| Project/Area Number |
24657182
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Applied anthropology
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| Research Institution | Kansai University |
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Principal Investigator |
KOTANI Kentaro 関西大学, システム理工学部, 教授 (80288795)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ASAO Takafumi 関西大学, システム理工学部, 助教 (10454597)
SUZUKI Satoshi 関西大学, システム理工学部, 准教授 (50306502)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
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| Keywords | 触覚 / 機械受容器 / 生体反応 / 触覚情報 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study focused on thecharacteristics of human posture and behavior for receiving tactile information. Our major goal was to clarify whether or not the posture and behavior for receiving tactile information depends on the modality of a specific type of information. We conducted a series of experiment where evoked magnetoencephalography during receiving tactile information was obtained. The evoked activity found at the SI area was not depending upon the density in mechanoreceptors in the palm or innervation zones for transmitting tactile information to the brain. The results implied that the MEG responses were rather associated with physical quantity of the tactile stimuli.
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