The influence of achievement goals on prefrontal activation: Evaluation using CANTAB and fNIRS

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K04092
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Doshisha University
• Principal Investigator: Tanaka Ayumi 同志社大学, 心理学部, 教授 (00373085)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 松浦 直己 三重大学, 教育学部, 教授 (20452518)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 動機づけ / 達成目標

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We examined the effect of qualitatively different achievement goals on executive functions using planning task (OTS in CANTAB) for the sample of 226 undergraduate students (Study 1). We also utilized fNIRS (functional near-infrared spectroscopy) to measure the activation of the prefrontal cortex during task under different achievement goals for the sample of 111 undergraduates (Study 2). The results did not support our prediction. Therefore, further detailed analyses, as well as replication of the results with larger sample are needed in the future study.

Free Research Field

ヒューマン・モチベーション