Biomedical Engineering and Cognitive Neuroscience for Healthcare: Interdisciplinary Applications

Biomedical Engineering and Cognitive Neuroscience for Healthcare: Interdisciplinary Applications

Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 472

ISBN13: 9781466621138|ISBN10: 1466621133|EISBN13: 9781466621145

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2113-8

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New developments in medical technology have paved the way for the ongoing studies of cognitive neuroscience and biomedical engineering for healthcare. Their different but interconnected aspects of science and technology seek to provide new solutions for difficult healthcare problems and impact the future of the quality of life.

Biomedical Engineering and Cognitive Neuroscience for Healthcare: Interdisciplinary Applications brings together researchers and practitioners, including medical doctors and health professionals, to provide an overview of the studies of cognitive neuroscience and biomedical engineering for healthcare. This book aims to be a reference for researchers in the related field aiming to bring benefits to their own research.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Editorial Advisory Board

Preface

Acknowledgment

Chapters

Cognitive Neuroscience and Healthcare

Chapter 1

A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach to Self and Mental Health (pages 1-10)

Motoaki Sugiura

Elucidating the neural mechanisms underlying cognitive processes related to self has been a promising approach to enhancing the scientific knowledge of mental health and mental disorders. However, relevant data from functional...

Chapter 2

Executive Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease (pages 11-19)

Satoshi Kamei

Executive dysfunction (ExD) constitutes a core feature of the cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease (PD). ExD in non-demented PD was evaluated using the Behavioral Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS), which provided...

Chapter 3

Motion Control of an Omni-Directional Walker for Walking Support (pages 20-28)

Renpeng Tan, Shuoyu Wang, Yinlai Jiang, Kenji Ishida, Masakatsu G. Fujie

With the increase in the percentage of the population defined as elderly, increasing numbers of people suffer from walking disabilities due to illness or accidents. An omni-directional walker (ODW) has been developed that can support...

Chapter 4

Motor Cortex Activation during Mental Imagery of Walking: An fNIRS Study (pages 29-37)

Yinlai Jiang, Shuoyu Wang, Renpeng Tan, Kenji Ishida, Takeshi Ando, Masakatsu G. Fujie

The authors are developing a hybrid walking rehabilitation system to realize the early recovery of walking ability, which includes both active movement training using walking rehabilitation machines and neurorehabilitation using...

Chapter 5

Gait Rhythm of Parkinson’s Disease Patients and an Interpersonal Synchrony Emulation System Based on Cooperative Gait (pages 38-53)

Hirotaka Uchitomi, Kazuki Suzuki, Tatsunori Nishi, Michael J. Hove, Yoshihiro Miyake, Satoshi Orimo, Yoshiaki Wada

Parkinson’s disease (PD) and basal ganglia dysfunction impair movement timing, and this impairment leads to gait instability and falls. Gait disturbances of PD can occur in numerous ways, including festinating (accelerating) gait...

Chapter 6

Android Robots as Telepresence Media (pages 54-63)

Kohei Ogawa, Shuichi Nishio, Takashi Minato, Hiroshi Ishiguro

In this chapter, the authors describe two human-like android robots, known as Geminoid and Telenoid, which they have developed. Geminoid was developed for two reasons: (1) to explore how humans react or respond the android during...

Chapter 7

Crossmodal Interactions in Visual Competition (pages 64-72)

Kohske Takahashi, Katsumi Watanabe

Visual competition is one of the long-standing mysteries in vision science. The image that arises from a person’s visual awareness of a constant visual input can spontaneously and stochastically changed between two or more possible...

Chapter 8

A Mirror Visual Feedback Therapy System Applying Virtual Reality Technology (pages 73-80)

Akio Gofuku, Satoshi Fukumori, Kenji Sato

A VR-MVF system was developed and used for the treatment of CRPS at the Okayama University Hospital. Preliminary results from applying this system in patients showed that VR-MVF therapy may be plausible for CRPS treatment. The...

Chapter 9

Visual Attention in 3-D Space while Moving Forward (pages 81-88)

Takahiko Kimura, Toshiaki Miura, Kazumitsu Shinohara, Shun’ichi Doi

One of our cognitive functions is attention, which plays an essential role in veridical behavior. In this chapter, the research on attention in 3-D space is reviewed. In particular, for ecological validity, the shift of attention in...

Chapter 10

Cognitive Functions and Neuronal Mechanisms of Tactile Working Memory (pages 89-98)

Yinghua Yu, Jiajia Yang, Jinglong Wu

The concept of tactile working memory indicated that the system can actively maintain (maintenance) and flexibly manipulate (manipulation) tactile information received from the body surface. The cognitive processes consisted of...

Chapter 11

The Crossmodal between the Visual and Tactile for Motion Perception (pages 99-108)

Min Guo, Yinghua Yu, Jiajia Yang, Jinglong Wu

To perceive our world, we make full use of multiple sources of sensory information derived from different modalities which include five basic sensory systems; visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, and gustatory. In the real world, we...

