2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Elucidating the Neural Basis and Development of Prosocial Behavior
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21220005
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Cognitive science
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| Research Institution | National Institute for Physiological Sciences |
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Principal Investigator |
SADATO Norihiro 生理学研究所, 大脳皮質機能研究系, 教授 (00273003)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OKAZAWA Hidehiko 福井大学, 高エネルギー医学研究センター, 教授 (50360813)
KOSAKA Hirotaka 福井大学, 子どものこころの発達研究センター, 特命准教授 (70401966)
IIDAKA Tetsuya 名古屋大学, 医学系研究科, 准教授 (70324366)
ITAKURA Shoji 京都大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (50211735)
KOEDA Tatsuya 鳥取大学, 地域学部, 教授 (70225390)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009-05-11 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 社会性 / 機能的MRI / 向社会行動 / 心の理論 / 共感 / 報酬系 / 自己認知 / 情動 |
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| Research Abstract |
To test the hypothesis that prosocial behavior requires the concurrent development of empathy and mentalizing, we applied behavioral analysis and functional MRI to normal, disease and different cultural groups to clarify the neural basis of a self-other similarity and distinction, and the relationship between empathy and mentalizing in driving prosocial behavior. Our infant behavioral and adult fMRI studies indicate that the ability to predict others' action goals requires a corresponding motor ability, providing evidence for a direct matching process by a mirror neuron system. The simultaneous fMRI in pairs of adults showed that the inter-subjectivity is represented by the neural synchronization of the mirror neuron system. Finally our fMRI studies confirmed that the prosocial behaviors are driven by social acceptance through mentalizing, as well as warm glow through empathy, both of which are involved in the reward system, shedding lights on the mechanism of prosocial behavior.
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Research Products
(18 results)
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[Journal Article] Hard to "tune in" : neural mechanisms of live face-to-face interaction with high-functioning autistic spectrum disorder2012
Author(s)
Tanabe HC, Kosaka H, Saito DN, Koike T, Hayashi MJ, Izuma K, Komeda H, Ishitobi M, Omori M, Munesue T, Okazawa H, Wada Y, Sadato N
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Journal Title
Front Hum Neurosci
Volume: 6
Pages: 268
DOI
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[Journal Article] "Stay tuned" : inter-individual neural synchronization during mutual gaze and joint attention2010
Author(s)
Saito DN, Tanabe HC, Izuma K, Hayashi MJ, Morito Y, Komeda H, Uchiyama H, Kosaka H, Okazawa H, Fujibayashi Y, Sadato N
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Journal Title
Front Integr Neurosci
Volume: 4
Pages: 127
DOI
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