2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Preliminary Study of an assessment of QOL for Severe Motor and Intellectual Disabilities using Brain Activities and Autonomic Nervous Activities.
| Project/Area Number |
23653201
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Clinical psychology
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
IWANAGA Makoto 広島大学, 大学院・総合科学研究科, 教授 (40203393)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
IMAMURA Miyuki 広島都市学園大学, 健康科学部, 教授 (60461323)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | 心理アセスメント / 重症心身障害児 |
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| Research Abstract |
This present study examines the possibility of objective assessments on the quality of life (QOL) for severe motor and intellectual disabilities. Big bodily motions such as changing in a body position induced higher sympathetic nervous system activity and lower parasympathetic nervous system activity. These motions become loads for them. Blood flow in the forehead area was increased by sweet taste stimuli (glucose), and decreased by salty one (normal saline). These results indicated that psychophysiological measures were suitable for the assessment of pleasant - unpleasant states for severe motor and intellectual disabilities.
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