Cortical developmental model during infancy

2008 Fiscal Year Self-evaluation Report

• Project/Area Number: 18300090
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Cognitive science
• Research Institution: Chuo University
• Principal Investigator: YAMAGUCHI K. Masami Chuo University, 文学部, 教授 (50282257)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2008
• Keywords: 知覚発達 / 大脳皮質の成熟 / 知覚検査

Research Abstract

本研究の目的は、顔認知・形状知覚・運動知覚・奥行き知覚・色知覚、というさまざまな領域にわたる脳機能発達に関する基礎的データをもとに, 脳機能に障害をもつ可能性のある早産児に対し、後の脳機能の発達を予測する発達健診プログラムのセットを作成することである。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] The effect of occlusion on motion integration in infants (2009)
  • Author(s): Otsuka, Y., Konishi, Y., Kanazawa, S., & Yamaguchi, M.K.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Experimental Psychology : Human Perception and Performance 35(1) Pages: 72-82
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] When do infants differentiate profile face from frontal face? A near-infrared spectroscopic study (2008)
  • Author(s): Nakato, E., Otsuka, Y., Kanazawa, S., Yamaguchi, M.K., Watanabe, S., Kakigi, R.
  • Journal Title: Human Brain Mapping 30(2) Pages: 462-472
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Sensitivity to rotational motion in early infancy (2008)
  • Author(s): Shirai, N., Kanazawa, S., & Yamaguchi, M.K.
  • Journal Title: Experimental Brain Research 190 Pages: 201-206
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The recognition of moving and static faces by young infants
  • Author(s): Otsuka, Y., Konishi, Y., Kanazawa, S., Yamaguchi, M.K., Abdi, H. & O'Toole A.J.
  • Journal Title: Child Development (in press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Asymmetrical cortical processing of radial expansion/contraction in infants and adults
  • Author(s): Shirai, N., Birtles, D., Wattam-Bell, J., Yamaguchi, M.K., Kanazawa, S., Atkinson, J., & Braddick, O.
  • Journal Title: Developmental Science (in press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Inter-trial facilitation on visual feature search in infants (2008)
  • Author(s): Hibi, Y., Kumada, T., Kanazawa, S., & Yamaguchi, M.K.
  • Organizer: Psychonomic Society 49th Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Chicago, USA
  • Year and Date: 20081113-16
• [Presentation] Perception of mother's face using near-infrared spectroscopy (2008)
  • Author(s): Nakato E., Otsuka Y., Yamaguchi, M.K., Kakigi, R.
  • Organizer: The Vision Sciences Society 8th Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Florida, USA
  • Year and Date: 20080509-20080514
• [Presentation] Perception of illusory transparent surface by young infants (2008)
  • Author(s): Otsuka, Y., Yamazaki, Y., Konishi, Y., Kanazawa, S., Yamaguchi M.K., & Spehar, B.
  • Organizer: The Vision Sciences Society 8th Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Florida, USA
  • Year and Date: 20080509-14
• [Presentation] Effects of reference frame on the perception of human-body orientation in infancy (2008)
  • Author(s): Tsuruhara, A., Kanazawa, S., & Yamaguchi, M.K.
  • Organizer: The Vision Sciences Society 8th Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Florida, USA
  • Year and Date: 20080509-14
• [Presentation] Perception of surface slant produced by horizontal and vertical disparities in human infants (2007)
  • Author(s): Yamaguchi, M.K., Shirai, N., Kanazawa, S., Otsuka, Y., Tsuruhara, A., Kaneko, H.
  • Organizer: 30th European Conference on Visual Perception
  • Place of Presentation: Arezzo, Italy
  • Year and Date: 20070827-20070831
• [Book] 知覚・認知の発達心理学入門◆実験で探る乳児の認識世界 (2008)
  • Author(s): 山口真美, 金沢創
  • Total Pages: 169
  • Publisher: 北大路書房
• [Book] 心理学フロンティア(子安増生, 二宮克美, 視覚発達, 平均顔) (2008)
  • Author(s): 山口真美
  • Total Pages: 68-75
  • Publisher: 新曜社
• [Book] 赤ちゃんの視覚と心の発達 (2008)
  • Author(s): 山口真美, 金沢創
  • Total Pages: 192
  • Publisher: 東京大学出版会
• [Book] Infants' perception of illusory contours(In J.R., Marrow Focus on Child Psychology Research) (2006)
  • Author(s): Otsuka, Y., Kanazawa, S., & Yamaguchi, M.K.
  • Total Pages: 59-80
  • Publisher: Nova Science
• [Book] Chimpanzee social cognition in early life : comparative-developmental perspective(In Wasserman&Zentall Comparative cognition : Experimental explanations of animal intelligence) (2006)
  • Author(s): Tomonaga, M., Myowa-yamakoshi, M., Mizuno, Y., Okamoto, S., Yamaguchi, M. K., Kosugi, D., Bard, K. M., Tanaka, M., & Matsuzawa, T.
  • Total Pages: 639-650
  • Publisher: Oxford press
• [Remarks] The Infant's Developing Visual Brain : Dorsal and Ventral Cortical Streams in Normal and Atypical Development. The 15th Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, (2006 ; Kyoto, Japan)
• [Remarks] 自然科学研究機構生理学研究所との共同研究の成果が読売新聞, 日刊工業新聞などに掲載(2009年2月4日付け読売新聞ほか)
• [Remarks] 2007年10月7日(日)より朝日新聞be日曜版「心体観測」で"赤ちゃんを科学する"を連載
• [Remarks] 自然科学研究機構生理学研究所との共同研究の成果が毎日新聞などに掲載(2006年12月5日付け毎日新聞, 読売新聞中部版ほか)
• [Remarks] NHK「すくすく子育て」、"赤ちゃんの脳"(2008年1月12日20:30~), "いつからわかる? 親の顔"で研究内容を放送(2007年6月30日20:30~)
• [Remarks] NHK視点論点(2007年1月11日22:50~23:00)