2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Effect of tasks activating pre-frontal lobe on cognitive function and judgement of facial expression in autisic chilren
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23530876
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Educational psychology
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KAWANABE Takashi 立命館大学, 教育開発推進機構, 准教授 (40617081)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 自閉症 / 前頭前野 / 認知訓練 / 介入研究 |
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| Research Abstract |
The present research examined effect of cognitive training on cognitive function in children with autism, whose cause would be regarded in mal-function of their pre-frontal lobe. On 2011, two kinds of materials for training which were already confirmed to be effective in activating pre-frontal lobe were constructed, reading aloud and easy arithmetic. In addition, researchers of this investigations visited participants' school to get familiar with them. On 2012 and 2013, training study to two elementary school pupils (grade 2 & 3) was conducted as subjects. Each sesseion was constituted of the task of reading aloud and performing arithmetic. The training was given four or five times a week over one year. As results, FAB test to measure function of pre-frontal lobe indicated that training group showed significant increase from the pre- to the post-test while the control groud did not so. The similar resluts were obtained in inhibitory fucntion and judgement task of facial expressions.
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Research Products
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