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Achievements (last one year)

Academic Papers(peer reviewed)

2025/02/22

Sugiko Hanawa, Takayuki Nozawa, Motoaki Sugiura*, Rui Nouchi, Ryoichi Yokoyama, Benjamin Thyreau, Yuka Kotozaki, Tsuyoshi Araki, Ryuta Kawashima

The neural basis of coping strategies for boredom and their association with creativity

Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2025; 57: 101794(1-14)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2025.101794

2025/01/16

Hyeonjeong Jeong, Jungho Kim, Masataka Yano, Haining Cui, Sachiko Kiayama, Masatoshi Koizumi* 

The crucial role of the left inferior frontal gyrus (BA44) in synergizing syntactic structure and information structure during sentence comprehension

Brain and Language, 2025, 262:105533(1-11)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105533

2024/10/22

Yi Ding*, Motoaki Sugiura

The Psychological Mechanisms of the Better-than-average Effect in the Moral and Competence Domains under Self-enhancement and Self-protection Motives among Young Japanese Adults

Frontiers in Psychology, 2024; 15: 1367568(1-12)

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1367568

2024/09/19

Revesz Andrea, Hyeonjeong Jeong, Shungo Suzuki, Haining Cui, Shunsui Matsuura, Kazuya Saito, Motoaki Sugiura

Task-generated Processes in Second Language Speech Production: Exploring the Neural Correlates of Task Complexity during Silent Pauses

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024: 0272263124000421(1-27)

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263124000421

2024/03/19

Yusuke Sudo, Junko Ota, Tsunehiko Takamura, Rio Kamashita, Sayo Hamatani, Noriko Numata, Ritu Bhusal Chhatkuli, Tokiko Yoshida, Jumpei Takahashi, Hitomi Kitagawa, Koji Matsumoto, Yoshitada Masuda, Michiko Nakazato, Yasuhiro Sato, Yumi Hamamoto, Tomotaka Shoji, Tomohiko Muratsubaki, Motoaki Sugiura, Shin Fukudo, Michiko Kawabata, Momo Sunada, Tomomi Noda, Keima Tose, Masanori Isobe, Naoki Kodama, Shingo Kakeda, Masatoshi Takahashi, Shu Takakura, Motoharu Gondo, Kazufumi Yoshihara, Yoshiya Moriguchi, Eiji Shimizu, Atsushi Sekiguchi, Yoshiyuki Hirano*

Comprehensive elucidation of resting-state functional connectivity in anorexia nervosa by a multicenter cross-sectional study

Psychological Medicine, 2024; 54(10): 2347-2360

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291724000485

Conference Presentation

2025/03/11

Chunlin Liu, Takumi Uchihara, Motoaki Sugiura, Ping Li, Hyeonjeong Jeong
 

Emotional Cues in L2 Vocabulary Acquisition: How Expressive Facial Contexts Enhance the Learning and Retention of L2 Emotional Vocabulary

Winter Workshop on Mechanism of Brain and Mind 2025, Rusutsu Resort Hotel, Hokkaido, Japan【 Poster 】【 ポスター 】

2024/10/25

Yuyong LiuHeyonjeong JeongAyumi TakemotoMotoaki Sugiura

The impact of conversational eyebrow movements on intention recognition: An fMRI Study

Society for the Neurobiology of Language,16th Annual Meeting, Brisbane, Australia【 Poster 】

https://www.neurolang.org/2024/

2024/10/25

Hyeonjeong Jeong, Carlos Makoto Miyauchi, Wataru Suzuki, Ryuta Kawashima, Motoaki Sugiura

Neural Correlates of Deep Comprehension of Second Language Reading: Focus on Retrieval Practice

Society for the Neurobiology of Language, 16th Annual Meeting, Brisbane, Australia【 Poster 】

https://www.neurolang.org/2024/

2024/10/25

Yushi Sugimoto, Ryo Yoshida, Hyeonjeong Jeong, Akitake Kanno, Masatoshi Koizumi, Yohei Oseki

