Know your brain. Make the world better.
Motoaki SUGIURA, MD PhD
Professor, Tohoku University
IDAC, Dept. Human Brain Science
IRIDeS, Cognitive Sciences Lab
SARC, Div. Cognitive Neuroscience
Know your brain. Make the world better.
How is the ehumanf 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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202309.26EVENT
Welcom party for new members
We held a welcom party for new members of Sugiura Lab: Guan-san, Chen-san, Karube-san, (Yaegashi-san
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202309.22EVENT
Network and dynamic analysis of fMRI time series (18th Human Brain Science Seminar)
The human mind and behavior are realized by the combination of local brain functions, and the develo
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202309.21RESEARCH
Effect of Information Structure on Word Order Processing (presented at symposium)
In an effort to foster greater interaction among researchers from different fields within the univer
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202309.21EVENT
Possibilities for the study of brain functions in language, cognition, and emotion (Symposium)
How can we provide neuroscientific evidence for humanistic knowledge? A symposium exploring the poss
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202309.20EVENT
The Interface of Spirituality and Brain Research (Symposium)
The potential of brain research for deeper understanding and better practice of spirituality were di
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202309.17EVENT
Adaptation of "self" to AI society (Symposium)
How will the ongoing rapid technological expansion beyond human knowledge, such as artificial intell
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202309.12RESEARCH
Application of Brain Function Measurement to Disaster Prevention Research (Workshop Presentation)
The key to the application of brain science to disaster prevention is the development of experimenta
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202309.10INFORMATION
Position available (see Japanese page)
See Japanese page (native-level Japanese language-skill is mandatory for the position)
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202309.08RESEARCH
Are emotional and reasoning thinking symmetrical in a moral decision-making ?
When people make decisions in moral dilemmas, like trolley problem, are emotional and reasoning thin
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202309.07RESEARCH
'That's odd' and 'that's salient' are independent processes (Poster presentation)
In a scene with a semantically incongruent object, the object tends to be salient and be memorable.
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202308.29EVENT
Adaptability of "self" in AI/VR society (Workshop presentation)
Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are brin
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202308.27RESEARCH
Are senses of acceptance and rejection related to self-evaluation? (Poster presentation)
Self-evaluation is believed to be influenced by feelings of acceptance and rejection. Previous resea
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202308.24RESEARCH
Understanding the mechanism of micro-expression perception by simultaneous brain-gaze monitoring(New Project)
In social communication, we can recognize the emotions of others. Genuine emotions usually reflect
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202308.19RESEARCH
Differences in Tsunami Evacuation Decision-Making Process by Information Type(Grand Poster Prize)
It has been hypothesized that human decision making is based on dual process theory, i.e., logical/a
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202308.18RESEARCH
How can we adapt to and benefit from the gdigitalized societyh? (Paper publication)
Digitalization has been rapidly facilitated due to the COVID-19 pandemic all over the world. Some ca
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202308.10RESEARCH
A Multifactorial Framework of Psychobehavioral Determinants of Coping Behaviors (Paper publication)
COVID-19 has greatly changed people’s lifestyles due to taking precautions and dealing with ge
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