| Project/Area Number |
26560401
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Applied health science
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| Research Institution | International University of Health and Welfare |
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Principal Investigator |
Goto Yoshinobu 国際医療福祉大学, 福岡保健医療学部, 教授 (30336028)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
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| Keywords | 脳内ニューロネットワーク / 脳可塑性 / 三次元視聴覚刺激 / 脳磁図 / 脳波 / 機能的MRI / 自律神経活動 / 高齢脳 / 健常脳と高齢脳 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The aim of this study was to evaluate the 3D-visuo-auditory stimulation to promote the reorganization of the elderly brain functions. In this study, 3D-visuo-auditory movies were presented to the healthy adults and elderly people, aged above 70 years, for 2 hours a day for 2 weeks. The effects of stimulation were checked by the psychophysical and electromagnetic examinations. As a result, before the exercise, cognitive thresholds of all stimuli were significantly increased in the elderly group. However, only the motion recognition threshold was recovered in the elderly group after this 3D-visuo-auditory training. No significant changes were observed in electrophysiological examinations. Therefore, these results suggest that the sensory stimulation may be able to reorganize the elderly brain function.
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