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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 TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 10:Psychology and related fields
Research InstitutionUniversity 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)
Keywordsoptimism / 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.

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Published: 2019-07-04   Modified: 2019-08-19  

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