| Project/Area Number |
25350993
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Basic / Social brain science
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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Principal Investigator |
Iidaka Tetsuya 名古屋大学, 医学系研究科(保健), 教授 (70324366)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
SADATO NORIHIRO 生理学研究所, 大脳皮質機能研究系, 教授 (00273003)
ISODA HARUO 名古屋大学, 大学院医学系研究科, 教授 (40223060)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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| Keywords | fMRI / ユーモア / 感情 / 共感性 / 前頭葉 / 海馬 / 喜び / 映画 / 前頭前野 / 脳賦活 / 視線計測 / 情動 / 動画 / 瞳孔径 / ｆMRI / 脳賦活検査 / 動画刺激 / 扁桃体 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Humor perception is a ubiquitous phenomenon in human societies. In theories of humor, several factors, nonseriousness,social context, and incongruity have been implicated in humor. In the present study, two functional magnetic resonance imaging experiments, using a comedy movie as a stimulus, were conducted to investigate the neural correlates of humor under natural conditions. The subjects' brain activity was measured while watching and enjoying a movie. In experiment 1, a parametric analysis showed that the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) and hippocampus/amygdala had a positive relationship with the subjective rating of funniness. In experiment 2, intersubject correlation was analyzed to investigate synchronized activity across all participants. Signal synchronization that paralleled increased funniness ratings was observed in the MPFC and hippocampus. It appears that both parametric and synchronized activity in the MPFC and hippocampus are important during humor appreciation.
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