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 ‘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
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202405.29INFORMATION
Safety x Brain Science - For effective learning from safety cases -
In order to maintain a high level of safety of complex systems such as aviation, railways, healthcar
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202404.26INFORMATION
21st Human Neuroscience Seminar: Emotion, Music, Language, and Social Cognitive Neuroscience
The 21st Human Brain Science Seminar will feature Dr. Francesca M.M. Citron from Lancaster Universit
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202404.23INFORMATION
CogNAC fMRI Lecture Series1: What can we do with fMRI?
For beginners in fMRI research, this lecture will provide (1) an overview of fMRI research, (2) exam
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202404.22RESEARCH
Received Award for the English Paper by an Undergraduate Student in the School of Medicine(Tohoku University Hospital Shinyukai Award for Encouragement of Thesis)
This award is given to undergraduate medical students and residents who have published papers in Eng
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202404.19EVENT
Welcome & Congratulations Party
We welcomed new members, Takagi-san, Nogoshi-san, DENILSON-san, and Kurokawa-san, to the Sugihara La
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202404.18EVENT
Instruction for dStream Flex L coil
dStream Flex L coil for MR coil was installed in the MRI scanner at our cenger. An expert from Ph
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202404.16EVENT
Thinking about Self-Transformation in an AI Society in Three Layers (Workshop Presentation)
How will the "self" be transformed in a society where new technologies such as generative
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202404.15RESEARCH
How do victims affect moral decisions? (Poster presentation)
Value differences between options are not the only reason for making moral-decisions. With fMRI data
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202404.14RESEARCH
Do you control your self-evaluation even when no one knows? (Poster presentation)
According to the psychological theory of sociometer theory, individuals often control their self-eva
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202404.10EVENT
Do Fathers and Mothers Have Different Emotional Bonds to Their Children - A Brain Science Perspective (Symposium)
Researchers from multiple fields discussed whether the process of forming emotional bonds to childre
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202404.01INFORMATION
Establishment of Cognitive Neuroscience Application Center (CogNAC)
Applied cognitive neuroscience is a field that aims to utilize comprehensive knowledge based on cogn
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202403.29EVENT
How fMRI Approaches to Unseen Self-Transformation (Symposium Lecture)
What does adaptive "self" transformation look like in a society with pervasive artificial
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202403.27RESEARCH
Why do people remember things to the wrong person? (Poster Presentation)
It is not uncommon that people remember the past events correctly, but attributing it to the wrong p
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202403.27RESEARCH
Investigating the Neural Substrate of Emotional and Reasoning Thinking in Moral Decision-making (Poster Presentation)
We investigated the neural substrates of emotional and reasoning thinking in the process of decision
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202403.25RESEARCH
Can the brain explain sociality changes due to infection threat? (Poster Presentation)
The behavioral immune system hypothesis, which elucidates the relationship between infection percept
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202403.21EVENT
Farewell & Celebration (entering doctoral program) party
We held a farewell party and a celebration for those entering doctoral programs. At the farewell par
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