Achievements (last one year)
Academic Papers(peer reviewed)
| 2025/10/24 |
Diego Elisandro Dardon, Haining Cui, Motoaki Sugiura, Hyeonjeong Jeong The neural correlates of nominal classification rule learning and their individual differences Brain and Language. |
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| 2025/05/07 |
Seishu Nakagawa*, Hikaru Takeuchi, Yasuyuki Taki, Ryoichi Yokoyama, Kohei Sakaki, Kelssy Hitomi dos Santos Kawata, Takayuki Nozawa, Susumu Yokota, Tsuyoshi Araki, Rui Nouchi, and Ryuta Kawashima Suppression of deactivation of working memory and promotion of activation in sustained attention in the default mode network are affected by schizotypy in a large sample of nonclinical subjects Brain and Behavior, 2025;15(5):70449(1-14) |
| 2025/04/25 |
Shoki Ogata* and Motoaki Sugiura The leftmost digit change induces a decrease in brain activity related to visuospatial processing: An fMRI study of the price ending effect Biological Psychology, 2025; 197:109030 (1-11) |
| 2025/03/14 |
Ayumi Takemoto*, Miyuki Iwamoto, Haruto Yaegashi, Shang Yun, Risa Takashima Virtual avatar communication task eliciting pseudo-social isolation and detecting social isolation using non-verbal signal monitoring in older adults Frontiers in Psychology, 2025; 16: 1507178(1-10) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
Conference Presentation
| 2025/10/10 |
Xiaoqian CHANG, Kohei SAKAKI,Yuko OKAMOTO ,Yi DING,Lingfei GUAN,Xinyu PENG，Chong SHAO, Denilson BRILLIANT T , Masamitsu MAEKAWA, Yozo TANIYAMA,Taira NAKAJIMA,Momoyo TSUCHIYA,and Motoaki SUGIURA Trait Modulation of Pain-Related Resting-State Connectivity: The Role of Pain Catastrophizing International Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ISPN 2025) ，London，the United Kingdom，October 9-12, 2025.【 Poster 】 https://aspnpain.com/international-society-of-pain-and-neuroscience/ |
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| 2025/09/18 |
Denilson Brilliant T , Ayumi Takemoto, Shachihiro Shirahama, Kazufumi Karube, Lingfei Guan, Motoaki Sugiura The Effect of Social Pressure on Facial Emotion Recognition in Lonely People and Its Neural Mechanism International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON 2025), Porto, Portugal, September 15–20, 2025【 Poster 】 |
| 2025/09/17 |
Hyeonjeong Jeong, Piia Astikainen Language & Music III SY41: Social and Embodied Language Learning. International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON 2025), Porto, Portugal, September 15–20, 2025.【 Symposist Oral 】 |
| 2025/09/17 |
Hyoungsun Kim, Motoaki Sugiura, & Hyeonjeong Jeong Are You Heartbroken or Devastated? Distinct Neural Substrates of Visceral Expressions of Emotion and General Emotion Labels International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON 2025), Porto, Portugal, September 15–20, 2025.【 Poster 】 |
| 2025/09/17 |
Victoria-Anne Flood, Motoaki Sugiura, & Hyeonjeong Jeong Prosody Meets Context: fMRI Evidence of Intention Comprehension in Second Language Learners International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON 2025), Porto, Portugal, September 15–20, 2025.【 Poster 】 |
| 2025/09/17 |
Rei Emura, Hyeonjeong Jeong, Yousuke Kawachi, Ryuya Komuro, & Masatoshi Koizumi, Interpreting Sentences While Whispering ‘da ba ga da’: An fMRI Study of Plausibility-Based Processing under Phonological Loop Load International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON 2025), Porto, Portugal, September 15–20, 2025.【 Poster 】 |
| 2025/09/16 |
Yi Ding, Yuko Okamoto, Xiaoqian Chang, Mai Takagi, Momoyo Tsuchiya, Yumi Hamamoto, Kei Takahashi, Kohei Sakaki, Tsukasa Ishigaki, Motoaki Sugiura The Impact of Social Rejection Feedback on Self-presentation: an fMRI Study International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON 2025), Porto, Portugal, September 15–20, 2025.【 Poster 】 |
| 2025/09/16 |
