A psychological and neuroimaging study regarding to self in children, adolescents and adults tih autism spectrum disorder

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25293248
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Psychiatric science
• Research Institution: Kanazawa University
• Principal Investigator: MUNESUE Toshio 金沢大学, 子どものこころの発達研究センター, 特任教授 (50293353)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YOKOYAMA Shigeru 金沢大学, 子どものこころの発達研究センター, 特任教授 (00210633) ; MIURA Yui 金沢大学, 子どものこころの発達研究センター, 特任助教 (40612320) ; KOSAKA Hirotaka 福井大学, 子どものこころの発達研究センター, 特命教授 (70401966) ; SAITOH Daisuke 福井大学, 子どものこころの発達研究センター, 特命准教授 (30390701) ; MORITA Tomoyo 大阪大学, 工学研究科, 特任講師 (60543402) ; KOMEDA Hidetsugu 京都大学, 白眉センター, 特任准教授 (50711595)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 自閉スペクトラム症 / 自我 / オキシトシン

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We conducted a series of psychological, neuroimaging and psychopharmacological studies focused on self in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A result showed that the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, which is likely to be involved in self-related processing, was significantly activated in ASD individuals when they processed autistic characters rather than typically developing characters.

Free Research Field

児童青年精神医学