Maebashi Institute of Technology

Visual Search Behavior Towards Reference Areas During an S-Curve Driving Task in Elderly Drivers with Mild Cognitive Impairment

Age- and cognitive-related changes in visual search behavior may affect driving performance, particularly during complex road maneuvers requiring continuous steering adjustments. The aim of this study was to clarify the characteristics of visual search behavior in elderly drivers...

Automated quantification of spinal axis distortion for behavioral assessment after spinal cord injury in mice

Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes persistent locomotor deficits that are commonly evaluated in mouse SCI models using observational scoring systems such as the Basso Mouse Scale, which primarily assesses hindlimb function. Here, we established an automated behavioral analysis pipel...

Tongue variability increases in second-language Lombard speech

Speech uttered in the native language (L1) in noise might be acoustically changed in terms of prosodic features as well as segmental ones. This phenomenon is known as the Lombard effect. Recent studies have indicated that the Lombard effect might also occur in the speaker’s secon...