Know your brain. Make the world better.
Motoaki SUGIURA, MD PhD
Professor, Tohoku University
IDAC, Dept. Human Brain Science
IRIDeS, Cognitive Sciences Lab
CogNAC, Div. Research-Education Strategy
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
News
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202503.10EVENT
5th GP-DS Data Science Cafe
The workshop was held on March 10, 2025, in conjunction with GP-DS and Data Scie
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202503.08RESEARCH
The relationship between self-presentation processing after rejection and sense of rejection (Poster presentation)
How people respond to rejection that causes emotional pain is crucial to their survival in society.
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202503.08RESEARCH
Neural responses to price decreases and price increases (Poster presentation)
We investigated brain responses to price decreases and increases using fMRI. The analysis results we
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202503.07RESEARCH
Investigating the Neural Mechanism of Victim Approval in Moral Decision-making (Poster Presentation)
Value differences between options are not the only reason for making moral-decisions. With fMRI data
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202503.07RESEARCH
Brain Science Approaches to Foreign Language Communication in Emergencies (International Forum Lecture)
In a globalized world, there are more and more opportunities to communicate and make decisions in fo
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202503.07RESEARCH
Brain responses to sad music in people with high sad music preference (Poster presentation)
"Sad music" has been loved since ancient times. On the other hand, previous study sug
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202503.07EVENT
What is language communication ability (25th Human Brain Science Seminar)
What exactly is language communication ability? How can it be modeled and evaluated? From the pers
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202502.22RESEARCH
The neural basis of coping strategies for boredom and their association with creativity (Paper Publication)
In everyday life, we often get bored of repeating the same things over and over again. In order to e
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202502.07EVENT
Awards in IDAC presentation contest
I gave a presentation on my research project associated with music and emotions at the 46th Presenta
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202502.07EVENT
The Power of Emotional Videos: How Watching Them Can Help You Learn L2 Emotional Words – An fMRI Study(IDAC Young Investigator Award)
How do learners acquire not just the literal meaning but also the emotional depth of second-language
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202501.31RESEARCH
Neural Mechanisms of Victim Values in Moral Decision-making (Oral Presentation)
In moral decision-making, it is considered important not only to compare the values of different opt
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202501.17EVENT
24th Human Brain Science Seminar: Creativity and Mind-wandering
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Kawagoe (Tokai University), a leading researcher in creativity and m
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202501.16RESEARCH
Exploring AI-Based Analysis of Multilingual Adults and Children with Diverse Neurocognitive Profiles (New Research Grant Awarded)
We are thrilled to announce that the international collaborative project, titled "AI-Based Anal
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202501.16RESEARCH
Neural Mechanism for Integrating Syntax and Information in Sentence Comprehension (article in press)
Using fMRI to examine linguistic theories, the collaborative research led by Professor Masatosh
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202501.15EVENT
Future Human Resource Development Studies: Experiences, Actions, and Stories (Symposium)
The information society, including internationalization and advances in AI, changes in social though
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202501.14EVENT
Mapping Human Behavior (Symposium)
Human cognition and behavior are controlled by a variety of “maps” in the brain, and the
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