| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study probed cognitive functions that share a neural substrate with the human math abilities. Brain functions that are distinguished from each other but have a common neural substrate can show a positive correlation in behavioral performances. In this study, behavioral performances of a number comparison and other cognitive tasks were measured from 20 subjects. Preliminary analyses did not find any significant positive correlation among the tasks across the subjects. Further examinations on the correlation are going to be conducted with high statistical sensitivity, using more accurate analytic methods and more subjects' data.
Generalization of math training effect to linguistic skill was also investigated. This study has successfully developed a training task related to syntax of mathematical expressions. Behavioral and fMRI data acquired before and after the training are going to be analyzed to examine a generalization of the effect to linguistic cognition.
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