Brain Activity during Moral judgments in ASD -MEG study-

• Project/Area Number: 25870263
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Experimental psychology; Psychiatric science
• Research Institution: Kanazawa University
• Principal Investigator: HIRAISHI Hirotoshi 金沢大学, 子どものこころの発達研究センター, 研究員 (40643789)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
• Keywords: モラル判断 / 発達障害 / MEG / 善悪 / 発達 / 道徳判断 / 脳活動 / 自閉症 / 発達変化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to make it clarify whether moral judgments show different brain activities between people w/o Autistic Spectrum Disorders(ASD) and how morality is learned through their developments.Therefore, I measured brain activities of children and adults w/o ASD during moral judgments by MEG.
I have been analyzed the data but I want to collaborate with teachers to find better moral learning systems for ASD.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Unusual developmental pattern of brain lateralization in young boys with autism spectrum disorder: A customized child-sized MEG study (2015)
  • Author(s): Hirotoshi Hiraishi, Mitsuru Kikuchi, Yuko Yoshimura, Sachiko Kitagawa, Chiaki Hasegawa, Toshio Munesue, Natsumi Takesaki, Yasuki Ono, Tsutomu Takahashi, Michio Suzuki, Haruhiro Higashida, Minoru Asada, and Yoshio Minabe
  • Journal Title: Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences Volume: 69 Pages: 153-160
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] モラル判断時の脳活動－fMRI実験を中心に－ (2015)
  • Author(s): 平石博敏
  • Organizer: 金沢認知科学シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 金沢大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-03
• [Presentation] 自閉症とモラル判断 (2014)
  • Author(s): 平石博敏
  • Organizer: 第3回金沢大学子どものこころサミット
  • Place of Presentation: 赤羽ホール（金沢）
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-29
• [Presentation] Unusual developmental pattern of brain lateralization in young boys with autism spectrum disorder: A customized child-sized MEG study (2014)
  • Author(s): Hirotoshi Hiraishi, Mitsuru Kikuchi, Yuko Yoshimura, Sachiko Kitagawa, Chiaki Hasegawa, Toshio Munesue, Hideo Nakatani, Gerard B. Remijn, Tsunehisa Tsubokawa, Michio Suzuki, Haruhiro Higashida, and Yoshio Minabe
  • Organizer: Cognitive Neuroscience Society 21st Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Boston, MA, U.S.A.
  • Year and Date: 2014-04-05 – 2014-04-08
• [Book] モラルの心理学: 理論・研究・道徳教育の実践 (2015)
  • Author(s): 有光 興記、藤澤 文
  • Total Pages: 273
  • Publisher: 北大路書房