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Front Hum Neurosci ; 16: 913945, 2022.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36046210

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Reading fluency is based on the automatic visual recognition of words. As a manifestation of the automatic processing of words, an automatic deviance detection of visual word stimuli can be observed in the early stages of visual recognition. To clarify whether this phenomenon occurs with Japanese kanji compounds-since their lexicality is related to semantic association-we investigated the brain response by utilizing three types of deviants: differences in font type, lexically correct or incorrect Japanese kanji compound words and pseudo-kanji characters modified from correct and incorrect compounds. We employed magnetoencephalography (MEG) to evaluate the spatiotemporal profiles of the related brain regions. The study included 22 adult native Japanese speakers (16 females). The abovementioned three kinds of stimuli containing 20% deviants were presented during the MEG measurement. Activity in the occipital pole region of the brain was observed upon the detection of font-type deviance within 250 ms of stimulus onset. Although no significant activity upon detecting lexically correct/incorrect kanji compounds or pseudo-kanji character deviations was observed, the activity in the posterior transverse region of the collateral sulcus (pCoS)-which is a fusiform neighboring area-was larger when detecting lexically correct kanji compounds than when detecting pseudo-kanji characters. Taken together, these results support the notion that the automatic detection of deviance in kanji compounds may be limited to a low-level feature, such as the stimulus stroke thickness.

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J Prosthodont Res ; 65(3): 353-359, 2021 Aug 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33116029

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Purpose To investigate the difference in improvement of oral health-related quality of life (OHR-QoL) depending on the oral and denture conditions of a complete denture wearer when using a cream or powder type denture adhesive in a 10-center parallel randomized clinical trial.Methods Two hundred edentulous subjects who wore complete dentures were allocated to each of the three groups according to denture adhesive type: cream, powder, and control (saline solution). The materials were applied to the mucosal surface of the dentures for 4 days, and baseline data and data after the intervention were collected. OHR-QoL was assessed using the Japanese version of the modified Oral Health Impact Profile for Edentulous Patients (OHIP-EDENT-J) scale for outcome. Multivariate analysis was used to investigate improvements in OHR-QoL according to participant characteristics among complete denture wearers using these materials.Results OHIP-EDENT-J scores were significantly decreased in all groups after the intervention (p < 0.05); however, there were no statistically significant differences among the groups. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed a significant association between the vertical height of the maxillary and mandibular alveolar ridge and OHIP-EDENT-J scores in the cream-type denture adhesive group. In contrast, there were no significant association between participant characteristics and OHIP-EDENT-J scores in the powder-type adhesive and control groups.Conclusions The use of denture adhesives could improve OHR-QoL for complete denture wearers. The cream-type denture adhesives may be expected to improve OHR-QoL in patients with poor residual ridge conditions compared with patients with good residual ridge conditions.


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Boca Edêntula , Qualidade de Vida , Prótese Total , Humanos , Análise Multivariada , Saúde Bucal , Satisfação do Paciente , Inquéritos e Questionários
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Brain Behav ; 10(6): e01635, 2020 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32342667

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OBJECTIVE: The ability to integrate audiovisual information matures late in adolescents, but its neuronal mechanism is still unknown. Recent studies showed that phase-amplitude coupling (PAC) of neuronal oscillations, which is defined as the modulation of high-frequency amplitude by low-frequency phase, is associated with audiovisual integration in adults. Thus, we investigated how PAC develops in adolescents and whether it is related to the functional maturation of audiovisual integration. In particular, we focused on the timing of PAC (or the coupling phase), which is defined as the low-frequency phase with maximum high-frequency amplitude. METHODS: Using magnetoencephalography (MEG) on 15 adults and 14 adolescents while they performed an audiovisual speech integration task, we examined PAC in association cortexes with a trial-by-trial analysis. RESULTS: Whereas delta-beta coupling was consistently observed in both adults and adolescents, we found that the timing of delta-beta PAC was delayed by 20-40 milliseconds in adolescents compared with adults. In addition, a logistic regression analysis revealed that the task performance improves as the timing of delta-beta PAC in the right temporal pole (TP) got closer to the trough position (180 degrees). CONCLUSION: These results suggest that the timing of PAC is essential for binding audiovisual information and underlies the developmental process in adolescents.


