Constructing a training system for perspective-taking and its application

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12050
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cognitive science
• Research Institution: Jichi Medical University
• Principal Investigator: HIRAI MASAHIRO 自治医科大学, 医学部, 准教授 (60422375)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SAKURADA TAKESHI 自治医科大学, 医学部, ポストドクター (40588802)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 他者視点取得 / 身体 / 発達 / 座標系 / 心的回転

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We aimed to create a system that enables us to operate the viewpoint freely, to reveal how the transformed-visual input can alter the cognitive function, and how it changes across development. As a result, (1) differential atypical performances were observed among children with and without autism spectrum disorders (ASD) when the visual perspective was transformed (2) different brain areas were involved in taking other’s perspective across children with and without ASD.

Free Research Field

発達認知神経科学