Development of cognitive control in children with pervasive developmental disorders.

• Project/Area Number: 24700256
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cognitive science
• Research Institution: University of Toyama
• Principal Investigator: TSUBOMI Hiroyuki 富山大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (70447986)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
• Keywords: 感覚 / 知覚 / 注意 / 発達障害 / ワーキングメモリ / 認知制御 / アスペルガー症候群

Research Abstract

Visual working memory (VWM) enables us to maintain visual information and simultaneously exclude distractors outside of VWM. The present study investigated how VWM storage would develop and become distractor-proof in children with pervasive developmental disorders (PDD). PDD children were instructed to remember the positions of 4 colored squares during a retention period filled with blank or visual distractors. Compared with typically developing children, the PDD children showed higher performance in the blank retention condition and lower performance in the visual distractor condition. These results suggest that the PDD children are vulnerable to distraction in spite of their large storage capacity.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Neural limits to representing objects still within view. (2013)
  • Author(s): Tsubomi, H., Fukuda, K., Watanabe, K., & Vogel, E. K.
  • Journal Title: The Journal of Neuroscience Volume: 33 Issue: 19 Pages: 8257-8263
  • DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5348-12.2013
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Capacity limits to representing objects still within view (2013)
  • Author(s): Tsubomi, H., Fukuda, K., Watanabe, K., & Vogel, E. K.
  • Organizer: 54th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society
  • Place of Presentation: Tronto, Canada
• [Presentation] Development of visual working memory storage and resistance to distraction in children with Asperger syndrome (2013)
  • Author(s): Tsubomi, H., & Watanabe, K.
  • Organizer: 21st Annual Meeting on Object Perception, Attention, and Memory
  • Place of Presentation: Tronto, Canada
• [Presentation] 広汎性発達障害児におけるワーキングメモリの機能発達 (2013)
  • Author(s): 坪見博之・渡邊克巳
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌コンベンションセンター
• [Presentation] Forget all or hold all : Difficulty in selectively dropping items from visual working memory (2013)
  • Author(s): Tsubomi, H., Fukuda, K., Kikumoto, A., & Vogel, E. K.
  • Organizer: Vision Science Society Annual meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Naples, Florida, USA
• [Presentation] 視覚性ワーキングメモリ : 定型発達と学業成績 (2012)
  • Author(s): 坪見博之
  • Organizer: 日本教育心理学会第54回総会(シンポジウム・教育とワーキングメモリ)
  • Place of Presentation: 琉球大学
• [Presentation] Development of visual working memory and its relation to academic performances in elementary school children (2012)
  • Author(s): Tsubomi, H., & Watanabe, K.
  • Organizer: European Conference on Visual Perception
  • Place of Presentation: Alghero, Italy
• [Presentation] Retro-cue improves visual working memory performance without changing the number of items being maintained (2012)
  • Author(s): Tsubomi, H., Fukuda, K., & Vogel, E. K.
  • Organizer: Vision Science Society Annual meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Naples, Florida, USA
• [Presentation] 広汎性発達障害児におけるワーキングメモリの機能発達
  • Author(s): 坪見博之・渡邊克巳
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌
• [Presentation] Capacity limits to representing objects still within view.
  • Author(s): Tsubomi, H., Fukuda, K., Watanabe, K., & Vogel, E. K.
  • Organizer: 54th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society
  • Place of Presentation: Tronto, Canada.
• [Presentation] Development of visual working memory storage and resistance to distraction in children with Asperger syndrome.
  • Author(s): Tsubomi, H., & Watanabe, K.
  • Organizer: 21st Annual Meeting on Object Perception, Attention, and Memory
  • Place of Presentation: Tronto, Canada
• [Presentation] Forget all or hold all: Difficulty in selectively dropping items from visual working memory
  • Author(s): Tsubomi, H., Fukuda, K., Kikumoto, A., & Vogel, E. K.
  • Organizer: Vision Science Society Annual meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Florida, USA
• [Presentation] Development of visual working memory and its relation to academic performances in elementary school children.
  • Author(s): Tsubomi, H., & Watanabe, K.
  • Organizer: European Conference on Visual Perception
  • Place of Presentation: Alghero, Italy.
• [Presentation] 視覚性ワーキングメモリ：定型発達と学業成績.
  • Author(s): 坪見博之
  • Organizer: 日本教育心理学会第54回総会
  • Place of Presentation: 琉球大学, 沖縄.
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Retro-cue improves visual working memory performance without changing the number of items being maintained
  • Author(s): Tsubomi, H., Fukuda, K., & Vogel, E. K.
  • Organizer: Vision Science Society
  • Place of Presentation: Florida, USA.
• [Book] 視覚性ワーキングメモリの容量と注意制御,注意をコントロールする脳(苧阪直行(編)) (2013)
  • Author(s): 坪見博之
  • Publisher: 新曜社
• [Book] 神経注意学, 苧阪直行（編）（分担執筆）「視覚性ワーキングメモリの容量制約と注意制御」 (2013)
  • Author(s): 坪見博之
  • Total Pages: 27
  • Publisher: 新曜社