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Investigation of influences of long-term interaction with animal type robot by using fMRI

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26870478
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Intelligent informatics
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
Research InstitutionTokyo Metropolitan University

Principal Investigator

Wada Kazuyoshi  首都大学東京, システムデザイン研究科, 准教授 (20453037)

Research Collaborator SENOO Atsushi  
INOUE Kaoru  
KINOSHITA Masanobu  
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Keywords福祉・介護ロボット / ヒューマンエージェントインタラクション / 福祉・介護用ロボット / ロボット・セラピー / MRI
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aimed to investigate influences of long-term interaction with seal robot, PARO by using fMRI. Elderly people and twenties students participated and used PARO at their home for one month. They watched the video of PARO in fMRI. Their brain activities were measured before and after using PARO; and then, we obtained valid data from 6 elderly people and 11 students. As the results of analysis, some brain areas of elderly people were more activated after using PARO. On the other hand, no brain areas were activated more in case of students. Therefore, it seems that PARO has stronger influences on elderly people than young people.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All 2016

All Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Presentation] パロとの長期的な触れ合いは脳活動にどの様な変化をもたらすか?-fMRIを用いた予備的調査の事例-2016

    • Author(s)
      和田一義
    • Organizer
      第6回アザラシ型ロボット・パロによるロボット・セラピー研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      産業技術総合研究所・臨海副都心センター(東京都江東区)
    • Year and Date
      2016-02-20
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] How PARO stimulates brain activities of interacting human observed by fMRI2016

    • Author(s)
      Kazuyoshi Wada
    • Organizer
      The 7th international Workshop on Robot Therapy with Seal Robot, PARO at RO-MAN 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      New York (United States)
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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