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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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202501.17INFORMATION
24th Human Brain Science Seminar: Creativity and Mind-wandering
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Kawagoe (Tokai University), a leading researcher in creativity and m
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202501.16RESEARCH
Exploring AI-Based Analysis of Multilingual Adults and Children with Diverse Neurocognitive Profiles (New Research Grant Awarded)
We are thrilled to announce that the international collaborative project, titled "AI-Based Anal
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202501.16RESEARCH
Neural Mechanism for Integrating Syntax and Information in Sentence Comprehension (article in press)
Using fMRI to examine linguistic theories, the collaborative research led by Professor Masatosh
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202501.15EVENT
Future Human Resource Development Studies: Experiences, Actions, and Stories (Symposium)
The information society, including internationalization and advances in AI, changes in social though
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202501.14EVENT
Mapping Human Behavior (Symposium)
Human cognition and behavior are controlled by a variety of “maps” in the brain, and the
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202501.09EVENT
How emotional control contributes to tsunami evacuation; a fMRI study(Medical School Student Scholarship Award, First Prize)
The Student Scholarship Award is presented to undergraduate students enrolled in the Faculty of Medi
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202501.06EVENT
Default Mode Network and Self and Free Will (Symposium)
In the human brain, a group of brain regions that are active when the brain is at rest (awake but do
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202501.01INFORMATION
A Happy New Year
Thank you very much for your support last year. For information technologies such as SNS and AI to
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202412.20EVENT
23rd Human Neuroscience Seminar: Social Interaction and Language Communication
We are pleased to have hosted the 23rd Human Neuroscience Seminar, which focused on the neural basis
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202412.06EVENT
Year-end party in 2024
On December 6th, we held a year-end party. This event included a welcome celebration for our ne
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202411.26INFORMATION
Exploring Writing Mechanisms in Second Language Through the Integration of Behavioral and Neuroscience Methods (New Research Grant Awarded)
We are thrilled to announce the successful award of the TOEFL COE 2025 Research Program grant for ou
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202411.23EVENT
sports competition (table tennis / VICTORY!!）
We participated in a sports event (table tennis) held by the Institute of Development, Aging, and Ca
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202411.22RESEARCH
Disaster Communication Neuroscience in Foreign Languages (Selected for Tohoku University-UCL Matching Fund)
Tohoku University and University College London (UCL) have selected eight interdisciplinary collab
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202410.25RESEARCH
fMRI Study on Deep Comprehension in Second Language Reading (Poster Presentation)
How can we promote "deep comprehension" beyond surface-level understanding when reading in
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202410.25RESEARCH
The impact of conversational eyebrow movements on intention recognition: An fMRI Study (Poster presentation)
In face-to-face conversations, when asking questions, the onset of eyebrow movements usually comes e
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202410.24RESEARCH
Exploring Brain Activity with fMRI: Effects of Multimodal Input on Language Learning (Poster Presentation)
What mechanisms support reading comprehension in a second language (L2), and how does multimodal inf
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