2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Cognitive neuroscience of frontal lobe function (social brain) in developmental disorders
| Project/Area Number |
22591123
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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 |
Pediatrics
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| Research Institution | University of Yamanashi |
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Principal Investigator |
AIHARA Masao 山梨大学, 大学院・医学工学総合研究部, 教授 (30242639)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KANEMURA Hideaki 山梨大学, 大学院・医学工学総合研究部, 助教 (40359724)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 認知神経科学 / 発達障害 / 前頭葉機能 / 社会脳 / 認知 / 情動 |
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| Research Abstract |
In current neuropsychological theory, the core symptoms in developmental disorders are considered to be caused by abnormal selection and maintenance of motor response to stimuli, due to a failure to inhibit or delay behavioral responses, which are also hypothesized to lead to secondary impairment in frontal lobe function (executive functions). We confirmed that evidences of disinhibition in developmental disorders came from neuropsychological tasks, such as memory-guided saccade task, continuous performance test, and Markov decision task using neurophysiological methods (saccade eye movement, NoGo potential, and sympathetic skin response). In addition, we confirmed that emotional autonomic response is a critical requirement for decision making of future outcomes.
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