2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The effect of childcare training on the perception of infant's emotional facial expression: An fMRI study.
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15K04081
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Educational psychology
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| Research Institution | Tohoku Fukushi University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
田邊 素子 東北福祉大学, 健康科学部, 准教授 (30513618)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
FUJII Toshikatsu 東北福祉大学, 健康科学部, 教授 (70271913)
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| Research Collaborator |
SATO Yosuke 東北福祉大学, 健康科学部, 助手
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 表情認知の神経基盤 / 保育体験 / 乳児の表情認知 / 脳機能画像 / fMRI / 親性発達 / 性格検査 / 気質検査 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate whether and how childcare training affects brain responses to infants’ facial expressions among young females studying to become preschool teachers. The participants went through fMRI scanning twice: before and after the childcare training session. They were presented with happy, neutral, and sad infant faces one by one during fMRI scanning. The present neuroimaging results revealed that the activity patterns of the left superior temporal sulcus (STS) for sad faces were modulated by the interaction between the time point of the data collection and group differences. The present results are the first to highlight the effects of childcare training on the human brain.
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| Free Research Field |
発達心理学
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