Narration and singing in the elderly and super-elderly brain
Description: Behavioral studies with elderly people show that language functions generally decline with age. It is known, however, that such age-related change relatively spares the cumulative knowledge like lexical and semantic memory and the narrative skill to dictate past events and experiences. Singing is also known as a language-related ability relatively spared by aging and brain damage. Since narration and singing originally serve as communication media in human society, these faculties may rely on distinct neural systems for social interactions beyond the classical language network. The present study is aimed at analyzing brain imaging data from a broad range of generations, form young to elderly, to elucidate the neural basis shared by narration and singing.
Amount: ¥7,540,000
Funding type: research
Funder scheme: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Start date: 2016-07-19
End date: 2020-03-31
Investigator: Kimihiro Nakamura
Institution: National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities(2018-2019)University of Tsukuba(2017)Fukushima Medical University(2016)
Funded outputs count: 8
Funder award ID: 16KT0005
OpenAlex ID: G5872075227