Is brain research really good for anything? Is brain research really good for anything? Cognitive neuroscience elucidates the mysteries of the human mind and behavior as a combination of information processing (cognitive processes) in the brain. To utilize this research field to address social challenges arising from issues of the mind, researchers from various fields and parties in the field gather to create "collective knowledge" that integrates diverse humanities and natural sciences, and to develop human resources in this field. We welcome your participation in various ways, including organizing research meetings, conducting joint research, and enrolling in graduate school. Upcoming events List 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 mind-wandering, who will be joining us online for this event. Dr. Sakaki (CogNAC) will also share inf 202503.03Event A symposium of Japan Second Language Acquisition Research Forum Japan Second Language Acquisition Research Forum (J-SLARF) is a group of researchers in Japan working and collaborating at international levels. We are hosting a symposium of J-SLARF as J-SLARF@Toh Events List 202501.16Information 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 Analysis of Multilingual Adults and Children with Diverse Neurocognitive Profiles," has been awarde 202501.16Publication 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 Masatoshi Koizumi from the Graduate School of Arts and Letters at Tohoku University, titled “The cruci 202501.15Event Future Human Resource Development Studies: Experiences, Actions, and Stories (Symposium) The information society, including internationalization and advances in AI, changes in social thought, and changes in regional, social, and business environments, have made it increasingly unclear wha 202501.14Event Mapping Human Behavior (Symposium) Human cognition and behavior are controlled by a variety of “maps” in the brain, and the diversity of these maps and their processing creates the diversity of human behavior. Geographical 202501.06Event Default Mode Network and Self and Free Will (Symposium) In the human brain, a group of brain regions that are active when the brain is at rest (awake but doing nothing) is known as the “default mode network” (a similar network is also kno 202412.20Event 23rd Human Neuroscience Seminar: Social Interaction and Language Communication We are pleased to have hosted the 23rd Human Neuroscience Seminar, which focused on the neural basis of language communication and the significance of language learning through social interaction, exp 202412.07Information [Collaboration Case] Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, Tohoku University The reserch of fMRI experiment was featured in a video introducing the “Attractiveness of Tohoku University Graduate School of International Cultural Studies”. Graduate School 202411.28Event Study group meeting: What kind of social factors influence self-image establishment? This study group was established to identify what social factors are considered problematic in terms of their influence on the perception and evaluation of self-image, and what phenomena are considere 202411.26Information Exploring Writing Mechanisms in Second Language Through the Integration of Behavioral and Neuroscience Methods (New Research Grant Awarded) We are thrilled to announce the successful award of the TOEFL COE 2025 Research Program grant for our collaborative project between Tohoku University, Japan, and University College London, UK. Led by 202411.22Information Disaster Communication Neuroscience in Foreign Languages (Selected for Tohoku University-UCL Matching Fund) Tohoku University and University College London (UCL) have selected eight interdisciplinary collaborative research projects that integrate multiple disciplines, including disaster science, neuroscienc 202410.25Presentation fMRI Study on Deep Comprehension in Second Language Reading (Poster Presentation) How can we promote "deep comprehension" beyond surface-level understanding when reading in a second language (L2)? And how does actively recalling information through "retrieval practic 202410.25Presentation The impact of conversational eyebrow movements on intention recognition: An fMRI Study (Poster presentation) In face-to-face conversations, when asking questions, the onset of eyebrow movements usually comes earlier than the speech. What is the role of the precedence of the eyebrow movements? The present stu 202410.24Presentation Exploring Brain Activity with fMRI: Effects of Multimodal Input on Language Learning (Poster Presentation) What mechanisms support reading comprehension in a second language (L2), and how does multimodal information—such as simultaneous audio and text—enhance understanding? Moreover, how do lea 202410.24Presentation The Role of Gesture in Second Language Acquisition: an fMRI study (Poster Presentation)Poste It is well-established that speech and gesture form a unified system in one’s native language, with gestures helping listeners understand the speaker's intentions and meaning. However, how d 202410.24Presentation Cross-linguistic Sentence Production in Chinese-Japanese Bilinguals: An fMRI Study (Poster Presentation) How do bilinguals process and integrate syntactic information when generating sentences in different languages? Mr. Huang Qiang, the student of Graduate School of International Cultural Studies p 202410.24Presentation How Language Shapes Emotion: An fMRI Study of Emotion Verbalization in First and Second Languages (Poster Presentation) Mr. Yuto Aki, the student of Graduate School of International Cultural Studies finished a poster presentation at this year's Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL) conference held in Brisb
