| Presentation | 2017-05-16 Traffic jam induced the approach motivational component of anger characterized by asymmetric frontal brain activity in elderly adults Ryuzaburo Nakata, Namiko Kubo-Kawai, Kazuo Okanoya, Nobuyuki Kawai, |
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| Abstract(in English) | Previous studies suggest that left-superior asymmetry in the brain activity reflects approach motivation of anger. As people gets upset, the asymmetry increases. Although much of evidence supporting this phenomenon has been demonstrated in terms of electroencephalographic (EEG) activity, it is unclear whether this asymmetry of brain activity is reflected in blood flow as evidenced by a near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). This asymmetry may be greater in elderly adults than in younger adults due to their weak inhibitory potential of frontal lobe. Here, we show that the elderly exhibited the left-superior brain activity (front-dorsolateral area) in a traffic jam created by a driving simulator, whereas the young adults did not. A slow down of the driving speed by an unknown car trouble did not yield asymmetric brain activity in the frontal lobe in both age groups. These results suggest that 1) a traffic jam produced asymmetric brain activity, which seems to reflect increased approach motivation (i.e., anger), 2) the NIRS scores reflected this asymmetric frontal brain activity, and 3) approach motivation (anger) was evidenced only by the elderly adults, suggesting vulnerability in inhibitory potential of aged adults. |
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| Keyword(in English) | anger / approach motivation / a near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) / elderly individuals / driving simulatorsa |
| Paper # | HCS2017-13,HIP2017-13 |
| Date of Issue | 2017-05-09 (HCS, HIP) |
| Conference Information | |
| Committee | HCS / HIP / HI-SIGCE |
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| Conference Date | 2017/5/16(2days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | Okinawa Industry Support Center |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | Communication Support, Communication, and Human Information Processing |
| Chair | Yukiko Nakano(Seikei Univ.) / Masahiro Ishii(Sapporo City Univ.) |
| Vice Chair | Nobuyuki Watanabe(Kanazawa Inst. of Tech.) / Tomoo Inoue(Univ. of Tsukuba) / Miyuki Kamachi(Kogakuin Univ.) / Shuichi Sakamoto(Tohoku Univ.) |
| Secretary | Nobuyuki Watanabe(Ritsumeikan Univ.) / Tomoo Inoue(Osaka Electro-Comm. Univ.) / Miyuki Kamachi(NEC) / Shuichi Sakamoto(Tokushima Univ.) / (Univ. of Tsukuba) |
| Assistant | Ryo Ishii(NTT) / Kazuki Takashima(Tohoku Univ.) / Ken Fujiwara(Osaka Univ. of Economic) / Rika Mochizuki(NTT) / Mutsumi Suganuma(Waseda Univ.) / Atsushi Wada(NICT) |
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| Registration To | Technical Committee on Human Communication Science / Technical Committee on Human Information Processing / Special Interest Group on Communication Enhancement |
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| Language | JPN |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | Traffic jam induced the approach motivational component of anger characterized by asymmetric frontal brain activity in elderly adults |
| Sub Title (in English) | A NIRS study |
| Keyword(1) | anger |
| Keyword(2) | approach motivation |
| Keyword(3) | a near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) |
| Keyword(4) | elderly individuals |
| Keyword(5) | driving simulatorsa |
| 1st Author's Name | Ryuzaburo Nakata |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ.) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Namiko Kubo-Kawai |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Aichi Shukutoku University(Aichi Shukutoku Univ.) |
| 3rd Author's Name | Kazuo Okanoya |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | The University of Tokyo(Tokyo Univ.) |
| 4th Author's Name | Nobuyuki Kawai |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ.) |
| Date | 2017-05-16 |
| Paper # | HCS2017-13,HIP2017-13 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.117 |
| Number (no) | HCS-29,HIP-30 |
| Page | pp.pp.107-111(HCS), pp.107-111(HIP), |
| #Pages | 5 |
| Date of Issue | 2017-05-09 (HCS, HIP) |