2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The integrated mechanism of brain activation associated with physical performance and language proficiency
| Project/Area Number |
21500604
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Sports science
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| Research Institution | Teikyo Heisei University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SUDO Michiko 順天堂大学, スポーツ健康科学部, 教授 (60226587)
ITOH Kenji 帝京平成大学, 健康メディカル学部, 教授 (80010106)
KIRINO Eiji 順天堂大学, 医学部, 准教授 (90276460)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2012
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| Keywords | トレーニング科学 / 身体運動学 |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to investigate the interrelationships between physical performance and language proficiency through brain activities, especially from the viewpoint of social cognition. We attempted to quantify the relationships between physical abilities and the other types of abilities. The results showed significant sex-related differences in the interrelationships among physical, social, and English parameters. A conspicuous difference in the effect on language proficiency between males and females was observed for one of the physical abilities: endurance. Regarding brain activation, Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent activation was significant in specific areas such as the left cuneus (Brodmann Area: BA 17) when the subjects imagined they were performing exercises involving two persons, as compared with the cases when they imagined they were performing exercises involving only one person.
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