)
  • Author(s): 伊藤 聡，石川 靖明，佐々木 実
  • Journal Title: Transactions of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers Volume: 50 Issue: 12 Pages: 852-860
  • DOI: 10.9746/sicetr.50.852
  • NAID: 130004722261
  • ISSN: 0453-4654, 1883-8189
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] An Experiment to Detect Changes in Balance Perception Accompanying Balancing Task (2014)
  • Author(s): Satoshi Ito, Yasuaki Ishikawa, Minoru Sasaki
  • Organizer: SICE Annual Conference 2014
  • Place of Presentation: Sapporo, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-09 – 2014-09-12