2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Functional imaging study of social emotion in autism spectrum disorder
Project/Area Number |
24730534
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Educational psychology
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Research Institution | Hamamatsu University School of Medicine |
Principal Investigator |
Ito Hiroyuki 浜松医科大学, 子どものこころの発達研究センター, 助教 (80611433)
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Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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Keywords | ユーモア / fMRI / 自閉症スペクトラム障害 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The present study was aimed at understanding the neural mechanism underlying deficits of social emotion (e.g. humor) in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). First, I delineated a psychological model of the cognitive process involved in humor appreciation and then I tested this model against behavioral data. Second, I conducted an fMRI experiment on control subjects (i.e. typically developing students) to image the neural activity correlated with humor appreciation. Third, I conducted an fMRI experiment on ASD individuals to elucidate the neural mechanism underlying the affection derived from humor appreciation by comparing these subjects with typically developing individuals.
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Free Research Field |
認知心理学
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