Researchers in our department have a variety of backgrounds including medicine, science, life science, engineering, pharmacy, linguistics, pedagogy, psychology, and the arts, and work energetically on a wide range of studies of brain science, from brain dynamics research, which is designed to determine the metabolism and circulation of brain cells in small animals, to functional brain imaging research, which creates images of the working of the mind, to social technology study, which applies the findings of these studies to educational and welfare fields.
We hope that many motivated students and researchers will join our team.
(for Postgraduate students, Postdocs, Industries）
Three new postgraduate students have been joining with us from this April. We have reconstructed our animal experiment group from this April, and basic neuroscience researches, e.g. research on the mechanism of brain plasticity, which directly related to our human brain research, are accelerated. In addition, international collaborative researches become very active, since we establish agreement on academic exchange with University of Turin (Italy) from last July as well as with University of Jyväskylä (Finkand) from this April. As for researches related to disaster, we have obtained several outstanding results, mainly on PTSD and/or mental care for victims, and we have strong intension to continue those kinds of research since our University is located in the center of disaster areas. I appreciate your continuous supports, and hope many young researchers and students will join our group.
| 2012/5/15 | Following paper has been published. Nouchi R. The effect of aging on the memory enhancement of the survival judgment task. Japanese Psychological Research, 54:210-217, 2012. |
| 2012/4/30 | Following paper has been published. Tachibana Y, Sassa Y, Sugiura M, Kawashima R "Activity of the human lateral prefrontal cortex is related to psychosocial maturity: an fMRI study of understanding others' decision-making" Brain Research Journal,4:1, Article 3, 2012 |
| 2012/4/18 | Following paper has been published. Nouchi R and Kawashima R. Effect of the survival judgment task on memory performance in subclinically depressed people. Frontiers in Psychology, 3:114, 2012. |
| 2012/4/8 | Following paper has been published. Nouchi R. et al.Beneficial effects of reading aloud and solving simple arithmetic calculations (learning therapy) on a wide range of cognitive functions in the healthy elderly: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 13:32, 2012. |
| 2012/4/6 | Following paper has been published. Tachibana Y, Green J, Hwang Y, Emsley R "A systematic review with meta-analysis of comprehensive interventions for preschool children with autism spectrum disorder: study protocol" BMJ Open, 2:e000679, 2012. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000679 |
| 2012/3/15 | Following paper has been published. Sassa Y, et al., The correlation between brain gray matter volume and empathizing and systemizing quotients in healthy children. NeuroImage, 60: 2035–2041, 2012. |
| 2012/3/2 | Following paper has been published. Tachibana Y, Tajima N, Kawashima R "Varidity and reliability of the affectionate parental attitude scale" International Journal of Psychology Research, Volume7Issue2,Article4, 2012. |
| 2012/2/25 | Takeuchi wins Sagisaka memorial award. |
| 2012/2/1 | Following paper has been published. Takeuchi et al., Neural Correlates of the Difference between Working Memory Speed and Simple Sensorimotor Speed: An fMRI Study. PLoS ONE, 7(1): e30579, 2012. |
| 2012/1/29 | Following paper has been published. Sumiyoshi et al., Coupling between gamma oscillation and fMRI signal in the rat somatosensory cortex: its dependence on systemic physiological parameters. NeuroImage, 60: 738-746, 2012. |