Aya Hosokawa

Publications (2)1.4 Total impact

• Article: Association between White Matter Hyperintensity and Lacunar Infarction on MRI and Subitem Scores of the Japanese Version of Mini-Mental State Examination for Testing Cognitive Decline: The Ohasama Study.

  Eman M Elnimr, Takeo Kondo, Yoshimi Suzukamo, Michihiro Satoh, Yutaka Oouchida, Azusa Hara, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Masahiro Kikuya, Mikio Hirano, Aya Hosokawa, Toru Hosokawa, Yutaka Imai, Shin-Ichi Izumi
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  ABSTRACT: We assessed whether subitem scores on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) associated independently with cerebral white matter hyperintensity (WMH) and lacunar infarction (LI). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and neuropsychological evaluation (MMSE) were performed in 1008 elderly individuals from the Ohasama Study (348 men, 660 women [65.5%]; age 68.0 ± 6.0 [mean ± SD] years; MMSE score, 26.5 ± 2.9). The relationships between MRI findings and MMSE subitem scores were analyzed by logistic regression. Significant associations were observed between the MMSE subitems "Orientation to place" and WMH, and "Copy a figure" and LI. Pathological changes were detected by brain MRI associated with a decrease in cognitive function in healthy elderly individuals.
  Clinical and Experimental Hypertension 05/2012; · 1.07 Impact Factor
• Article: Cross‐cultural study on adult age‐group differences in the recall of the literal and interpretive meanings of narrative text1

  AYA HOSOKAWA, TORU HOSOKAWA
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  ABSTRACT:   This study examined cultural and age differences in the recall of the literal and interpretive meanings of narrative text. Twenty Japanese younger adults (age: M = 21.05, SD = 1.02), 20 Japanese older adults (age: M = 66.95, SD = 1.71), 20 American younger adults (age M = 21.7, SD = 1.76), and 16 American older adults (age M = 69.56, SD = 3.43) participated in this study. One story rich in both literal and interpretive content was used as a stimulus text for two recall tasks, to retell and interpret the story. The response task order was counterbalanced across the participants for each group. When asked to retell a story as close to the original as possible, the younger adults in both of the two cultural groups recalled more of the literal propositions than did the older adults. Both older and younger adults in the two cultural groups recalled more of the main ideas relative to the details; however, when asked to interpret the same story, more older than younger adults represented deep and synthetic representations of the story's interpretive meanings in the Japanese group. The interpretive responses by both the older and younger adults were almost to the same extent on depth; however, the younger adults’ responses were slightly higher on synthesis in the American group. These interpretive patterns stem from cultural background.
  Japanese Psychological Research 06/2006; 48(2):77 - 90. · 0.33 Impact Factor