| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Motor imagery is the internal movement execution without actual body movement. During motor imagery, it appears an activation in motor-related areas in the brain, and it is possible to use it to facilitate human performance using the imagery training. The aim of this study is to establish a method to promote the ability of motor imagery and investigate whether the motor imagery is beneficial to induce motor learning. First, it showed that the necessity of somatosensory information increased when fingers manipulated objects dexterously using the ball rotation task. Then, we examined whether additional visual and somatosensory information during motor imagery of ball rotation movement promoted the brain activation in relation to motor imagery. The results revealed that additional sensory information could facilitate the ability of motor imagery.
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