2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The science of mental time--Investigation into the past, present, and future
| Project Area | The Science of Mental Time: investigation into the past, present, and future |
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| Project/Area Number |
25119001
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Review Section |
Complex systems
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
TANAKA Masaki 北海道大学, 医学研究院, 教授 (90301887)
KAWAMURA Mitsuru 昭和大学, 医学部, 教授 (20161375)
OTSU Yukio 明海大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (80100410)
IKEGAYA Yuji 東京大学, 薬学研究科, 教授 (10302613)
NAKANO Tamami 大阪大学, 生命機能研究科, 准教授 (90589201)
NISHIYAMA Yuji 慶應義塾大学, 言語文化研究所, 名誉教授 (90051747)
MURAKAMI Ikuya 東京大学, 人文社会系研究科, 准教授 (60396166)
HIRATA Satoshi 京都大学, 野生動物研究センター, 教授 (80396225)
YOTSUMOTO Yuko 東京大学, 総合文化研究科, 准教授 (80580927)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-06-28 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | こころの時間 / 哲学 / 言語学 / 神経科学 / 臨床医学 / 比較行動学 / 心理学 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We refer to the awareness of time, over the past, present and future, as the “mental time”. The mental time is a cognitive function that has been evolved in humans in particular. In this research project, we aimed at constructing a new research area “the science of the mental time”, through active collaborations across neuroscientists, psychologists, clinical neurologists, linguists, philosophers, and comparative ethologists. The five-year collaborative project across seven programmed and 58 proposed research teams produced more than 380 research papers, and achieved three major goals. (1) We drew the map of the mental time on the medial surface of the cerebral cortex that extended over the cingulate cortex, precuneus, retrosplenial cortex, and the hippocampus. (2) We developed a method for manipulating the mental time using lab animals, and initiated clinical applications. (3) We revealed the process of evolution and development of the episodic-like memory.
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| Free Research Field |
認知神経科学
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