2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The effect of rehabilitation on emotional facial expressions in the patients with higher brain dysfunction
| Project/Area Number |
26560284
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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| Research Institution | Showa University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-03-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 表情応答 / 表情認知 / リハビリテーション |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In research on facial expression, communication between individuals showed concurrent movement mirroring of speakers. Although the patient with brain injury impaired facial mimicking of happiness. Some studies suggest that contracting facial muscles involved in facial expressions. In this study, we investigated whether facial mimicry occurs by contracting facial muscles.Both of participants who are impaired brain injury and unimpaired showed more frequently in response to facial mimicking of happiness by contracting facial muscles. These results suggest that increase empathic facial expression by simple method.
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| Free Research Field |
リハビリテーション科学
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