Tohoku University Motoaki Sugiura Lab.

IDAC, Dept. Human Brain Science / IRIDeS, Cognitive Sciences Lab

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Know your brain. Make the world better.

Motoaki SUGIURA, MD PhD

Professor, Tohoku University
IDAC, Dept. Human Brain Science
IRIDeS, Cognitive Sciences Lab
CogNAC, Div. Research-Education Strategy
SARC, Div. Cognitive Neuroscience

Know your brain. Make the world better.

How is the ‘human’ mind, behavior, and society realized in the brain? We are developing "human brain science" to unravel its secret. Utilizing function neuroimaging, physiological and behavioral measurements, and social surveys, we aim to become a "hub" that connects all disciplines related to humanity from basic to applied. We look forward to your participation.

Research theme

The Self in the Brain How is the ‘self’ born in the brain and how it affects our cognition, behavior, and social adaptation? We are trying to solve mysteries about various aspects of the self, such as physical,
Where value comes from? The brain integrates various sensory inputs and evaluates the item or environment by referring to knowledge and memory, but the process is still full of mysteries. Various behavioral experiments and n
Language and communication Humans create a society through communication, and language is its powerful tool to convey feelings and move people. Elucidation of the neural bases of these functions and their acquisition is expecte
Disaster and the power to live We are conducting various studies on human mind and behavior in disasters. In particular, we clarified 8 factors (leadership, problem solving, altruism, stubbornness, etiquette, emotion regulation, s
Human brain science for the future Super aging society, increasing disasters, and ‘smart’ society to come; how do these environmental and social changes affect our lives and values? From the perspective of cognition and bra

News

202509.07RESEARCH The Influence of Personality Traits and Optimism on Experimental Pain: fMRI Study(Poster Presentation) Personality traits are known to influence pain perception. Some studies suggest that individuals wi
202509.07RESEARCH Insights of four key dialogue modes in daily communication and their neural bases(Poster Presentation) We defined “Dialogue Modes” (DMs) as patterns of enjoyable daily conversations driven by
202509.07RESEARCH The Psychological Processes and Neural Basis of Hesitation in Tsunami Evacuation: An fMRI Study (Poster Presentation) Previous research had revealed that emotion regulation characteristics contribute to immediate tsuna
202509.05RESEARCH Individual Differences in Gesture-Enhanced Second Language Memory: The Neural Role of Problem-Solving (Poster Presentation) The impact of gestures on second language (L2) comprehension and memory is not uniform, but rather v
202509.04RESEARCH CogNAC × CBE Workshop On September 4, I participated in the “CogNAC × CBE Workshop (28th CBE Meeting)”,
202509.01INFORMATION Medical Student fMRI Research Findings and Research Life (Published in Campus Magazine) Takubo Masato, the School of Medicine, who conducted fMRI experiments was featured in T
202508.21EVENT fMRI Data Analysis Workshop (DAY 2) Announcing an fMRI Data Analysis Workshop! (Two Days: August 18 & 21) Are you struggling with
202508.18EVENT fMRI Data Analysis Workshop (DAY 1) Announcing an fMRI Data Analysis Workshop! (Two Days: August 18 & 21) Are you struggling with
202508.08EVENT Art x Human Resource Development.: 2nd Future Talent Study Group The theme of the 2nd Future Talent Study Group is "Art x Human Resource Development." We
202508.07EVENT Workshop of Dynamic Symmetric Functional Connectivity (DySCo) We held a workshop on Dynamic Symmetric Functional Connectivity (DySCo), an analysis method for func
202508.01EVENT Welcome Party for New Members and Professor Sugiura’s Birthday Celebration 🎉 We held a Welcome Party for our New Members! 🎉 We had a lunch party to welcome ou
202507.30EVENT Open Campus: Introducing Labs and fMRI Research (July 30–31, 2025) On July 30 (Wed) and 31 (Thu), 2025, Tohoku University held its annual Open Campus, during which the
202507.13RESEARCH Do bilinguals share the same syntactic processing system for L1 and L2? (International Conference Oral Presentation) When bilinguals produce sentences in their first language (L1) and second language (L2), how is synt
202507.13RESEARCH How Gestures Facilitate Second Language Acquisition: A Neural Perspective (International Oral Presentation) People use gestures all the time — they’re such a natural yet essential part of our comm
202507.11EVENT 47th Research Committee Presentation Contest Organized by the IDAC - 4th Place Award I was honored to receive 4th-place recognition for my presentation at the 164th biannual meeting of
202507.04RESEARCH Embodied Emotion and Language: the Neural Substrates of Visceral Expressions of Emotion (Oral Presentation/Award-winning) This fMRI study investigated how the neural processing of visceral expressions of emotion (e.g.,

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