Search Results - "Sekiyama, Kaoru"

Parental responsiveness and children's trait epistemic curiosity by Iwasaki, Shoko, Moriguchi, Yusuke, Sekiyama, Kaoru

“…Curiosity, the desire to learn new information, has a powerful effect on children's learning. Parental interactions facilitate curiosity-driven behaviors in…”
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A 12-Week Physical and Cognitive Exercise Program Can Improve Cognitive Function and Neural Efficiency in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Nishiguchi, Shu, Yamada, Minoru, Tanigawa, Takanori, Sekiyama, Kaoru, Kawagoe, Toshikazu, Suzuki, Maki, Yoshikawa, Sakiko, Abe, Nobuhito, Otsuka, Yuki, Nakai, Ryusuke, Aoyama, Tomoki, Tsuboyama, Tadao

“…Objectives To investigate whether a 12‐week physical and cognitive exercise program can improve cognitive function and brain activation efficiency in…”
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Face-specific memory deficits and changes in eye scanning patterns among patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment by Kawagoe, Toshikazu, Matsushita, Masateru, Hashimoto, Mamoru, Ikeda, Manabu, Sekiyama, Kaoru

“…Amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) is a prodromal stage of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Previous studies have shown functional and structural degradation…”
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Musical instrument training program improves verbal memory and neural efficiency in novice older adults by Guo, Xia, Yamashita, Masatoshi, Suzuki, Maki, Ohsawa, Chie, Asano, Kohei, Abe, Nobuhito, Soshi, Takahiro, Sekiyama, Kaoru

“…Previous studies indicate that musical instrument training may improve the cognitive function of older adults. However, little is known about the neural…”
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Impact of language on development of auditory-visual speech perception by Sekiyama, Kaoru, Burnham, Denis

“…The McGurk effect paradigm was used to examine the developmental onset of inter‐language differences between Japanese and English in auditory‐visual speech…”
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Enhanced perception of various linguistic features by musicians: A cross-linguistic study by Sadakata, Makiko, Sekiyama, Kaoru

“…Two cross-linguistic experiments comparing musicians and non-musicians were performed in order to examine whether musicians have enhanced perception of…”
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Advanced aging effects on implicit motor imagery and its links to motor performance: An investigation via mental rotation of letters, hands, and feet by Muto, Hiroyuki, Suzuki, Maki, Sekiyama, Kaoru

“…This study focuses on changes in implicit motor imagery during advanced aging and these changes’ co-occurrences with physical motor deficits. We administered a…”
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Language/Culture Modulates Brain and Gaze Processes in Audiovisual Speech Perception by Hisanaga, Satoko, Sekiyama, Kaoru, Igasaki, Tomohiko, Murayama, Nobuki

“…Several behavioural studies have shown that the interplay between voice and face information in audiovisual speech perception is not universal. Native English…”
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Effects of a 10-week musical instrument training on cognitive function in healthy older adults: implications for desirable tests and period of training by Wang, Xueyan, Soshi, Takahiro, Yamashita, Masatoshi, Kakihara, Marcelo, Tsutsumi, Takanobu, Iwasaki, Shoko, Sekiyama, Kaoru

“…Introduction Previous studies have shown that musical instrument training programs of 16 or more weeks improve verbal memory (Logical Memory Test delayed…”
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Improved Digit Span in Children after a 6-Week Intervention of Playing a Musical Instrument: An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Trial by Guo, Xia, Ohsawa, Chie, Suzuki, Akiko, Sekiyama, Kaoru

“…Previous studies have reported that music training not only improves children's musical skills, but also enhances their cognitive functions. However, there is…”
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Prefrontal Plasticity after a 3-Month Exercise Intervention in Older Adults Relates to Enhanced Cognitive Performance by Soshi, Takahiro, Andersson, Michael, Kawagoe, Toshikazu, Nishiguchi, Shu, Yamada, Minoru, Otsuka, Yuki, Nakai, Ryusuke, Abe, Nobuhito, Aslah, Adibah, Igasaki, Tomohiko, Sekiyama, Kaoru