Chapter 12

The Effects of the Fixation Cue in Inhibition of Return (pages 109-118)

Yujie Li, Chunlin Li, Jinglong Wu

In experiments examining inhibition of return (IOR), an attentional effect that inhibits the returning of attention to a previously attended location or object, a second cue during the stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA) period is...

Imaging Cognitive Neuroscience and Healthcare

Chapter 13

Implications of NIRS Brain Signals (pages 120-128)

Munetaka Haida

Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) is commonly used for functional brain studies. With this method, brain signals can be easily obtained, but the interpretation of these signals still remains unclear. This chapter provides a simple...

Chapter 14

Topography Estimation of Visual Evoked Potentials Using a Combination of Mathematical Models (pages 129-141)

Takenao Sugi, Kazuhiko Goto, Satoru Goto, Yoshinobu Goto, Takao Yamasaki, Shozo Tobimatsu

This study proposes a method for estimating the topographical distribution of Visual Evoked Potentials (VEPs) from separated power spectrum components by a combination of models. VEPs with various temporal frequencies were recorded...

Chapter 15

Functional Neuroimaging of Acupuncture: A Systematic Review (pages 142-155)

Bin Yan, Yu Lei, Li Tong, KeWei Chen

Acupuncture, an ancient Chinese healing methodology, is becoming increasingly popular throughout the world. However, the mechanism by which acupuncture exerts its effects is not yet fully understood. Functional magnetic resonance...

Chapter 16

Self-Body Recognition and its Impairment (pages 156-161)

Sotaro Shimada

Self-body recognition is the ability to recognize one’s body parts as one’s own. This ability is impaired in some neuropsychiatric patients. The present chapter reviews symptoms that demonstrate impaired self-body recognition....

Chapter 17

Differences in Analysis Methods of the Human Uncinate Fasciculus Using Diffusion Tensor MRI (pages 162-170)

Tetsuo Sato, Kotaro Minato

The human uncinate fasciculus is an important cortico-cortical white matter pathway that directly connects the frontal and temporal lobes, but its exact functional role is not yet known. Using diffusion tensor Magnetic Resonance...

Chapter 18

Neuronal Function in the Cortical Face Perception Network (pages 171-182)

Bin Wang, Tianyi Yan, Jinglong Wu

Face perception is considered the most developed visual perceptual skill in humans. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have graphically illustrated that multiple regions exhibit a stronger neural response to faces...

Chapter 19

Visual-Tactile Bottom-Up and Top-Down Attention (pages 183-191)

Qiong Wu, Chunlin Li, Satoshi Takahashi, Jinglong Wu

In recent years, there have been many studies on attention. These studies have found that there are two distinct kinds of neural networks employed for visual attention and tactile attention, respectively. This review summarizes the...

Chapter 20

Functional Role of the Left Ventral Occipito-Temporal Cortex in Reading (pages 192-200)

Geqi Qi, Jinglong Wu

The sensitivity of the left ventral occipito-temporal (vOT) cortex to visual word processing has triggered a considerable debate about the functional role of this region in reading. The debate rests largely on the issue whether this...

Chapter 21

Language Processing in the Human Brain of Literate and Illiterate Subjects (pages 201-209)

Xiujun Li, Zhenglong Lin, Jinglong Wu

Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) or positron emission tomography (PET), much knowledge has been gained in understanding how the brain is activated during controlled experiments of language tasks in educated healthy...

EEG/ERP Cognitive Neuroscience and Healthcare

Chapter 22

Sleep Management Promotes Healthy Lifestyle, Mental Health, QOL, and a Healthy Brain (pages 211-224)

Hideki Tanaka, Maki Furutani

This chapter is an overview of sleep, lifestyle, mental, and physical health, and the characteristics of insomnia among the elderly and students. The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the effects of the sleep...

Chapter 23

The Quantitative EEG Change in Parkinson’s Disease (pages 225-234)

Akihiko Morita

In this study, the author presents results regarding the quantitative EEG (qEEG) in Parkinson’s disease (PD). This study is the first to assess the distribution of a qEEG change in a large number of PD patients. Based on the...

Chapter 24

Rehabilitation of Elderly People with Dementia (pages 235-242)

Hitoshi Okamura

Numerous rehabilitation approaches have been attempted to improve the cognitive functions and quality of life (QOL) of elderly people with dementia. This chapter provides an outline of three major approaches that have been previously...

Chapter 25

Application of Prewhitening Beamformer with Linear Constraints for Correlated EEG Signal Source Estimation (pages 243-254)

Teruyoshi Sasayama, Shoji Hamada, Tetsuo Kobayashi

To investigate the effect of signal correlation, the authors compared the relative abilities to estimate the source of an ERD/ERS signal among minimum variance beamformer (MVBF), linearly constrained (LC)-MVBF, prewhitening...

