Elucidation of characteristics and functional signification of behavioral context-dependent brain function modification by using virtual/mixed reality technology

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K21494
• Project/Area Number (Other): 18H06417 (2018)
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund (2019); Single-year Grants (2018)
• Review Section: 0909:Sports sciences, physical education, health sciences, and related fields
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: komiyama takaaki 大阪大学, 全学教育推進機構, 招へい研究員 (20827688)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-08-24 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 運動 / 視知覚 / 脳情報処理 / 認知 / 身体出力

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Brain information processing changes in real-time according to the action context, and has the purposefulness that favors the achievement of action goals. It is clear that exercise chnages brain function. However, in the context of purposefulness, we consider that tha change in brain fucntion during exercise is an active phenomenon of brain function for optimizing physical movement. Therefore, brain function related to physical movement may be optimized during exercise.
This study investigated that the effect of exercise on modification of brain function by tha task of evaluating two perception pathways related to cognition and physical output in brain information processing. As a result, we demonstrated that exercise specifically improved phycical output in brain information processing. It suggests that exercise may modify brain fucntion to optimize physical movement.

Free Research Field

スポーツ脳科学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究により、運動は身体運動自体を最適化させる脳機能修飾を行っている可能性が示された。つまり、運動自体の特性により脳機能修飾効果もよりその特性を反映する可能性が十分考えられる。このことはトレーニングの原理における特異性を脳機能の側面からも支持しているものであると考えられる．従って、スポーツのような身体運動を伴うパフォーマンスをトレーニングする上で、トレーニングの特異性は身体を動かす骨格筋だけでなく脳を鍛えるといった面からも重要であると思われる。