Wellness Darts-A Cognitive and Brain Science Approach to Prevent Cognitive Decline-

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K11403
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 59020:Sports sciences-related
• Research Institution: Doshisha University
• Principal Investigator: Takeda Masaki 同志社大学, スポーツ健康科学部, 教授 (00278459)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 日和 悟 同志社大学, 生命医科学部, 准教授 (00771247) ; 廣安 知之 同志社大学, 生命医科学部, 教授 (20298144)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: cognitive function / darts / elderly people / exercise / training

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We measured the state of brain activity during darts in three groups: 21 healthy young healthy subjects, 21 elderly skilled darts players (those who had played darts for two years or more), and 21 elderly inexperienced darts players. The experimental conditions were (1) a normal darts game pattern in which the subjects themselves thought of the target, calculated the total points (multiplication and addition) of the three arrows that were thrown and stuck, and subtracted (subtracted) the points from their points, and (2) a pattern in which the subjects were instructed which target to aim at, and the total points of the arrows that were stuck were calculated and subtracted from the points they had. The fNIRS analysis results showed that the brain activity of the older darts players was similar to that of the younger players during the planning phase, confirming the effect of habitual dart training.

Free Research Field

運動生理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

脳機能が働いている際は左脳及び及び右脳のどちらかの主に働く片側賦活状態が若年者の典型的なパタンとされている．fNIRSの解析結果から，自身で考えながらダーツを行うパタンにおいて，どの的を狙うかを考えているプランニングの際に，高齢のダーツ熟練者は若齢者と同様の賦活パタンとなり，高齢ダーツ未熟練者と統計的に異なる結果を得た．このことは，高齢者に於いてダーツを継続的に実施することは，実行機能の重要な要素である計画時の脳の賦活パタンが若齢者と似かよることを意味しており，ダーツの実施が脳機能の維持向上に役に立つ可能性を示唆するものである．