Computational approach to disabilities in Apraxia patients

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K04195
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Experimental psychology
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Kazuyoshi Fukuzawa 早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 教授 (00156762)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 板口 典弘 慶應義塾大学, 理工学部(矢上), 訪問研究員 (50706637)
• Research Collaborator: Yoshizawa Hiroshi 東京女子医科大学, 講師 ; Yamada Chiharu 早稲田大学, 文学研究科
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 失行 / 失行 / 運動学習

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The project obtained two major findings. First, we clarified that voluntary motor action using a body part is executed not to get kinematic feedback but rather to create visual feedbacks of the action for cognitive facilitation. Second, we indicated that the speed-accuracy tradeoff does not exist in learning processes and that the two factors may be independently controlled in human motor system. These findings would help improve motor retaliation for patients with Apraxia and Alexia especially in terms of its theoretical backing.

Free Research Field

認知神経心理学