Research theme

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 neural measurements have revealed the mysterious reality.
- The Self in the Brain
- Where value comes from?
- Language and communication
- Disaster and the power to live
- Human brain science for the future
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