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Magnetoencefalografia , Neurônios , Córtex Cerebral , Fala , Lobo Temporal
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J Prosthodont Res ; 64(3): 281-288, 2020 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31501069

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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of denture adhesives on oral moisture in a 10-center parallel randomized clinical trial. METHODS: Two hundred edentulous subjects wearing complete dentures were allocated into three groups: cream-type adhesive, powder-type adhesive and control groups. The adhesives (and saline solution in the control group) were applied to the mucosal surface of the dentures for 4 days, and baseline data and data after the intervention for eight meals over 4 days were obtained. For the main outcome, oral moisture was measured with a moisture checking device. Secondary outcomes were denture satisfaction, masticatory performance, denture retention, and occlusal force. In addition to between-group and within-group comparisons of oral moisture, investigations for secondary outcomes were undertaken in subgroups classified according to the degree of oral moisture at baseline (normal subgroup and dry mouth subgroup). Intention-to-treat analysis was also performed. RESULTS: Between-group and within-group comparisons of oral moisture showed no significant differences. The cream-type and powder-type denture adhesives were significantly effective in the dry mouth group for denture satisfaction ratings of ability to masticate, stability, retention, and comfort of mandibular dentures (p<0.05). The masticatory performance and retentive force of the dry mouth denture adhesive using groups were significantly improved after intervention (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The oral moisture of complete denture wearers was not influenced by the use of denture adhesives. Our findings showed that denture adhesives improved subjective denture satisfaction, masticatory performance, and retention for complete denture patients with oral dryness.


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Cimentos Dentários , Boca Edêntula , Retenção de Dentadura , Prótese Total , Humanos , Mastigação
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Neurosci Res ; 144: 30-39, 2019 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30170008

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An important technical issue in transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) usage is how accurately the specific brain areas activated by TMS are assessed. However, in practice, electric field induced in TMS is dispersed and therefore actual estimation is still difficult. As a preliminary step, the projection line which is perpendicular to the TMS stimulation coil beneath the center of the coil must be accurately estimated into the brain. Therefore, we have developed a new TMS-MRI co-registration procedure that employs a 3D laser-scanner system that is very useful for general hand-manipulated TMS, and which easily estimates the TMS projection point onto the brain. The proposed system accurately captures the positional relationship between the TMS coil and anatomical images. The results of 3D image processing revealed that the registration error at each stage was kept within the submillimeter level. In addition, a motor evoked potential experiment examining the right finger motor area revealed that understandable responses were obtained when stimulation was targeted to the three different motor areas according to Penfield's map. 3D laser scanning is a technique of substantial recent interest for anatomical co-registration. The proposed method demonstrated submillimeter level accuracy of TMS-MRI co-registration.


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Encéfalo/diagnóstico por imagem , Encéfalo/fisiologia , Imageamento Tridimensional/métodos , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Estimulação Magnética Transcraniana/métodos , Adulto , Mapeamento Encefálico/métodos , Potencial Evocado Motor/fisiologia , Humanos , Masculino , Modelos Neurológicos , Córtex Motor/diagnóstico por imagem , Córtex Motor/fisiologia , Adulto Jovem
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Brain Lang ; 175: 42-46, 2017 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28963910

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Irony comprehension requires integration of social contextual information. Previous studies have investigated temporal aspects of irony processing and its neural substrates using psychological/electroencephalogram or functional magnetic resonance imaging methods, but have not clarified the temporospatial neural mechanisms of irony comprehension. Therefore, we used magnetoencephalography to investigate the neural generators of alpha-band (8-13Hz) event-related desynchronization (ERD) occurring from 600 to 900ms following the onset of a critical sentence at which social situational contexts activated ironic representation. We found that the right anterior temporal lobe, which is involved in processing social knowledge and evaluating others' intentions, exhibited stronger alpha ERD following an ironic statement than following a literal statement. We also found that alpha power in the left anterior temporal lobe correlated with the participants' communication abilities. These results elucidate the temporospatial neural mechanisms of language comprehension in social contexts, including non-literal processing.