“…Abstract This study examined exercise intervention effects on older adults’ brain structures and function. Brain data were analyzed from 47 healthy adults…”
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Neural Advantages of Older Musicians Involve the Cerebellum: Implications for Healthy Aging Through Lifelong Musical Instrument Training by Yamashita, Masatoshi, Ohsawa, Chie, Suzuki, Maki, Guo, Xia, Sadakata, Makiko, Otsuka, Yuki, Asano, Kohei, Abe, Nobuhito, Sekiyama, Kaoru

“…This study compared 30 older musicians and 30 age-matched non-musicians to investigate the association between lifelong musical instrument training and…”
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Auditory-visual speech perception examined by fMRI and PET by Sekiyama, Kaoru, Kanno, Iwao, Miura, Shuichi, Sugita, Yoichi

“…Cross-modal binding in auditory-visual speech perception was investigated by using the McGurk effect, a phenomenon in which hearing is altered by incongruent…”
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The Japanese translation of the Gold-MSI: Adaptation and validation of the self-report questionnaire of musical sophistication by Sadakata, Makiko, Yamaguchi, Yasumasa, Ohsawa, Chie, Matsubara, Masaki, Terasawa, Hiroko, von Schnehen, Andres, Müllensiefen, Daniel, Sekiyama, Kaoru

“…This study presents a Japanese translation of the Goldsmiths Musical Sophistication Index (Gold-MSI). The index consists of 38 self-report questions and…”
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Relationship between preoperative anxiety and onset of delirium after cardiovascular surgery in elderly patients: focus on personality and coping process by Fukunaga, Hiroe, Sugawara, Hiroko, Koyama, Asuka, Okamoto, Ken, Fukui, Toshihiro, Ishikawa, Tomohisa, Takebayashi, Minoru, Sekiyama, Kaoru, Hashimoto, Mamoru

“…Background Postoperative delirium is associated with increased mortality. Therefore, it is important to manage delirium during the entire perioperative period…”
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Impact of Early-Commenced and Continued Sports Training on the Precuneus in Older Athletes by Yamashita, Masatoshi, Suzuki, Maki, Kawagoe, Toshikazu, Asano, Kohei, Futada, Masatoshi, Nakai, Ryusuke, Abe, Nobuhito, Sekiyama, Kaoru

“…Intervention studies on sedentary older adults have demonstrated that commencing physical exercise at an older age has a positive effect on brain structure…”
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Neural Correlates of Working Memory Maintenance in Advanced Aging: Evidence From fMRI by Suzuki, Maki, Kawagoe, Toshikazu, Nishiguchi, Shu, Abe, Nobuhito, Otsuka, Yuki, Nakai, Ryusuke, Asano, Kohei, Yamada, Minoru, Yoshikawa, Sakiko, Sekiyama, Kaoru

“…Working memory (WM)-related brain activity is known to be modulated by aging; particularly, older adults demonstrate greater activity than young adults…”
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Impact of language on functional connectivity for audiovisual speech integration by Shinozaki, Jun, Hiroe, Nobuo, Sato, Masa-aki, Nagamine, Takashi, Sekiyama, Kaoru

“…Visual information about lip and facial movements plays a role in audiovisual (AV) speech perception. Although this has been widely confirmed, previous…”
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The neural mechanism of biomechanical constraints in the hand laterality judgment task: A near-infrared spectroscopy study by Meng, Shuang, Oi, Misato, Sekiyama, Kaoru, Saito, Hirofumi

“…•Biomechanical constraints (BC) effect is tested in hand laterality judgment task.•Each stimulus is showed once in the practice and experimental phase,…”
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Audiotactile interactions beyond the space and body parts around the head by Teramoto, Wataru, Nozoe, Yukiomi, Sekiyama, Kaoru

“…Recent research has reported that spatial modulation effects of audiotactile interactions tend to be limited to the space and body parts around the head. The…”
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