2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Prevention and suppress progress of dementia by music: cogniticeneuroscience research
| Project/Area Number |
25870325
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Entertainment and game informatics 1
Gerontological nursing
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| Research Institution | Mie University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Research Collaborator |
ABE Makiko
FUJITA Risa
FUKUDA Mari
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 認知症 / 音楽療法 / 神経心理検査 / 脳イメージング |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We hypothesized that the dual task group would experience greater benefits than the physical exercise alone and non-exercise control groups with regard to both cognitive function and brain plasticity. Our results indicate that compared with exercise alone, physical exercise with music induces greater positive effects on cognitive function and leads to subtle neuroanatomical changes in the brains of elderly people.
We aimed to determine whether the MFP is impaired in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) using an auditory pitch perception experiment. Our results suggest that impairments in the MFP represent a manifestation of the degeneration of auditory-related brain regions in AD. Further studies are required to more fully elucidate the neural mechanisms underlying auditory impairments in patients with AD and related dementia disorders.
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| Free Research Field |
認知神経科学
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