The sensory input affects higher brain function in depressed subjects.

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26560327
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Developmental mechanisms and the body works
• Research Institution: Jobu University
• Principal Investigator: Takeuchi Shigeki 上武大学, ビジネス情報学部, 准教授 (10329162)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): IDA Hirofumi 上武大学, ビジネス情報学部, 准教授 (20392194) ; SEKIGUCHI Hirofumi 上武大学, ビジネス情報学部, 教授 (20392201) ; MIYAZAKI Makoto 静岡大学, 情報学部, 教授 (30392202)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 知覚 / 事象関連電位 / 網膜電図 / 抑うつ状態

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we aimed to investigate the influence of sensory input on higher brain function playing an important role in daily life. We conducted the fundamental studies on perception, and performed further experiments on the influence of sensory input on higher brain function from the relation between electrophysiological index, performance and depression-state level in healthy subjects. The main findings of this study suggested that sensory input affects subsequent processing in a depressed state. Although this has some influence on error processing, it seems that it maintains higher order behavior by modifying the input value of the stimulus.

Free Research Field

生理心理学　精神生理学