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202505.16
26th Human Brain Science Seminar (May 16, 2025) : Emotion and Memory in the Brain
Emotion and Memory in the Brain: Multimodal Insights from Language, Gesture, and Psychophysiology &

202505.07
The Welcome Party for New Members and Guests
🎉 We successfully held our welcome party! 🎉 We warmly welcome Nagata-san, Torige-sa

202504.25
An fMRI study of price-ending effects (Publication)
The psychological effect of perceiving prices just below a round number—such as ¥198&mdash

202504.24
Brain Imaging Research x ASD Support (Symposium)
Center for Applied Cognitive Neuroscience, Tohoku University Symposium “What kind of world do

202503.31
What kind of virtual avatars do you wanna see again?:fMRI research
Recently, applications have been developed to support our daily lives and health. However, as we hav

202503.31
Exploring the neural mechanisms of preference for sad music (Poster presentation)
We generally want to avoid experiencing negative emotions such as sadness. Interestingly, some

202503.31
Emotional Cues in L2 Vocabulary Learning: How Expressive Facial Contexts Enhance Initial Learning and Long-Term Vocabulary Retention(Poster)
At this year’s Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) Annual Meeting, I presented research on ho

202503.31
How emotional control contributes to immediate tsunami evacuation; an fMRI study(international academic conference, poster presentation)
Previous studies have found that emotional control characteristics contribute to immediate tsunami e

202503.14
Farewell & Celebration (obtaining degrees) party
We held a farewell party and a celebration for those entering doctoral programs. At the farewell par

202503.11
Emotional Cues in L2 Vocabulary Acquisition: How Expressive Facial Contexts Enhance the Learning and Retention of L2 Emotional Vocabulary(Poster Presentation)
Acquiring the emotional meanings of second-language (L2) emotional vocabulary (e.g., tanoshimi meani