Relationship between prefrontal function during a cognitive task and social functioning in male Japanese workers: a multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy study.
To investigate whether prefrontal function during a cognitive task reflects the social functioning of male Japanese workers, prefrontal function during a working memory task in 181 male workers was measured by multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). Social functioning was assessed using the Social Adaptation Self-Evaluation Scale (SASS). The results indicated that cortical oxygenation level increases in dorsolateral prefrontal region showed significant positive correlations with the interest and motivation factor scores on the SASS. These results suggest that dorsolateral prefrontal function is associated with the interest and motivation factor in social functioning in male workers and that NIRS could be an addition to the medical tools for monitoring these characteristics on mental health examination.
Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Brain and Neuroscience, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, 36-1 Nishi-cho, Yonago, Tottori 683-8504, Japan. pshh0517@yahoo.co.jp
Shenghong
S
Pu
Kazuyuki
K
Nakagome
Takeshi
T
Yamada
Katsutoshi
K
Yokoyama
Hiroshi
H
Matsumura
Sayaka
S
Terachi
Hideaki
H
Mitani
Akiko
A
Adachi
Koichi
K
Kaneko
D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D057566:Self Report; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012919:Social Behavior; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared
Near-infrared spectroscopy; Prefrontal function; Social Adaptation Self-Evaluation Scale; Social functioning; Workers; Working memory