Development of a test for the detection of essential elements for Asperger's syndrome among slightly damaged in the human relational abilities

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24659544
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Psychiatric science
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: OGAWA Toyoaki 名古屋大学, 総合保健体育科学センター, 教授 (20194441)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 津田 均 名古屋大学, 総合保健体育科学センター, 准教授 (00302745) ; 古橋 忠晃 名古屋大学, 総合保健体育科学センター, 助教 (50402384)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: アスペルガー障害 / 自閉スペクトラム / システム化 / 我々意識 / 対人困難

Outline of Final Research Achievements

High functional Asperger's patients seem to live in social relationship and in family environment without any problem. But they have specific difficulties in human relationship. As we have detected autistic element in the base, we became able to treat their problems correctly.
In the normal subjects they have "our consciousness" , which has its roots in collective unconsciousness. Collective unconsciousness is made possible by the function of mirror neurons. But extremely high functional Asperger's subjects do the simulation of mental functioning of others just as computer do with their thinking tool of systematization.

Free Research Field

精神病理学　精神分析学