Effects of calculation tasks on memory function of healthy elderly

2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20530601
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Fukuoka Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: FURUHASHI Keisuke 福岡県立大学, 人間社会学部, 教授 (70125780)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YOSHIDA Hajime 立命館大学, 衣笠総合研究機構, 特任教授 (80094085) ; DEGUCHI Takeshi 山形大学, 教育文化学部, 教授 (60241684)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2011
• Keywords: 高齢者の認知 / 記憶機能の発達 / 計算訓練

Research Abstract

It was examined whether elderly people's memory function could improve by performing calculation tasks. The research partnership consisted of local healthy people in their 70's. The experimental group was asked to perform calculation tasks consisting of a task lasting from 10-15 minutes every day at home. Before and after training, the degree of memory capability and subjective feeling of happiness and depression of both groups were measured. The effect of calculation tasks as a whole group was not able to be definitively proven. There was no measurable effect using the recollection method.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 健康高齢者の記憶機能に及ぼす回想法の効果 (2011)
  • Author(s): 古橋啓介
  • Journal Title: 福岡県立大学人間社会学部紀要 Volume: 第20巻第2号 Pages: 45-52
• [Journal Article] 記憶の加齢変化 (2011)
  • Author(s): 出口毅
  • Journal Title: 山形大学大学院教育実践研究科年報 Volume: 第2巻 Pages: 26-30
• [Journal Article] 高齢者を対象としたSRC課題における復帰抑制(2):不適合条件を中心とした検討 (2010)
  • Author(s): 孫琴・吉田甫・土田宣明・大川一郎
  • Journal Title: 立命館人間科学研究 Volume: No.21 Pages: 1-8
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 3年間での認知症高齢者の変化過程に関する介入研究 (2010)
  • Author(s): 孫琴・吉田甫・大川一郎・土田宣明
  • Journal Title: 立命館人間科学研究 Volume: No.20 Pages: 31-39
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 音読と簡単な計算の遂行による介入が認知症高齢者の日常生活動作におよぼす影響 (2009)
  • Author(s): 吉田甫・玉井智・大川一郎・土田宣明・田島信元・川島隆太・泰羅雅登・杉本幸司
  • Journal Title: 立命館人間科学研究 Volume: No.18 Pages: 23-32
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 健康高齢者の抑制機能および関連する認知機能に関する研究:日本と中国における比較研究の視点から (2009)
  • Author(s): 孫琴・吉田甫・大川一郎・土田宣明
  • Journal Title: 立命館人間科学研究 Volume: No.19 Pages: 103-110
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 高齢者記憶研究が心理臨床場面に役立つために (2009)
  • Author(s): 古橋啓介
  • Journal Title: 福岡県立大学心理臨床研究 Volume: 1巻 Pages: 91-95
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 高齢者に対する計算と音読活動の介入が前頭葉機能の活性化におよぼす影響: NIRSによる検討 (2008)
  • Author(s): 吉田甫・片桐惇志・大川一郎・土田宣明・高橋伸子・石川真理子・宮田正子・坂口佳江・箱岩千代治
  • Journal Title: 立命館人間科学研究 Volume: No.16 Pages: 117-125
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 高齢者における記憶と自己 (2008)
  • Author(s): 古橋啓介
  • Journal Title: 心理学評論 Volume: 第51巻1号 Pages: 151-161
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 健康高齢者の記憶機能に及ぼす回想法の効果 (2011)
  • Author(s): 古橋啓介
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会第75回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-15
• [Presentation] 健康高齢者の記憶機能に及ぼす計算訓練の効果 (2011)
  • Author(s): 古橋啓介
  • Organizer: 日本発達心理学会第22回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
  • Year and Date: 2011-03-26
• [Presentation] Effects of cognitive trainingactivityoncommunity-dwelling older adults participant's psychological well-being (2010)
  • Author(s): Lin, S., Ohkawa, I., Yoshida, H., Tsuchida, N., Sun, Q., Ishikawa, M., Miyata, M., Takahashi, N., Hakoiwa, C., Sakaguchi, Y., Yoshimura, M., Furuhashi, K., Kawanabe, T., & Nakamura, Y
  • Organizer: International Psychogeriatrics
  • Place of Presentation: Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  • Year and Date: 2010-10-01
• [Presentation] Inhibitory function in stimulus-response compatibility task and aging (2008)
  • Author(s): Tshchida, N., Yoshida, H., Furuhashi, K., Ookawa, I., Takahashi, No., Ishikawa, M., Miyata, M., Hakoiwa, T
  • Organizer: 29th International Congress of Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: Berlin
  • Year and Date: 2008-07-24
• [Presentation] Effect of performing arithmetic and reading aloud on memory tasks in the elderly (2008)
  • Author(s): Yoshida, H., Furuhashi, K., Ookawa, I., Tuchida, N., Takahashi, No., Ishikawa, M., Miyata, M., Hakoiwa, T
  • Organizer: 29th International Congress of Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: Berlin
  • Year and Date: 2008-07-23