The roles of basolateral amygdala in regulation of optimism and pessimism

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19K21807
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Review Section	Medium-sized Section 10:Psychology and related fields
Research Institution	University of Tsukuba
Principal Investigator	張王其筑波大学, 人間系, 助教 (20525604)
Project Period (FY)	2019-06-28 – 2021-03-31
Project Status	Granted (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help	¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000) Fiscal Year 2020: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000) Fiscal Year 2019: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Keywords	optimism / pessimism / amygdala / circuit / cognitive bias
Outline of Research at the Start	Pessimistic individuals have great risks to catch many diseases. Current project will use cutting-edge technology to elucidate the neural mechanisms underlying optimism and pessimism, and in turn to provide a new approach for health improvement, prevention and therapeutic intervention of diseases.