Exploring educaiotnal brain: a study on neruobasis for learning by educaiton.

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26590150
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Keio University
• Principal Investigator: Ando Juko 慶應義塾大学, 文学部, 教授 (30193105)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SAKAGAMI Masamichi 玉川大学, 脳科学研究所, 教授 (10225782)
• Research Collaborator: SOMEYA Yoshiaki 慶應義塾大学, 先導研究センター, 特任助教 (20392714)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 教育 / 進化 / fMRI / 個体学習 / 観察学習 / 心の理論 / 利他性 / 遺伝規定性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Educational learning(learning by teaching) is thought to be evolutionarily attainted followed by individual and observational learning which is assumed to be specific to Homo sapiens and, therefore, based upon some specific brain function. The purpose of the current study is to identify this "educational brain" compared with individual and observational learning situations.
In this preriminary stage, after a long-term discussion on necessary conditions for tasks of educational situation, finger movement tasks was administrated under individual and obwervational conditions. In individual learning condition, visual cortex , primary sensory motor cortex , supplementary motor area , putamen , thalamus visual cortex , cerebellum , thalamus . In observational learning condition, visual cortex in learning , putamen , both sides in the side temporal gyrus , edge exceeded , activation of both sides prefrontal cortex is remarkable. Thus differential activities were observed.

Free Research Field

教育心理学