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Compreensão/fisiologia , Idioma , Magnetoencefalografia , Adulto , Eletroencefalografia , Feminino , Humanos , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Lobo Temporal/fisiologia
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Sci Rep ; 6: 37973, 2016 11 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27897244

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Though recent studies have elucidated the earliest mechanisms of processing in multisensory integration, our understanding of how multisensory integration of more sustained and complicated stimuli is implemented in higher-level association cortices is lacking. In this study, we used magnetoencephalography (MEG) to determine how neural oscillations alter local and global connectivity during multisensory integration processing. We acquired MEG data from 15 healthy volunteers performing an audio-visual speech matching task. We selected regions of interest (ROIs) using whole brain time-frequency analyses (power spectrum density and wavelet transform), then applied phase amplitude coupling (PAC) and imaginary coherence measurements to them. We identified prominent delta band power in the temporal pole (TP), and a remarkable PAC between delta band phase and beta band amplitude. Furthermore, imaginary coherence analysis demonstrated that the temporal pole and well-known multisensory areas (e.g., posterior parietal cortex and post-central areas) are coordinated through delta-phase coherence. Thus, our results suggest that modulation of connectivity within the local network, and of that between the local and global network, is important for audio-visual speech integration. In short, these neural oscillatory mechanisms within and between higher-level association cortices provide new insights into the brain mechanism underlying audio-visual integration.


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Percepção Auditiva/fisiologia , Rede Nervosa/fisiologia , Fala/fisiologia , Lobo Temporal/fisiologia , Percepção Visual/fisiologia , Adulto , Mapeamento Encefálico , Feminino , Humanos , Magnetoencefalografia , Masculino , Estimulação Luminosa
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Trials ; 17(1): 506, 2016 10 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27756441

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BACKGROUND: Denture adhesives, characterized as medical products in 1935 by the American Dental Association, have been considered useful adjuncts for improving denture retention and stability. However, many dentists in Japan are hesitant to acknowledge denture adhesives in daily practice because of the stereotype that dentures should be inherently stable, without the aid of adhesives. The aim of this study is to verify the efficacy of denture adhesives to establish guidelines for Japanese users. The null hypothesis is that the application of denture adhesives, including the cream and powder types, or a control (isotonic sodium chloride solution) would not produce different outcomes nor would they differentially improve the set outcomes between baseline and day 4 post-application. METHODS: This ten-center, randomized controlled trial with parallel groups is ongoing. Three hundred edentulous patients with complete dentures will be allocated to three groups (cream-type adhesive, powder-type adhesive, and control groups). The participants will wear their dentures with the denture adhesive for 4 days, including during eight meals (three breakfasts, two lunches, and three dinners). The baseline measurements and final measurements for the denture adhesives will be performed on the first day and after breakfast on the fourth day. The primary outcome is a general satisfaction rating for the denture. The secondary outcomes are denture satisfaction ratings for various denture functions, occlusal bite force, resistance to dislodgement, masticatory performance, perceived chewing ability, and oral health-related quality of life. Between-subjects comparisons among the three groups and within-subjects comparisons of the pre- and post-intervention measurements will be performed. Furthermore, a multiple regression analysis will be performed. The main analyses will be based on the intention-to-treat principle. A sample size of 100 subjects per group, including an assumed dropout rate of 10 %, will be required to achieve 80 % power with a 5 % alpha level. DISCUSSION: This randomized clinical trial will provide information about denture adhesives to complete denture wearers, prosthodontic educators, and dentists in Japan. We believe this new evidence on denture adhesive use from Japan will aid dentists in their daily practice even in other countries. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01712802 . Registered on 17 October 2012.


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Adesivos , Protocolos Clínicos , Prótese Total , Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto , Humanos
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Brain Dev ; 37(7): 690-7, 2015 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25544384