Chapter 26

Multi-Channel Template Extraction for Automatic EEG Spike Detection (pages 255-265)

Zhanfeng Ji, Takenao Sugi, Satoru Goto, Xingyu Wang, Masatoshi Nakamura

Automatic electroencephalogram (EEG) spike detection plays an important role in epilepsy diagnoses, but there is no currently accepted method to detect spikes accurately. The template method is considered to be an effective method...

Chapter 27

Kanji Perception and Brain Function (pages 266-273)

Ichiro Shimoyama, Hitoshi Shimada, Toshiaki Ninchoji

The semantic processing involved in the visual perception of Chinese characters (Kanji) was studied using electroencephalograms. Thirty concrete Kanji, 30 absolute Kanji and a closed circle were used in a tachistoscopic presentation...

Chapter 28

Multimodal Neuroimaging to Visualize Human Visual Processing (pages 274-282)

Sunao Iwaki

Each non-invasive neuroimaging modality has its own inherent limitations resulting from temporal and special inaccuracies due to the nature of information that can be measured. While functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)...

Chapter 29

Feedback-Related Negativity and its Clinical Implications (pages 283-292)

Shuhei Yamaguchi, Keiichi Onoda, Satoshi Abe

Appropriate processing of feedback information is critical for human executive functions that guide goal-oriented behavior. Feedback-related negativity (FRN) measurements are feedback signals that are recorded through the scalp and...

Chapter 30

Evaluation of Olfactory Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (pages 293-302)

Karaki Masayuki, Kobayashi Eiji, Touge Tetsuo, Mori Nozomu

Hyposmia, psychiatric disorders, and cognitive problems are common non-motor manifestations of Parkinson’s disease (PD), but how they are related to the progression of PD remains unclear. Olfactory dysfunction, which is a common...

Chapter 31

Evaluation of Cognitive Function in Migraine Patients: A Study Using Event-Related Potentials (pages 303-310)

Yuka Watanabe, Hideaki Tanaka, Koichi Hirata

Cognitive impairments are observed in a portion of patients with migraines, but the underlying mechanisms for this impairment are not known. Event-related potentials (ERPs) have been recorded to clarify the mechanism, and the ERPs...

Chapter 32

Effects of Selective and Divided Attention on Audiovisual Interaction (pages 311-319)

Weiping Yang, Yulin Gao, Jinglong Wu

In everyday life, visual and auditory are the most common forms of sensory information. Therefore, audiovisual interaction in the brain plays an important role in performance and perception. In addition, our attention system allows...

Chapter 33

Temporal Dependency of Multisensory Audiovisual Integration (pages 320-326)

Jingjing Yang, Qi Li, Yulin Gao, Jinglong Wu

In everyday life, our brains integrate various kinds of information from different modalities to perceive our complex environment. Spatial and temporal proximity of multisensory stimuli is required for multisensory integration. Many...

Chapter 34

Neural Mechanisms of Audiovisual Integration in Integrated Processing for Verbal Perception and Spatial Factors (pages 327-336)

Yulin Gao, Weiping Yang, Jingjing Yang, Takahashi Satoshi, Jinglong Wu

People perceive information from the outside world using several sensory organs rather than through a single one. First, relevant information is processed in the corresponding sensory area independently and then integrated in a...

Chapter 35

Audiovisual Integration of Natural Auditory and Visual Stimuli in the Real-World Situation (pages 337-344)

Xiaoyu Tang, Yulin Gao, Weiping Yang, Ming Zhang, Jinglong Wu

Bimodal audiovisual (AV) stimuli are detected or discriminated faster and more accurately than either visual or auditory unimodal stimuli. This effect is called audiovisual integration. Recently, researchers have been increasingly...

Cognitive Science and Healthcare

Chapter 36

Evaluation of Walking Motions with the Aid of Walkers Using Acceleration Sensors (pages 346-354)

Satoru Okamoto, Tetsuya Hirotomi, Keigo Aoki, Yasutomo Hosomi

Walkers are tools that are used to improve self-reliance when walking. In this study, the unstable motions of gait in subjects who use walkers were analyzed using tri-axial accelerometers and a motion capture system. Several markers...

Chapter 37

Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff Models of Target-Based and Trajectory-Based Movements (pages 355-368)

Xiaolei Zhou, Xiangshi Ren

A tradeoff between speed and accuracy is a very common phenomenon in many types of human motor tasks. In general, the accuracy of a movement tends to decrease when its speed increases and the speed of a movement tends to decrease...

Mental Health

Chapter 38

Workers’ Mental Health Problems and Future Perspectives in Japan: Psychological Job Stress Research (pages 370-379)

Hideo Tamba

This chapter reviews data on the mental health problems of Japanese workers. Some of the main theories that analyze mental health problems are introduced, including occupational/job stress theory, work motivation, work engagement...

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