Unique ID issued by UMIN | UMIN000038477 |
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Receipt number | R000043844 |
Scientific Title | Neurocognitive study of empathic embarrassment |
Date of disclosure of the study information | 2019/11/02 |
Last modified on | 2020/03/26 13:32:23 |
Neurocognitive study of empathic embarrassment
Neurocognitive study of empathic embarrassment
Neurocognitive study of empathic embarrassment
Neurocognitive study of empathic embarrassment
Japan |
adults
Psychiatry | Adult |
Others
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We aim to examine the neurocognitive mechanism underlying empathic embarrassment and social anxiety. In this endeavor, we investigate the relationship between the strength of brain activity during empathic embarrassment task and psychological scores of our participants. In particular, we measure the features of empathic skill, self-awareness, embarrassment, and social anxiety sensitivities as well as cognitive flexibility ability by using the questionnaires of Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS), Taijin Kyofusho scale (TKS), and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). We hypothesize that social anxiety level (TKS) correlates positively with affective empathy but correlates negatively with cognitive empathy. To test this prediction further, we extract fMRI signal strength from the anterior insula, anterior cingulate cortex, and amygdala for the affective empathy contrast, and the medial prefrontal cortex, posterior superior temporal sulcus, and temporoparietal junction for the cognitive empathy contrast and investigate their association with the TKS score.
Others
We investigate the individual differences in brain function.
We evaluate the relationship between the features of brain imaging data and personality characteristics of the participants (i.e., embarrassment, empathy, and social anxiety levels) using functional MRI and psychological tests.
Observational
18 | years-old | <= |
60 | years-old | > |
Male and Female
Aged 18-59 years-old
Capability of informed consent
1) Subjects who are contraindicated for the use of MRI (e.g., implanted cardiac pacemaker, surgical aneurysm clips)
2) History (or possibility) of pregnancy.
3) Subjects who are judged as unsuitable for participation in this study
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1st name | Hidehiko |
Middle name | |
Last name | Takahashi |
Kyoto University
Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine
606-8507
54 Shogoin-Kawara-cho Sakyo-ku
075-753-7531
hidehiko@kuhp.kyoto-u.
1st name | Shisei |
Middle name | |
Last name | Tei |
Kyoto University
Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine
606-8507
54 Shogoin-Kawara-cho Sakyo-ku
075-751-4947
showa.m3@gmail.com
Kyoto University
MEXT(Japan)
Japanese Governmental office
Committee on Medical Ethics of Kyoto University
Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, JAPAN
075-753-7531
showa.m3@gmail.com
NO
2019 | Year | 11 | Month | 02 | Day |
Unpublished
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Completed
2013 | Year | 11 | Month | 06 | Day |
2013 | Year | 12 | Month | 06 | Day |
2014 | Year | 05 | Month | 29 | Day |
2019 | Year | 12 | Month | 31 | Day |
This study was approved by the Committee on Medical Ethics of Kyoto University under the title of "Neurocognitive study of empathy associated with social emotion" and preregistered in Kyoto University (Japan; ID: E1924, issued on January 30, 2014), in National Science Foundation (United States; ID: 2011122786, issued on June 6, 2013), and in Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Japan; ID: GR13005) that included the pre-analytical plan.
2019 | Year | 11 | Month | 02 | Day |
2020 | Year | 03 | Month | 26 | Day |
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https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000043844
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