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate detailed auditory features in patients with auditory impairment as the first clinical symptoms of childhood adrenoleukodystrophy (CSALD). SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Three patients who had hearing difficulty as the first clinical signs and/or symptoms of ALD. Precise examination of the clinical characteristics of hearing and auditory function was performed, including assessments of pure tone audiometry, verbal sound discrimination, otoacoustic emission (OAE), and auditory brainstem response (ABR), as well as an environmental sound discrimination test, a sound lateralization test, and a dichotic listening test (DLT). The auditory pathway was evaluated by MRI in each patient. RESULTS: Poor response to calling was detected in all patients. Two patients were not aware of their hearing difficulty, and had been diagnosed with normal hearing by otolaryngologists at first. Pure-tone audiometry disclosed normal hearing in all patients. All patients showed a normal wave V ABR threshold. Three patients showed obvious difficulty in discriminating verbal sounds, environmental sounds, and sound lateralization and strong left-ear suppression in a dichotic listening test. However, once they discriminated verbal sounds, they correctly understood the meaning. Two patients showed elongation of the I-V and III-V interwave intervals in ABR, but one showed no abnormality. MRIs of these three patients revealed signal changes in auditory radiation including in other subcortical areas. CONCLUSION: The hearing features of these subjects were diagnosed as auditory agnosia and not aphasia. It should be emphasized that when patients are suspected to have hearing impairment but have no abnormalities in pure tone audiometry and/or ABR, this should not be diagnosed immediately as psychogenic response or pathomimesis, but auditory agnosia must also be considered.


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Adrenoleucodistrofia/complicações , Adrenoleucodistrofia/diagnóstico , Agnosia/complicações , Agnosia/diagnóstico , Estimulação Acústica , Adolescente , Adrenoleucodistrofia/fisiopatologia , Agnosia/fisiopatologia , Audiometria , Percepção Auditiva/fisiologia , Encéfalo/patologia , Encéfalo/fisiopatologia , Criança , Potenciais Evocados Auditivos do Tronco Encefálico , Testes Auditivos , Humanos , Masculino , Testes Neuropsicológicos
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Front Hum Neurosci ; 8: 406, 2014.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24966825

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Frontal midline theta rhythm (Fmθ) appears widely distributed over medial prefrontal areas in EEG recordings, indicating focused attention. Although mental calculation is often used as an attention-demanding task, little has been reported on calculation-related activation in Fmθ experiments. In this study we used spatially filtered MEG and permutation analysis to precisely localize cortical generators of the magnetic counterpart of Fmθ, as well as other sources of oscillatory activity associated with mental calculation processing (i.e., arithmetic subtraction). Our results confirmed and extended earlier EEG/MEG studies indicating that Fmθ during mental calculation is generated in the dorsal anterior cingulate and adjacent medial prefrontal cortex. Mental subtraction was also associated with gamma event-related synchronization, as an index of activation, in right parietal regions subserving basic numerical processing and number-based spatial attention. Gamma event-related desynchronization appeared in the right lateral prefrontal cortex, likely representing a mechanism to interrupt neural activity that can interfere with the ongoing cognitive task.

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J Integr Neurosci ; 12(3): 343-53, 2013 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24070058

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The posterior EEG alpha rhythm is a distinctive feature of the normal brain in the waking state, consisting of oscillations within the 8-15 Hz frequency range over posterior cortical regions. This activity appears in resting, eyes-closed condition and is typically suppressed by eyes-opening. Other physiological rhythms in the alpha band, in particular the Rolandic mu rhythm, are proposed to include a fast component in the beta range. In this study we used spatial filtering techniques and permutation analysis to explore cortical source-power changes related to the magnetoencephalography (MEG) counterpart of the posterior alpha rhythm. We also aimed at determining a possible implication of components outside the alpha frequency range in the posterior rhythm reactivity to eye closure. We recorded resting brain activity using a whole-head MEG system in fifteen normal subjects. We applied an eyes-open/eyes-closed paradigm. A significant increase in alpha oscillations after eyes closing, representing the posterior alpha rhythm, was observed bilaterally in the occipital and parietal cortex, including the calcarine fissure and the parieto-occipital sulcus. We also found significant increase in beta (15-30 Hz) and low gamma (30-60 Hz) oscillations. This fast components and the classical alpha rhythm had similar topographic distribution in posterior brain regions, although with different strength and spatial extension. These features were highest for alpha synchronized oscillations, intermediate for beta, and lowest for gamma activity. These results suggest that, like the Rolandic mu rhythm, the MEG posterior dominant rhythm may be impure, with a mixture of predominant alpha oscillations and high-frequency components.


