2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A cognitive science approach to development of self-body representation
| Project/Area Number |
21800051
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Cognitive science
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| Research Institution | Tamagawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
MIYAZAKI Michiko Tamagawa University, 脳科学研究所, グローバルCOE研究員 (90526732)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2010
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| Keywords | 身体表象 / 発達 / 自己 / 認知科学 |
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| Research Abstract |
A colorful sticker was covertly placed on foreheads of young children, and then the place of the mark were presented by a mirror, some of them attempted to remove the sticker on the back of their heads, although it was placed on their forehead. A series of experimental examination in the young children revealed that the front-back error occur due to immature of somatosensory body topography. By the examination in the adult participants, the reaction time and success rate of body-to-body mapping differed depending on the target of body-to-body mapping. These results suggest that the body-to-body mapping has several strategies supported by several cognitive processes.
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Research Products
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