Psycho-physiological mechanism of dysfunctional emotion regulation in affective disorders

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25780413
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Otemon Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: Yoshimura Shinpei 追手門学院大学, 心理学部, 講師 (40646767)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 情動制御 / 認知行動療法 / 脳機能イメージング / 機械学習

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Purposes of this study was to investigate psychophysiological dysfunction in affective disorders in context of emotion regulation. I examined how anxiety or depression effects on cognitive processing of emotional stimuli and related brain functions or networks by using fMRI. As a result, I found activities of the lateral and medial prefrontal cortices in context of emotion regulation, and activation changes in these region by cognitive behavioral therapy. In addition, I suggested method which discriminate depression from healthy participant by applying the machine learning algorithm to brain activation data.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学