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Encéfalo/fisiologia , Magnetoencefalografia/métodos , Processamento de Sinais Assistido por Computador , Adulto , Ritmo alfa/fisiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Adulto Jovem
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Brain Dev ; 35(4): 293-8, 2013 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23398956

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BACKGROUND: To reveal the neural substrate of communication difficulties in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), we investigated the P300 component of event-related potentials (ERPs) as represented by the average of electroencephalography findings time-locked to events and behavior. Because the P300 amplitude influences attentional resource allocation during discrimination, the component elicited during perception of known and unknown faces should indicate familiarity processing. METHODS AND RESULTS: Nine typically developing children (TD) and nine children with ASDs participated in this study (Experiment 1). The P300 amplitude in TD children was significantly larger during familiar face perception than during unfamiliar face perception (p<0.01). However, there was no evidence of familiarity effect in children with ASDs. In three children with ASDs, we also assessed the P300 amplitude during perception of a therapist's face one month before (baseline), a few days before and after social skills training (SST) sessions (Experiment 2). To evaluate the effect of familiarity on facial identity processing, we analyzed the therapist/unknown ratio of P300 amplitudes related to the face discrimination task as an index. The ratio was larger after SST sessions than before, but there was no difference in the ratio between baseline and before SST assessments. CONCLUSION: The P300 might be influenced by attentional resource allocation depending on the stage of learning face identification in children with ASDs. We speculate that this approach to evaluating brain responses during facial identity recognition could be used as a tool to clarify children's communication difficulties.


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Transtornos Globais do Desenvolvimento Infantil/fisiopatologia , Potenciais Evocados P300/fisiologia , Face , Reconhecimento Visual de Modelos/fisiologia , Reconhecimento Psicológico/fisiologia , Análise de Variância , Criança , Discriminação Psicológica , Eletroencefalografia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Estimulação Luminosa , Tempo de Reação
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Gerodontology ; 30(3): 187-93, 2013 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22607455

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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this long-term randomised controlled trial was to compare the longevity of dentures constructed using a conventional acrylic resin (CAR) to that of dentures constructed using an acrylic-based resilient liner (ARL). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The follow-up study was essentially carried out by annual telephone calls to each of the 67 participants. The Kaplan-Meier method and life-table analysis were used for univariate analyses. The Cox proportional-hazards test was used as a final model for statistically adjusting predictor variables such as sex, clinician type, mandibular denture type and age at denture delivery. RESULTS: The denture type was likely to affect the survival time of the dentures, while the sex and clinician type were not. The group using acrylic-based resilient denture liners had twice the risk of having shorter denture-survival times than those using conventional acrylic resin dentures. Younger participants were likely to have a reduced risk of having shorter denture-survival times than older participants. CONCLUSION: We conclude that mandibular complete dentures constructed using ARL are twice as likely as dentures constructed using CAR to have shorter denture survival times, mainly because of material deterioration.


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Resinas Acrílicas/química , Materiais Dentários/química , Reembasadores de Dentadura/estatística & dados numéricos , Prótese Total Inferior/estatística & dados numéricos , Fatores Etários , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Falha de Restauração Dentária/estatística & dados numéricos , Planejamento de Dentadura/estatística & dados numéricos , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Tábuas de Vida , Estudos Longitudinais , Masculino , Modelos de Riscos Proporcionais , Fatores Sexuais , Análise de Sobrevida
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No To Hattatsu ; 44(4): 320-6, 2012 Jul.
Artigo em Japonês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22844765

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The current study sought to develop a new behavioral analysis methods to evaluate the effects of social skills training (SST). SST is known to be an effective method to improve the social skills of children with behavioral problems. However, current evaluation methods involve behavioral rating scales that are heavily dependent on evaluators' particular experiences they have had. To quantitatively examine the behavioral effects of SST, we examined subjects' head-movements related to social behavior, using a two-dimensional motion capture system (Kissei Comtec, Japan). Four children (three male, one female, 7-8 years of age) with pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) participated in 16 sessions of SST. Before and after SST, head-coordinates on a two-dimensional plane were calculated using their behavior during a pair task, measured by four digital cameras. After SST, the number of communication behaviors was increased compared to before SST. In addition, children looked longer at another child within 30 degrees of the central visual field. Time-series analysis of the visual field during the detection of another child revealed significant auto-correlation from about -1.12 second. before to the beginning of communication behavior (p<0.05). The results suggested that our method can provide a quantitative index of characteristics related to skilled social behaviors. We conclude that a two-dimensional motion capture system would be useful for visualization of the interventional effects of SST, which would supplement assessments by the conventional observational strategies.


