Faculty

Psychology
Cognitive psychology, Cognitive neuropsychology, Computational theory of motor control

I study the brain function subserving the interaction among body, movement, and cognition in stroke patients and healthy adults by using psychological experiments, human movement analysis, and physiological measurements.

Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuropsychology, Psychophysiology, Cognitive Psychology

I am currently involved in cognitive neuroscience studies of human emotion, memory, and social interactions using various approaches including neuropsychology, functional neuroimaging, and psychophysiology.

Psychology
Developmental Psychology

I am studying the development and mental health of infants. I am also interested in the psychology of games and gambling.

Psychology
Aesthetic Science, Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental Psychology, Neuroaesthetics, Anti-Aging Science

I am studying the psychology of the subjective and aesthetic experience including interpersonal attraction and its association with brain mechanisms. I am mostly interested in the psychological and neurobiological aspects of beauty, the appearance of attractiveness in faces and bodies, social attributions, and human perception. My main methodological techniques are psychophysical experiments with fMRI, EEG, eye-tracking, and motion capture. Human subjectivity is vague and easily influenced. We are pursuing applied research that will elucidate mind and brain functions concerned with the relationship and causality of these factors.

Psychology
Clinical Developmental Psychology; Disability Studies; Cognitive Neuroscience

Our laboratory conducts experimental and clinical research on child development and its disorders. In experimental research, we address the relationship between various cognitive development and brain functions for neurodevelopmental disorders such as specific learning disorder. In clinical research, we provide psychological assessment and support for children with neurodevelopmental disorders, aiming to develop support methods that suit individual child and to give back to the community.

Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuropsychology, Affective Neuroscience

I am interested in the neuropsychological mechanisms for feeling emotion. Brain-mind interaction and interoception are key concepts in my research. I am examining the mechanism concerning how bodily feelings affect subjective feelings of emotion. I am conducting research using techniques that include neuroimaging (fMRI) and neuropsychological methods.

Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience, Behavioral Pharmacology, Animal Learning and Cognition, Experimental Psychology

I study the animal learning and cognition using psychological and neurobiological approaches.

Psychology
Psycholinguistics, Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience

The main focus of my research is language acquisition, the development of social cognition, and their neuronal correlates from the neonatal period to adolescence. Currently, we are also performing a longitudinal study of infants to find an early predictor of developmental disabilities by measuring brain responses and various behavioral markers such as eye and body movement.