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Presentation 2012-05-22 16:40
The differential aging effects in the Franker and Simon tasks -- A NIRS study --
Nobuyuki Kawai (Nagoya Univ.), Namiko Kubo-Kawai (Aichi Shukutoku Univ.), Kenta Kubo (JST), Tae Terazawa (Nagoya Univ.), Nobuo Masataka (Kyoto Univ.) HCS2012-19 HIP2012-19
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) Studies on cognitive aging have demonstrated that aging is accompanied by a decreased ability to inhibit irrelevant information. The elderly, however, don't always show deficit in an inhibition task. Previous studies suggest that the elderly compensate their decreased inhibitory ability by an exaggerated activation in prefrontal brain area, which is responsible for inhibition. We compared the younger adults and the elderly in the Franker and Simon tasks by recording brain activity with a near-infra red spectoroscotopy (NIRS). The elderly showed greater Simon effect, although the Franker effect was equivalent to the young. However, greater brain activities were observed in the elderly in the Franker task. The NIRS scores show that brain activity in right dorsolateral area was greater in incongruent condition than in congruent condition in the Simon task, suggesting that this area was responsible for response inhibition, while there was no group difference in this activity.
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(in English) aging / inhibition / Simon effect / Franker task / NIRS / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 112, no. 46, HIP2012-19, pp. 131-135, May 2012.
Paper # HIP2012-19 
Date of Issue 2012-05-15 (HCS, HIP) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Conference Information
Committee HCS HIP HI-SIGCOASTER  
Conference Date 2012-05-22 - 2012-05-23 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Okinawa Industry Support Center 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) Communication Enhancing and Human Communications 
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Registration To HIP 
Conference Code 2012-05-HCS-HIP-SIGCE 
Language Japanese 
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
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Title (in English) The differential aging effects in the Franker and Simon tasks 
Sub Title (in English) A NIRS study 
Keyword(1) aging  
Keyword(2) inhibition  
Keyword(3) Simon effect  
Keyword(4) Franker task  
Keyword(5) NIRS  
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1st Author's Name Nobuyuki Kawai  
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 Kenta Kubo  
3rd Author's Affiliation JST (JST)
4th Author's Name Tae Terazawa  
4th Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoya Univ.)
5th Author's Name Nobuo Masataka  
5th Author's Affiliation Kyoto University (Kyoto Univ.)
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Date Time 2012-05-22 16:40:00 
Presentation Time 25 minutes 
Registration for HIP 
Paper # HCS2012-19, HIP2012-19 
Volume (vol) vol.112 
Number (no) no.45(HCS), no.46(HIP) 
Page pp.131-135 
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Date of Issue 2012-05-15 (HCS, HIP) 


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