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Transtorno do Deficit de Atenção com Hiperatividade/diagnóstico , Transtornos Globais do Desenvolvimento Infantil/diagnóstico , Comportamento Social , Gravação em Vídeo/métodos , Transtorno do Deficit de Atenção com Hiperatividade/terapia , Criança , Transtornos Globais do Desenvolvimento Infantil/terapia , Comunicação , Educação , Educação Inclusiva , Feminino , Humanos , Relações Interpessoais , Masculino
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Front Psychol ; 3: 225, 2012.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22783219

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Understanding the neural mechanisms underlying speech production has a number of potential practical applications. Speech production involves multiple feedback loops. An audio-vocal monitoring system plays an important role in speech production, based on auditory feedback about the speaker's own voice. Here we investigated the mu-rhythm activity associated with speech production by examining event-related desynchronization and synchronization in conditions of delayed auditory feedback (DAF) and noise feedback (Lombard). In Experiment 1, we confirmed that the mu-rhythms were detectable for a conventional finger-tapping task, and vocalization. In Experiment 2, we examined the mu-rhythms for imagined speech production. We tested whether the same motor-related mu-rhythm activity was exhibited while participants listened to their own voice, and while reading. The mu-rhythms were observed for overt vocalization and covert reading, while listening to simulated auditory feedback of the participants' own voice reading text. In addition, we found that the mu-rhythm associated with listening was boosted and attenuated under the DAF and Lombard conditions, respectively. This is consistent with the notion that auditory feedback is important for the audio-vocal monitoring system in speech production. This paradigm may help clarify the way in which auditory feedback supports motor planning, as indexed by the motor-related mu-rhythm.

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Brain Dev ; 34(10): 886-90, 2012 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22449743

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A 2-year-old girl presented with brief episodes of left hemifacial twitching. On ictal electroencephalography, repetitive focal spike discharges appeared at the right fronto-centro-temporal regions; these discharges preceded the onset of each twitch by 12 ms. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a linear abnormal signal intensity in the subcortical white matter at the right postcentral gyrus, where a cluster of dipole sources was detected by magnetoencephalography. These findings suggested that the patient had focal cortical myoclonus due to rolandic focal cortical dysplasia.


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Eletroencefalografia/métodos , Malformações do Desenvolvimento Cortical/patologia , Mioclonia/diagnóstico , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Humanos , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Magnetoencefalografia/métodos , Malformações do Desenvolvimento Cortical/diagnóstico , Malformações do Desenvolvimento Cortical/fisiopatologia , Mioclonia/fisiopatologia
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Brain Dev ; 34(10): 799-805, 2012 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22398277

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AIM: The present study aimed to investigate the developmental change in Visuo-Spatial Working Memory (VSWM) in typically developed children using a specially designed Advanced Trail Making Test for children (ATMT-C). METHODS: We developed a new method for evaluating VSWM efficiency in children using a modified version ATMT to suit their shorter sustained attention. The ATMT-C consists of two parts; a number-based ATMT and a hiragana (Japanese phonogram)-based ATMT, both employing symbols familiar to young children. A total of 94 healthy participants (6-28 years of age) were enrolled in this study. RESULTS: A non-linear developmental change of VSWM efficiency was observed in the results from the ATMT-C. In the number-based ATMT, children under 8 years of age showed a relatively rapid increase in VSWM efficiency while older children (9-12 years) had a more gradual increase in VSWM efficiency. Results from the hiragana-based ATMT-C showed a slightly delayed increase pattern in VSWM efficiency compared to the pattern from the number-based ATMT. There were no significant differences in VSWM efficiency for gender, handedness and test order. INTERPRETATION: VSWM in children gradually matures in a non steady-state manner and there is an important stage for VSWM maturation before reaching 12 years of age. VSWM efficiency may also vary depending on developmental condition of its cognitive subsystems.


