Application of fNIRS in the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience : Imaging the typically and atypically developing brains

• Minagawa Yasuyo

  Department of psychology, Faculty of letters, Keio University. Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) CREST

• Yasui Aika

  Keio University, Graduate school of human relations

• Naoi Nozomi

  Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) CREST Global Centre for Advanced Research on Logic and Sensibility, Keio University

• Yamamoto Jun-ichi

  Department of psychology, Faculty of letters, Keio University. Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) CREST

• Suzuki Kenji

  Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) CREST Faculty of engineering, information and systems, University of Tsukuba

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 発達認知神経科学における fNIRS の応用 : 定型・非定型発達脳を可視化する

Abstract

  Numerous neurocognitive studies have used functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) due to its advantages, such as portability and tolerance to participantsʼ motion-related artifacts. The present paper focuses on developmental cognitive neuroscience addressing typical and atypical brain development involving Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) based on fNIRS data. First, an fNIRS study examined differences in tactile processing between a neurotypica (lNT) group and an ASD group. Results showed that prefrontal cortical responses and heart rate changes were weaker in the ASD group than in the NT group in both Aβ-targeted and CT-targeted tactile stimulation conditions. This result suggests that individuals with ASD do not have a specific deficit in response to the CT-targeted tactile stimulus, which is closely related to social touch. Second, from our ongoing project to assess intervention effects on ASD using fNIRS, we report some preliminary results obtained from comparisons of auditory responses between pre- and post-interventions. These results suggest a potential role of fNIRS in clinical situations as well as in basic research.

Journal

• Higher Brain Function Research

  Higher Brain Function Research 37 (2), 174-180, 2017-06-30

  Japan Society for Higher Brain Dysfunction

Keywords

• fNIRS (functional near-infrared spectroscopy) , ASD (autism spectrum disorder) , tactile perception, prefrontal cortex, intervention

Details

• CRID: 1390564237994149248
• NII Article ID: 130007388010
• DOI: 10.2496/hbfr.37.174
• ISSN: 18806554
• ISSN: 13484818
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/hbfr/37/2/37_174/_pdf
• Text Lang: ja
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