Assessment of higher brain dysfunction: problems and improvements

• Project/Area Number: 24530873
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Ehime University
• Principal Investigator: YAMASHITA Hikari 愛媛大学, 教育学部, 教授 (10304073)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: 高次脳機能障害 / 神経心理学 / 神経心理額的アセスメント / 大脳半球機能差 / 練習効果 / テスト効果 / 詐病 / くすぐったさ / 半球機能差 / 利き手 / なぞり読み / 心理学 / 臨床心理学 / アセスメント / 注意 / 作話

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project consisted of a series of experimental studies about the problems in practicing the assessment of higher brain dysfunction. The main results are as follows: (1)We provided the reference data about the intermanual difference scores of Japanese university students for five neuropsychological tasks. (2)We assessed the relationship between self-rated right-left confusability and the scores of the Money Road-Map Test. The high-confusability participants were less accurate and slower than the low-confusability participants in the MRMT. (3)We demonstrated that the testing effect also occurs in the elderly using Rey Complex Figure Test.(4)We have reported the basic data about the characteristics of the false reaction in typical attention and memory tests. (5)We have established the basic experimental methods for the presentation of tickling stimulus and evaluation of the titillation.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Effects of the immediate recall trial on delayed recall performance in the Rey Complex Figure Test in young and older adults (2015)
  • Author(s): Hikari Yamashita
  • Journal Title: Applied Neuropsychology: Adult Volume: 22 Issue: 3 Pages: 197-203
  • DOI: 10.1080/23279095.2014.898641
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Intermanual differences on neuropsychological motor tasks in a Japanese university student sample (2014)
  • Author(s): Hikari Yamashita
  • Journal Title: Japanese Psychological Research Volume: 56 Issue: 2 Pages: 103-113
  • DOI: 10.1111/jpr.12039
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Recognition of Japanese phonographic kana (Hiragana) and ｌogographic kanji characters by passive finger tracing (2014)
  • Author(s): Hikari Yamashita
  • Journal Title: Psychology Volume: 5 Issue: 03 Pages: 213-219
  • DOI: 10.4236/psych.2014.53032
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Self-rated right-left confusability and performance on the Money Road-Map Test (2013)
  • Author(s): Hikari Yamashita
  • Journal Title: Psychological Research Volume: 77 Issue: 5 Pages: 575-582
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00426-012-0453-9
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 腕組み・指組みの左右偏好と利き手の関係 : 予備的検討 (2012)
  • Author(s): 市田歩美，金森雅，山下光
  • Journal Title: 愛媛大学教育実践総合センター紀要 Volume: 30 Pages: 69-72
  • NAID: 40019412830
• [Journal Article] 自己身体部位の認知は困難か？: 女子大学生における手足の同定 (2012)
  • Author(s): 山下光
  • Journal Title: 愛媛大学教育学部紀要 Volume: 58 Pages: 59-63
  • NAID: 120006524776
• [Presentation] 右利き者の左手書字から受けるイメージの測定 (2014)
  • Author(s): 瀬知亜有未・金山彩子・鈴木万葉・山下光
  • Organizer: 第38回日本高次脳機能障害学会学術総会
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台国際センター（宮城県仙台市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-28 – 2014-11-29
• [Presentation] 自己くすぐり刺激によるくすぐったさの検討 (2014)
  • Author(s): 鈴木万葉・金山彩子・瀬知亜有未・山下光
  • Organizer: 第38回日本高次脳機能障害学会学術総会
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台国際センター（宮城県仙台市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-28 – 2014-11-29
• [Presentation] くすぐったさの評価方法について (2014)
  • Author(s): 鈴木万葉・瀬知亜有未・山下光
  • Organizer: 第38回日本神経心理学会学術集会
  • Place of Presentation: 山形テレサ（山形県山形市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-26 – 2014-09-27
• [Presentation] 標準注意検査法（CAT）における虚偽反応の実験的検討 (2013)
  • Author(s): 井上歩美・山下光
  • Organizer: 第37回日本高次脳機能障害学会学術総会
  • Place of Presentation: 島根県民会館
• [Presentation] 腕組み・指組みの左右偏好と片手の作業優位性の関係 (2012)
  • Author(s): 山下光
  • Organizer: 第36回日本高次脳機能障害学会学術総会
  • Place of Presentation: 栃木県総合文化センター