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Yearly:2026

202603.09
How Does Self-Evaluation Affect Consumer Choices?(Poster Presentation)
Symbolic products are often used to signal our status or identity. People are willing to pay more fo

202603.09
Neuro-affective dynamics of human-AI interactions: A real-time fMRI study of GenAI feedback on L2 conversations(Poster Presentation/Award-winning)
In this study, we investigated how feedback from Generative-AI tutors influences the emotional and n

202603.09
Farewell Party
On March 9, we held a farewell gathering in the laboratory dining room for 軽部くん, who will complete t

202603.05
New Approaches to Mental Health Pioneered by Disaster and Brain Fusion Research (Special Lecture)
Social psychiatry aims for mental health through diverse perspectives incorporating biological, psyc

202602.21
Disaster Psychology and Brain Research Demonstrating the Mind-Body Connection (Special Lecture)
Psychosomatic medicine is a field of healthcare that treats humans holistically, encompassing not on

202602.06
48th Research Committee Presentation Contest Organized by the IDAC - 3rd Place Award
At the 48th Research Committee Presentation Contest Organized by the IDAC, I presented my research o

202602.06
Self-evaluation in Social Contexts: How Social Acceptance and Rejection Shape the Self (IDAC Research Encouragement Awards)
I am honored to receive a Research Encouragement Award at the 165th IDAC Biennial Meeting. I

202602.01
Is "Overpacking" Disaster Education Counterproductive? Neuroscientific Assessment of Combining Tsunami Mechanisms and Evacuation Instructions (Publication)
Does conveying both the mechanism of a tsunami (the "why") and evacuation instructions (th

202601.01
A Happy New Year 2026
Thank you very much for all your support last year. Let loud voices pass us by. History teaches us

