Quantifying the cognitive action space and utilizing it to improve the quality of movements

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K11621
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 59030:Physical education, and physical and health education-related
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Kushiro Keisuke 京都大学, 人間・環境学研究科, 教授 (60361599)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 小高 泰 国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, 情報・人間工学領域, 主任研究員 (10205411) ; 山本 真史 日本福祉大学, スポーツ科学部, 准教授 (40736526)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 運動 / 感覚 / 認知 / 空間

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to understand the sensory, cognitive, and motor functions behind the sophisticated physical movements of humans. It is thought that humans input sensory information from the environment around the body and reconstruct that space in the central nervous system (CNS). Furthermore, it is considered that the achievability of the desired motor action is judged and executed by referring to the cognitive elements that assess one's physical properties, psychological states, and motor image, among others, in addition to the space represented in the CNS. Therefore, we quantified and evaluated the functional properties of the cognitive space and elements represented in the CNS. Consequently, we found that humans perform actions by associating their sensory, motor, and cognitive functions dynamically and flexibly and that these functions are unconsciously controlled.

Free Research Field

行動制御学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究プロジェクトは、ヒトの運動行動現象に対して運動学的な解析を行うことにより、感覚、認知、運動機能の関連性を調査した、行動制御学分野の基礎研究である。本研究プロジェクトで得られた研究成果は、医学・理学療法学、発育発達学、スポーツ科学など、さまざまな学問領域に関わる基礎知識になり得るのと同時に、高齢者の安全、交通工学、人間工学といった社会領域にも波及し得る。これにより、実生活に現存する問題へ解決手段や生活の質向上への貢献が期待される。