Searching neural substrate for human empath: a dual functional NIRS study
| Project/Area Number |
24591698
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Psychiatric science
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| Research Institution | Niigata University |
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Principal Investigator |
KITAMURA Hideaki 新潟大学, 医歯学総合研究科, 非常勤講師 (00361923)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
IIJIMA Atsuhiko 新潟大学, 自然科学系, 准教授 (00377186)
遠藤 太郎 新潟大学, 医歯学系, 助教 (70515759)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
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| Keywords | 自閉症 / アスペルガー障害 / 自閉スペクトラム症 / 共感 / 前頭皮質 / 近赤外光スペクトロスコピー |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
To understand typical and atypical brain functions associated with individual differences in empathy among typically developing individuals and its neurodevelopmental variants such as autism spectrum disorders (ASD), we employed dual functional near-infrared spectroscopy technique to measure simultaneously brain responses of the interacting two persons in the real world. The task used here was to play a role as an interviewer or an interviewee for personal experience about 2011 East-Japan Great Earthquake disaster. Prefrontal responses were significantly correlated with two kinds of prosocial personality traits among typical subjects and lower in ASD than in typical subjects.Dual-fNIRS technique with more ecological validity may be beneficial for human empathy study.
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