A study on mechanism of execution and acquisition of motor skills based on self-other perception

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26280101
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Kansei informatics
• Research Institution: The University of Electro-Communications
• Principal Investigator: Sakaguchi Yutaka 電気通信大学, 大学院情報理工学研究科, 教授 (40205737)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 宇野 洋二 名古屋大学, 大学院工学研究科, 教授 (10203572) ; 西井 淳 山口大学, 大学院創成科学研究科, 教授 (00242040) ; 井上 康之 東京大学, 高齢社会総合研究機構, 特任研究員 (00644436)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 身体技能 / 自己他者関係 / 身体体制化 / 注意 / 計算モデル / 介助

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project aimed to study the effect of subjective body sensation/perception (related to self-other relation) on the performance of motor skills by means of behavioral experiments and computational models. Experimental studies revealed that objective body movements varied depending on the subjective body perception in three types of motor skills, i.e., “closed to individual”, “using tool”, and “inter-individual.” In addition, a computational model was built which could explain the mechanism how the subjective perception and attention could affect the motor performance. These results provide some important clues to understand the relationship between subjective perception/cognition and objective motor performance, and give a theoretical base to discuss the method to assist motor skill learning.

Free Research Field

生体情報論