2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Analysis of brain mechanism of whole body motor learning with special regards to mirror system
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21300232
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Sports science
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TSUCHIYA Jun 早稲田大学, スポーツ科学学術院, 教授 (60236908)
SAKAMOTO Masanori 熊本大学, 教育学部, 講師 (80454073)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 運動学習 / 経頭蓋的磁気刺激 / 後方宙返り |
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| Research Abstract |
In this study, how brain worked is analyzed when actions that could not been done was imagined. When subjects imagined the action of back flip transcranial stimulation was applied to the primary motor cortex. Motor evoked potential was enlarged as compared during resting in subjects who could do the action, but no such enlargement was observed in those who could not do. This means that the action that cannot be done, cannot be imagined either. Furthermore, in the subjects who could do the back flip after 1 month training, motor evoked potential became larger, meaning imaging of the action became possible.
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