Presentation 2016-03-22
The Gating Effect to somatosensory stimuli induced by N-back Task
Kisho Fukue, Takamasa Shimada, Liqun Wang, Tadanori Fukami,
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Abstract(in English) These days, the study of brain function using fMRI and NIRS are well performed. In those studies, the interaction between various kinds of sensory systems are focused. But most of these interaction mechanisms are still unknown. In this study, we measured the brain activation related to the interaction of the visual stimulus and somatosensory stimulus. We provided three types of tasks. One of them is somatosensory task that performed tactile vibration as a somatosensory stimulus on the left index fingertip; the others are somatosensory stimulus tasks with the long or short interval N-back interaction. The brain activation between three types of tasks and rest were compared. As a result, the activation in the primary somatosensory cortex was detected with pushing button task. On the other hand, it was not detected for two types of N-back tasks. These findings suggest that gating is well induced regardless of the difficulty of task.
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Keyword(in English) Gating / fMRI / Somatosensory / N-back task
Paper # MBE2015-114
Date of Issue 2016-03-15 (MBE)

Conference Information
Committee MBE / NC
Conference Date 2016/3/22(2days)
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Place (in English) Tamagawa University
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Chair Tetsuo Kobayashi(Kyoto Univ.) / Toshimichi Saito(Hosei Univ.)
Vice Chair Yutaka Fukuoka(Kogakuin Univ.) / Shigeo Sato(Tohoku Univ.)
Secretary Yutaka Fukuoka(akita noken) / Shigeo Sato(Kogakuin Univ.)
Assistant Takenori Oida(Kyoto Univ.) / Ryota Horie(Shibaura Inst. of Tech.) / Hiroyuki Kanbara(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.) / Hisanao Akima(Tohoku Univ.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on ME and Bio Cybernetics / Technical Committee on Neurocomputing
Language JPN
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Title (in English) The Gating Effect to somatosensory stimuli induced by N-back Task
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Gating
Keyword(2) fMRI
Keyword(3) Somatosensory
Keyword(4) N-back task
1st Author's Name Kisho Fukue
1st Author's Affiliation Tokyo Denki University(TDU)
2nd Author's Name Takamasa Shimada
2nd Author's Affiliation Tokyo Denki University(TDU)
3rd Author's Name Liqun Wang
3rd Author's Affiliation Tokyo Denki University(TDU)
4th Author's Name Tadanori Fukami
4th Author's Affiliation Yamagata University(YU)
Date 2016-03-22
Paper # MBE2015-114
Volume (vol) vol.115
Number (no) MBE-513
Page pp.pp.61-65(MBE),
#Pages 5
Date of Issue 2016-03-15 (MBE)