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Memória de Curto Prazo/fisiologia , Teste de Sequência Alfanumérica , Percepção Visual/fisiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Distribuição por Idade , Atenção , Encéfalo/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Criança , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Análise e Desempenho de Tarefas , Adulto Jovem
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Clin Neurophysiol ; 123(2): 270-7, 2012 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21778107

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OBJECTIVE: The ability to perceive faces is acquired through an interaction between species-specific biological mechanisms and social experience. To elucidate the mechanisms of the cognitive system underlying face recognition, we investigated cerebral oscillations related to encoding in 'person identity nodes'. METHODS: EEG was measured in nine healthy adults during perception of their own face, familiar face and unfamiliar face images. RESULTS: Event-related synchronization (ERS) in theta, alpha and beta bands was initially induced in occipito-temporal areas within 0-200 ms of the presentation of facial stimuli. In addition, delta ERS over parietal and left temporal areas was greater in response to familiar faces around 0-800 ms compared with unfamiliar faces. Beta ERS over the right prefrontal area was significantly greater in response to a participant's own face compared with a familiar face at 400-800 ms post-stimulus. CONCLUSIONS: ERS within 0-200 ms reflects structural encoding of faces (i.e., N170 of the event related potential). Delta ERS within 0-800 ms suggests an association with memory retrieval. Beta ERS within 400-800 ms is consistent with the cortical areas reported to be strongly related to self-face perception in previous fMRI studies. SIGNIFICANCE: The delta and beta bands ERS might provide an index of familiarity and self-recognition, respectively.


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Eletroencefalografia , Potenciais Evocados Visuais/fisiologia , Face , Reconhecimento Visual de Modelos/fisiologia , Estimulação Luminosa/métodos , Semântica , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Adulto Jovem
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Neuroreport ; 23(2): 55-60, 2012 Jan 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22146580

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The current study examined the hemodynamic response during the Go/NoGo task in children with/without attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Using near-infrared spectroscopy, oxy-Hb and deoxy-Hb concentration changes in the frontal areas were compared during the conditions with/without inhibitory demand. Compared with typically developing children, children with ADHD showed significantly reduced activation during the conditions with inhibitory demand (NoGo-condition) in the frontal areas. However, no significant differences in activation during the conditions without inhibitory demand (Go-condition) were found between the two groups. The current findings revealed that children with ADHD exhibit an altered hemodynamic response specifically during response inhibition, but not during response execution, and suggested the clinical usefulness of near-infrared spectroscopy for the evaluation of response inhibition deficits in children with ADHD.


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Transtorno do Deficit de Atenção com Hiperatividade/fisiopatologia , Circulação Cerebrovascular/fisiologia , Hemodinâmica/fisiologia , Córtex Pré-Frontal/irrigação sanguínea , Córtex Pré-Frontal/fisiopatologia , Adolescente , Criança , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Espectroscopia de Luz Próxima ao Infravermelho
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No To Hattatsu ; 43(6): 465-70, 2011 Nov.
Artigo em Japonês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22180962

RESUMO

Two hundred and seven Japanese elementary school children aged from 6 (Grade 1) to 12 (Grade 6) years old were tested for their abilities to name numbers and pictured objects along with reading Hiragana characters and words. These children all showed typical development and their classroom teachers judged that they were not having any problems with reading or writing. The children were randomly divided into two groups, the first group was assigned to two naming tasks;the rapid automatized naming (RAN) of "numbers" and "pictured objects," the second group was assigned to two rapid alternative stimulus (RAS) naming tasks using numbers and pictured objects. All children were asked to perform two reading tasks that were written in Hiragana script: single mora reading task and four syllable word reading task. The total articulation time for naming and reading and performance in terms of accuracy were measured for each task. Developmental changes in these variables were evaluated. The articulation time was significantly longer for the first graders, and it gradually shortened as they moved through to the upper grades in all tasks. The articulation time reached a plateau in the 5th grade for the number naming, while gradual change continued after drastic change in the lower grades for the pictured object naming. The articulation times for the single mora reading and RAN of numbers correlated strongly. The articulation time for the RAS naming was significantly longer compared to that for the RAN, though there were very few errors. The RAS naming showed the highest correlation with the four syllable word reading. This study demonstrated that the performance in rapid automatized naming of numbers and pictures were closely related with performance on reading tasks. Thus Japanese children with reading disorders such as developmental dyslexia should also be evaluated for rapid automatized naming.


Assuntos
Desenvolvimento Infantil/fisiologia , Idioma , Nomes , Leitura , Instituições Acadêmicas , Criança , Feminino , Humanos , Japão , Masculino , Tempo de Reação
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