Investigating syntactic attention in the brain

Society for the Neurobiology of Language,16th Annual Meeting, Brisbane, Australia【 Poster 】

https://www.neurolang.org/2024/

2024/10/24

Qiang Huang, Yuto Aki, Daiko Takahashi, Motoaki Sugiura, Hyeonjeong Jeong

Cross-linguistic syntactic priming in Chinese-Japanese bilinguals during sentence production: an fMRI study

Society for the Neurobiology of Language 16th Annual Meeting, Brisbane, Australia【 Poster 】

https://www.neurolang.org/2024/

2024/10/24

Yuto Aki, Takumi Uchihara, Motoaki Sugiura, Hyeonjeong Jeong

How Language Shapes Emotion: An fMRI Study of Emotion Verbalization in First and Second Languages

Society for the Neurobiology of Language, 16th Annual Meeting, Brisbane, Australia【 Poster 】

https://www.neurolang.org/2024/

2024/10/24

Mayumi Kajiura, Chunlin Liu, Diego Dardon, Motoaki Sugiura, Hyeonjeong Jeong

Exploring Brain Activity and Multimodal Input: Effects on First and Second Language Learning and the Role of Working Memory

Society for the Neurobiology of Language, 16th Annual Meeting, Brisbane, Australia【 Poster 】

https://www.neurolang.org/2024/

2024/10/24

Jiaxin Yan, Victoria-Anne Flood, Motoaki Sugiura, Hyeonjeong Jeong

The Role of Gesture in Second Language Acquisition: an fMRI study

Society for the Neurobiology of Language, 16th Annual Meeting, Brisbane, Australia【 Poster 】

https://www.neurolang.org/2024/

2024/10/09

Zin Han Yin May, Yichuan Huang, Sachihiro Shirahama , Ayumi Takemoto,  Hyeonjeong Jeong , Motoaki Sugiura

Uncovering social motivations in daily dialogue modes: an fMRI study

Society for Neuroscience 53rd Annual Meeting, McCormick Place, Chicago, U.S.【 Poster 】

https://www.sfn.org/

2024/10/07

Yuyong Liu, Heyonjeong Jeong, Ayumi Takemoto, Motoaki Sugiura

The Role of the Precedence of Conversational Facial Signals in Understanding Intentions: an fMRI study

Society for Neuroscience 53rd Annual Meeting, McCormick Place, Chicago, US【 Poster 】

https://www.sfn.org/meetings/neuroscience-2024

2024/06/25

Jeyoon Choi, Motoaki Sugiura

Neural Correlates of the Behavioral Immune System: An fMRI Study

Organization for Human Brain Mapping 2024 Annual Meeting, COEX Convention & Exhibition Center, Seoul, Korea【 Poster 】

https://www.humanbrainmapping.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=4229

2024/06/24

Yi Ding, Kentaro Oba, Ryo Ishibashi, Shinsuke Suzuki, Motoaki Sugiura

Social Rejection Affects Self-Evaluation of Incompetence: an fMRI Study

Organization for Human Brain Mapping 2024 Annual Meeting, COEX Convention & Exhibition Center, Seoul, Korea【 Poster 】

https://www.humanbrainmapping.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1

2024/06/12

Hyeonjeong Jeong

The role of social interaction in language acquisition: insights from fMRI studies

Brains and Bodies in Social Interaction, Learning and Wellbeing conference, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland, June 11-14, 2024【 Keynote 】

https://www.jyu.fi/en/events/brains-and-bodies-in-social-interaction-learning-and-wellbeing

2024/04/15

Yu Liu, Motoaki Sugiura

Posterior Cingulate Cortex Mediates Emotional Approval of Victimization in Moral Decision-making

Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting 2024, Sheraton Hotel Toronto, Toronro, Canada【 Poster 】

https://www.cogneurosociety.org/

2024/04/14

Yi Ding, Kentaro Oba, Ryo Ishibashi, Shinsuke Suzuki, Motoaki Sugiura

The impact of social acceptance on the self-referential processing across different domains: an fMRI study

Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting 2024, Sheraton Hotel Toronto, Toronto, Canada【 Poster 】

https://www.cogneurosociety.org/annual-meeting/

2024/03/27

Yu Liu, Motoaki Sugiura

Insula and Anterior Prefrontal Cortex Mediates Emotional and Reasoning Processes Respectively in Moral Decision-making

Soceity for Social Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2024, Tsukuba International Congress Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan【 Poster 】

https://www.s4sn.org/

2024/03/27

Xinyi He, Motoaki Sugiura

Memory Misattribution between Self and Other

Soceity for Social Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2024, Tsukuba International Congress Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan【 Poster 】

https://www.s4sn.org/

2024/03/25

Jeyoon Choi, Motoaki Sugiura

Social neuroscience of the behavioral immune system: fMRI insights into collectivism and infection responses

2024 Society for Social Neuroscience, Tsukuba International Congress Center, Tsukuba, Japan【 Poster 】

https://www.s4sn.org

2024/03/19

Hyeonjeong Jeong, Yuichi Suzuki, Chunlin Liu, Motoaki Sugiura

Explicit learning and beyond : Neural evidence for automatization in L2 grammar acquisition

American Association for Applied Linguistics 2024, Houston, Texas, USA, March 2024【 口演 Oral 】

https://www.aaal.org/events/aaal-2024-conference---houston-texas

Other Academic Activities

2025/03/11

Yi Ding, Yuko Okamoto, Xiaoqian Chang, Mai Takagi, Momoyo Tsuchiya, Yumi Hamamoto, Kei Takahashi, Kohei Sakaki, Motoaki Sugiura

Neural Mechanisms of Regulating Self-Evaluation in Response to Social Rejection Feedback

Winter Workshop on Mechanism of Brain and Mind 2025, Rusutsu Resort Hotel, Hokkaido, Japan【 Poster 】

2025/03/10

Motoaki Sugiuara

For collaboration of data science and cognitive neuroscience

5th GP-DS Data Science Cafe, Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan【 Oral Workshop 】

2025/03/10

Andrea Revesz, Hyeonjeong Jeong, Kazuya Saito & Motoaki Sugiura

Neuro-cognitive processes underlying disaster communication in foreign language speaking and writing

5th GP-DS Data Science Cafe, Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan【 Oral Workshop 】

2025/03/10

Kazunori Yamada, Siwalee Cholek, Hyeonjeong Jeong, Motoaki Sugiura

5th GP-DS Data Science Cafe

GP-DS, Data Science Program and Cognitive Neuroscience Application Center, Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan【 Workshop Organization 】

2025/03/10

Hyoungsun Kim, Motoaki Sugiura, Hyeonjeong Jeong

Mapping visceral language in the brain: a functional neuroimaging study

5th GP-DS Data Science Cafe, Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan【 Oral Workshop 】

2025/03/07

Motoaki Sugiura

Language communication skills for disaster survival

What is language communication ability (25th Human Brain Science Seminar), Sendai, Japan【 Oral Seminar 】

2025/03/07

Motoaki Sugiura

What is language communication ability (25th Human Brain Science Seminar)

Cognitive Neuroscience Application Center, Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan【 Seminar Organization 】

2025/03/07

Andrea Revesz, Hyeonjeong Jeong, Kazuya Saito & Motoaki Sugiura

Neuro-cognitive processes underlying disaster communication in foreign language speaking and writing

World Bosai Forum 2025, Sendai, Japan【 Oral Symposium 】

2025/02/07

Momoyo Tsuchiya, Ayumi TakemotoChoi Jeyoon, Motoaki Sugiura.

Why do we listen to sad music?: The brain response to sad music in preference for it

第46回加齢研研究員会主催発表コンテスト, 東北大学加齢医学研究所, 仙台.【 Oral 】

Award

2025/02/07

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土屋百世

Why do we listen to sad music?: The brain response to sad music in preference for it

東北大学加齢医学研究所

2025/02/07

質問に対する最も良い対応賞

土屋百世

Why do we listen to sad music?: The brain response to sad music in preference for it

東北大学加齢医学研究所