| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OKAZAWA Hidehiko 福井大学, 高エネルギー医学研究センター, 教授 (50360813)
KOSAKA Hirotaka 福井大学, 子どものこころの発達研究センター, 特命准教授 (70401966)
IIDAKA Tetsuya 名古屋大学, 医学系研究科, 准教授 (70324366)
ITAKURA Shoji 京都大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (50211735)
KOEDA Tatsuya 鳥取大学, 地域学部, 教授 (70225390)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥214,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥164,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥49,440,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥40,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥31,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥9,330,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥36,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥28,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥8,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥36,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥28,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥8,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥36,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥28,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥8,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥64,610,000 (Direct Cost: ¥49,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥14,910,000)
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| Research Abstract |
To test the hypothesis that prosocial behavior requires the concurrent development of empathy and mentalizing, we applied behavioral analysis and functional MRI to normal, disease and different cultural groups to clarify the neural basis of a self-other similarity and distinction, and the relationship between empathy and mentalizing in driving prosocial behavior. Our infant behavioral and adult fMRI studies indicate that the ability to predict others' action goals requires a corresponding motor ability, providing evidence for a direct matching process by a mirror neuron system. The simultaneous fMRI in pairs of adults showed that the inter-subjectivity is represented by the neural synchronization of the mirror neuron system. Finally our fMRI studies confirmed that the prosocial behaviors are driven by social acceptance through mentalizing, as well as warm glow through empathy, both of which are involved in the reward system, shedding lights on the mechanism of prosocial behavior.
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