Neural basis of emotional prosody in sign language

2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19530856
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Special needs education
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: IIZUKA Osamu Tohoku University, 大学病院, 助教 (50334660)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): NOGUCHI Kazuhito 宮城教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (40237821) ; FUJII Tosikatu 東北大学, 大学院・医学系研究科, 准教授 (70271913) ; HIRAYAMA Kazumi 山形県立保健医療大学, 保健医療学部, 教授 (00218819)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2009
• Keywords: 教育学 / 教育系心理学 / 言語学 / 神経科学 / 脳 / 神経

Research Abstract

We evaluated discriminating ability of emotional prosody in Japanese Sign Language by the deaf native signers. They could discriminate among grammatical sings, emotional prosody, spontaneous emotion and meaningless movements, expressed with the movements of head and face of another native signer, without information about movement of the person's hands. However, hearing non-signer could not discriminate between grammatical sing and meaningless movement, and could not discriminate between emotional prosody and spontaneous emotion.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Pure word deafness and pure anarthria in a patient with frontotemporal dementia (2007)
  • Author(s): Iizuka O, Suzuki K, Endo K, Fujii T, Mori E
  • Journal Title: European Journal of Neurology 14(4) Pages: 473-475
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Sever amnesic syndorome and collecting behavior after surgery for craniopharyngioma (2007)
  • Author(s): Iizuka O, Suzuki K, Mori E
  • Journal Title: Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology 20(2) Pages: 126-130
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 特発性正常圧水頭症における注意・遂行機能障害の評価-Count-backward test の有用性 (2010)
  • Author(s): 菅野重範, 齋藤真, 林亜希子, 内山信, 西尾慶之, 高木正仁, 菊池大一, 飯塚統, 森悦朗
  • Organizer: 第11回日本正常圧水頭症研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪
  • Year and Date: 2010-02-06
• [Presentation] 特発性正常圧水頭症の認知機能障害 (2010)
  • Author(s): 齋藤真, 西尾慶之, 菅野重範, 内山信, 林亜希子, 高木正仁, 菊池大一, 飯塚統, 山崎浩, 下村辰雄, 森悦朗
  • Organizer: 第11回日本正常圧圧水頭症研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪
  • Year and Date: 2010-02-06
• [Presentation] 右前頭葉切除術後に作話の改善を認めた右前頭葉てんかんの1例 (2009)
  • Author(s): 小川七世, 西尾慶之, 岩崎真樹, 澤田陽一, 飯塚統, 森悦朗, 片岡由夏, 菅野彰剛, 中里信和, 冨永悌二
  • Organizer: 第14回日本神経精神医学会
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台
  • Year and Date: 2009-11-06
• [Presentation] 特発性正常圧水頭症の精神症状・行動異常 (2009)
  • Author(s): 齋藤真, 西尾慶之, 菅野重範, 高木正仁, 菊池大一, 飯塚統, 山崎浩, 下村辰雄, 森悦朗
  • Organizer: 第14回日本神経精神医学会
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台
  • Year and Date: 2009-11-06
• [Presentation] 左上側頭回から下頭頂小葉病変例の語音認知, 音韻把持, 音韻操作能力の検討 (2009)
  • Author(s): 遠藤佳子, 飯塚統, 西尾慶之, 平山和美, 橋本竜作, 藤井俊勝, 森悦朗, 麦倉俊司, 松村邦也, 及川尚美
  • Organizer: 第33回日本高次脳機能障害学会
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-29
• [Presentation] Neuropsychiatric Profiles of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (2009)
  • Author(s): Saito M, Nishio Y, Kanno S, Takagi M, Kikuchi H, Hiraoka K, Iizuka O, Yamasaki H, Shimomura T, Mori E
  • Organizer: The 134th Annual Meeting of the_American Neurological Association
  • Place of Presentation: Baltimore, USA
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-13
• [Presentation] Cognitive profile of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (2009)
  • Author(s): Saito M, Nishio Y, Kanno S, Uchiyama M, Hayashi A, Takagi M, Kikuchi H, Iizuka O, Yamasaki H, Shimomura T, Mori E
  • Organizer: The 13th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies
  • Place of Presentation: Florence, Italy
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-14
• [Presentation] 脳腫瘍摘出術後に構音失行を呈した症例の長期経過の検討 (2009)
  • Author(s): 永松謙一, 隈部俊宏, 飯塚統, 鈴木匡子, 中里信和, 園田順彦, 山下洋二, 金森政之, 斎藤竜太, 冨永悌二
  • Organizer: 第11回日本ヒト脳機能マッピング学会
  • Place of Presentation: 新潟
  • Year and Date: 2009-05-28
• [Book] 脳卒中治療ガイドライン2009 (2009)
  • Author(s): 飯塚統, 森悦朗
  • Total Pages: 6-17
  • Publisher: 協和企画