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Achievements (last one year)

Academic Papers(peer reviewed)

2025/03/14

Takemoto, A*., Iwamoto, M., Yaegashi, H., Yun, S., & Takashima, R

Virtual avatar communication task eliciting pseudo-social isolation and detecting social isolation using non-verbal signal monitoring in older adults

 Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1507178.

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1507178

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

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【 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【 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/

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 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 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, 仙台市: 日本【 Oral 】

Award

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