Proposal of support method for the affectivity of the elderly using onomatopoeia from routine practice to dementia diagnosis

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H02766
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Kansei informatics
• Research Institution: The University of Electro-Communications
• Principal Investigator: Sakamoto Maki 電気通信大学, 大学院情報理工学研究科, 教授 (80302826)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 松田 隆秀 聖マリアンナ医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (40190475) ; 高玉 圭樹 電気通信大学, 大学院情報理工学研究科, 教授 (20345367) ; 大島 千佳 佐賀大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 研究員 (10395147)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 感性情報学 / 感性計測評価 / オノマトペ / 問診支援システム / 認知症早期診断

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Physical condition or feelings are subjectively expressed in onomatopoeia (generic name of onomatopoeias/mimetic words) such as "thunderbolts" to physicians. However, since subjective complaints by language are difficult to objectively evaluate, diagnosis tends to be dependent on medical inspections. Therefore, we developed a medical interview support system that respects subjective complaints and sensibilities, and established a framework that emphasizes onomatopoeia in daily medical interviews.In addition, by observing onomatopoeia naturally from healthy time, we overcome the problem of conventional dementia examination which had a large psychological and physical burden, and declined the cognitive ability of texture perceived as the early symptom of dementia. And we proposed a method for finding it at an early stage by a simple method of letting a texture of appearance be expressed by onomatopeia.

Free Research Field

感性情報学