Hyeonjeong Jeong, Juno Baik, Yunju Nam, Sun-Young Lee, & Youngjoo Kim, Neural Correlates of Predictive Processing of Word Order and Thematic Roles in Korean Sentence Comprehension: An fMRI Study International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON 2025), Porto, Portugal, September 15–20, 2025.【 Poster 】 |
| 2025/09/12 |
Mayumi Kajiura, Chunlin Liu, Diego Dardon, Motoaki Sugiura, & Hyeonjeong Jeong Modality, Dominance and Integration in L2 Comprehension: An fMRI Study of Speech Rate. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL2025), Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, USA, September 12–14.【 Poster 】 |
| 2025/09/07 |
Yin May Zin Han, Yichuan Huang , Sachihiro Shirahama, Ayumi Takemoto, Hyeonjeong Jeong, Motoaki Sugiura Insights of four key dialogue modes in daily communication and their neural bases 日本心理学会第89回大会, 東北学院大学五橋キャンパス, 仙台: 日本【 ポスター Poster 】【 ポスター 】 |
| 2025/09/07 |
Denilson Brilliant T , Ayumi Takemoto, Shachihiro Shirahama, Kazufumi Karube, Lingfei Guan, Motoaki Sugiura The Effect of Social Pressure on Facial Emotion Recognition in Lonely People and Its Neural Mechanism 日本心理学会第89回大会、東北学院大学五橋キャンパス、仙台: 日本【 ポスター Poster 】 |
| 2025/09/05 |
Jiaxin Yan, Victoria-anne Flood, Motoaki Sugiura, Hyeonjeong Jeong Individual Differences in Gesture-Enhanced Second Language Memory: The Neural Role of Problem-Solving The 89th Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, Tohoku Gakuin University, Sendai: Japan【 Poster 】 |
| 2025/07/13 |
Jiaxin Yan, Victoria-Anne Flood, Motoaki Sugiura, Hyeonjeong Jeong How Gestures Facilitate Second Language Acquisition: A Neural Perspective The Japanese Society for Language Sciences (JSLS), Matsuyama, Ehime University: Japan【 Oral 】 |
| 2025/07/13 |
Qiang Huang, Yuto Aki, Daiko Takahashi, Motoaki Sugiura, Hyeonjeong Jeong Neural Correlates of Cross-Linguistic Syntactic Priming in Sentence Production: Evidence from Chinese-Japanese Bilinguals The Japanese Society for Language Sciences (JSLS), Matsuyama, Ehime University: Japan【 Oral 】 |
| 2025/07/04 |
Hyoungsun Kim, Motoaki Sugiura, Hyeonjeong Jeong Embodied Emotion and Language: the Neural Substrates of Visceral Expressions of Emotion 2025 Korean Psycholinguistics Society Annual Conference, Konkuk University, Seoul: Korea【 Oral 】 |
| 2025/07/04 |
Victoria-Anne Flood, Motoaki Sugiura, Hyeonjeong Jeong Neural Processing of Attitudinal Prosody During Second Language Sentence Comprehension 2025 Korean Psycholinguistics Society Annual Conference, Konkuk University, Seoul: Korea【 Oral 】 |
| 2025/07/03 |
Hyeonjeong Jeong Language Research from a Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective Using fMRI 2025 Korean Psycholinguistics Society Annual Conference, Konkuk University, Seoul: Korea【 基調講演 Keynote 】 |
| 2025/06/27 |
Yuto Aki, Satsuki Kurokawa, Takumi Uchihara, Motoaki Sugiura, Hyeonjeong Jeong Why is it challenging to express emotions in a second language? Insights from fMRI 34th European Second Language Association Conference (EuroSLA 34), UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø: Norway【 Oral 】 https://en.uit.no/tavla/artikkel/sub?p_document_id=845263&sub_id=846110 |
| 2025/06/26 |
Andrea Revesz, Hyeonjeong Jeong, Yuyong Liu, Tsubasa Otsuki, Xin Rong, Ting Zeng, Makoto Takahashi, & Motoaki Sugiura Do neurocognitive processes differ by pause location during L2 writing? 34th European Second Language Association Conference (EuroSLA 34), UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø: Norway【 Oral 】 https://en.uit.no/tavla/artikkel/sub?p_document_id=845263&sub_id=846110 |
| 2025/06/24 |
Jiaxin Yan, Victoria-Anne Flood, Motoaki Sugiura, Hyeonjeong Jeong Beyond Words: How Gestures Shape Speech Comprehension and Retention in the Bilingual Brain Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Brisbane, Queensland: Australia【 Poster 】 https://www.humanbrainmapping.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1 |
| 2025/05/26 |
Motoaki Sugiura, Masato Takubo, Ryo Ishibashi, Naoki Miura, Azumi Tanabe-Ishibashi Neural correlates of disaster awareness and educational effects during watching disaster prevention videos Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2025, Makuhari Messe, Makuhari: Japan【 Oral 】 |
