A study on the neural basis of social cognition and related factors in older adults

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16388
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
• Principal Investigator: BAE Seongryu 国立研究開発法人国立長寿医療研究センター, 予防老年学研究部, 研究員 (80707894)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SHIMADA Hiroyuki 国立長寿医療研究センター, 予防老年学研究部, 部長 (00370974) ; LEE Sangyoon 国立長寿医療研究センター, 予防老年学研究部長寿コホート研究室, 室長 (90466194) ; LEE Sungchul 国立長寿医療研究センター, 予防老年学研究部, 研究員 (80583666) ; HARADA Kazuhiro 神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 特任助教 (50707875) ; HARADA Kenji 中京大学, 大学院・体育学研究科, 助手 (70736058) ; PARK Hyuntae 東亜大学, 健康管理学科, 教授 (10506976)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 高齢者 / 社会的認知機能 / 共感性 / 神経活動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study was to focus on empathy which is a typical component of social cognition, and to investigate the factors related to empathy in the older adults. Furthermore, we examined the feature of brain neural activity related to empathy. Our study suggested that cognitive functions and physical and social activities may be involved in empathy of older adults. In addition, our study suggested that older adults with lower levels of empathy may have reduction of white matter integrity than older adults with higher level of empathy.

Free Research Field

スポーツ科学