| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The present study was aimed at understanding the neural mechanism underlying deficits of social emotion (e.g. humor) in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). First, I delineated a psychological model of the cognitive process involved in humor appreciation and then I tested this model against behavioral data. Second, I conducted an fMRI experiment on control subjects (i.e. typically developing students) to image the neural activity correlated with humor appreciation. Third, I conducted an fMRI experiment on ASD individuals to elucidate the neural mechanism underlying the affection derived from humor appreciation by comparing these subjects with typically developing individuals.
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