| 2025/03/31 |
Masato Takubo, Ryo Ishibashi, Naoki Miura, Azumi Tanabe-Ishibashi, Motoaki Sugiura How Emotional Regulation Contributes to Tsunami Evacuation : An fMRI study Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Sheraton Hotel, Boston: U.S.A【 ポスター 】 |
| 2025/03/31 |
Chunlin Liu, Takumi Uchihara, Motoaki Sugiura, Ping Li, Hyeonjeong Jeong Emotional Cues in L2 Vocabulary Learning: How Expressive Facial Contexts Enhance Initial Learning and Long-Term Vocabulary Retention Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Sheraton Hotel, Boston:U.S.A.【 ポスター 】 |
| 2025/03/31 |
Momoyo Tsuchiya, Ayumi Takemoto, Choi Jeyoon, Motoaki Sugiura Exploring the neural mechanisms of preference for sad music Cognitive Neuroscience Society, 2025 Annual Meeting, Sheraton Hotel, Boston: U.S.A.【 Poster 】 |
| 2025/03/31 |
Ayumi Takemoto and Motoaki Sugiura Neural Mechanism for Preference/Unpreference Perception of Virtual Avatar Appearance in Human-Computer Communication Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Sheraton Hotel, Boston: U.S.A. 【 ポスター 】 |
| 2024/10/25 |
Yuyong Liu, Heyonjeong Jeong, Ayumi Takemoto, Motoaki 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 】 |
| 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 】 |
| 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 】 |
Other Academic Activities
| 2025/10/16 |
Yi Ding Rethinking Self-Evaluation: A Socially Grounded Framework Understanding Mind and Society: Theoretical, Experimental, and Computational Innovations, Tohoku University, Sendai: Japan【 Oral Symposium 】 |
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| 2025/10/16 |
Yi Ding Understanding Mind and Society: Theoretical, Experimental, and Computational Innovations Cognitive Neuroscience Application Center, Tohoku University, Sendai: Japan【 Symposium Organization 】 |
| 2025/07/02 |
Yi Ding Decoding the Social Self: What Brain Data Reveal About Self-Evaluation and Social Relationships 6th GP-DS Data Science Cafe, Tohoku Univesity, Sendai: Japan【 Oral Workshop 】 |
| 2025/06/02 |
Motoaki Sugiura MRI facility complex; connecting molecule to human society 2nd IDAC (Tohoku University) x Karolinska Institutet Symposium 〜Brain and Aging〜, Tohoku University, Sendai: Japan【 Oral Symposium 】 |
| 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 】 |
| 2025/03/11 |
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 】 |
| 2025/03/10 |
Motoaki Sugiuara For collaboration of data science and cognitive neuroscience 5th GP-DS Data Science Cafe, Tohoku Univesity, 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 University, 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 University, 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 University, 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), Tohoku University, Sendai: Japan【 Oral Seminar 】 |
| 2025/03/07 |
Motoaki Sugiura What is language communication ability (25th Human Brain Science Seminar) Cognitive Neuroscience Application Center, Tohoku University, 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 International Center, Sendai: Japan【 Oral Symposium 】 |
| 2025/02/07 |
Momoyo Tsuchiya, Ayumi Takemoto, Choi 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, 仙台市: 日本【 Oral 】 |
Award
| 2025/09/20 |
Best Poster Award (runner-up) Hyoungsun Kim Are You Heartbroken or Devastated? Distinct Neural Substrates of Visceral Expressions of Emotion and General Emotion Labels 15th International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience |
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| 2025/07/11 |
第47回加齢研研究員会主催発表コンテスト 優れたプレゼンテーション賞 Kazuya Takahashi * 東北大学加齢医学研究所 |
| 2025/07/04 |
Best Presentation Award Hyoungsun Kim Embodied Emotion and Language: the Neural Substrates of Visceral Expressions of Emotion Korean Psycholinguistics Society |
| 2025/02/07 |
ベストプレゼンテーション賞 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 |
| 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 |