A longitudinal study on higher brain functions in middle-and aged people

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23330219
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Experimental psychology
• Research Institution: Kansai University of Welfare Sciences
• Principal Investigator: Hatta Takeshi 関西福祉科学大学, 健康福祉学部, 教授 (80030469)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): Hamajima Nobuyuki 名古屋大学, 医学系研究科, 教授 (30172969) ; Hasegawa Yukiharu 名古屋大学, 医学系研究科, 寄附講座教授 (50208500) ; Matsuyama Yukihiro 浜松医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (20312316) ; Ito Emi 名古屋大学, 医学系研究科, 准教授 (00314021) ; Iwahara Akihiko 和歌山県立医科大学, 保健看護学部, 准教授 (30353014) ; Hatta Taketoshi 岐阜医療科学大学, 保健科学部, 准教授 (80440585) ; Yoshizaki Kazuhito 愛知淑徳大学, 心理学部, 教授 (80220614) ; Karasawa Kaori 東京大学, 大学院人文社会学系研究科(文学部), 教授 (50249348) ; Nomura Michio 京都大学, 教育学研究科, 准教授 (60399011)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): Hotta Chie 関西福祉科学大学, 健康福祉学部, 講師 (00548117) ; Kato Kimiko 愛知淑徳大学, 心理学部, 准教授 (80530716) ; Fujiwara Kazumi 関西福祉科学大学, 健康福祉学部, 准教授 (50413414)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 中高年者 / 高次脳機能 / 長期縦断研究 / 注意 / 言語 / 記憶 / 発達 / 筋運動機能

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Major findings of this study were as follows.
First, more than 400 healthy community-dwellers participated in this project every year. The NU-CAB (Nagoya University Neuropsychological Assessment Battery) that measures higher brain functions such as attention, verbal, memory, visuo-spatial, etc. have been administered individually. As the results, 15 years longitudinal database of NU-CAB for middle and aged people have completed. Second, the data as for participant’s life style such as exercise, food, and social activity have also collected every year. Third, relations between neuropsychological data and orthopedics, urology, otorhinology function in elderly people have been examined.Based upon these examinations, characteristic on developmental change in elderly was clarified, and strong relations between prefrontal cortex function and physical exercise, odor function, urinary incontinence were identified.

Free Research Field

神経心理学