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 202507.30Event Introducing Our Center at the 2025 Tohoku University Open Campus CogNAC will participate in the 2025 Tohoku University Open Campus to introduce our research activities. 🔹 Date: July 30 (Wed) & July 31 (Thu), 2025 🔹 Venue: Seiryo Campus, Inst 202508.08Event Art x Human Resource Development.: 2nd Future Talent Study Group The theme of the 2nd Future Talent Study Group is "Art x Human Resource Development." We will feature presentations on the impact of creative and expressive activities, such as art, on huma 202508.18Event fMRI Data Analysis Workshop Announcing an fMRI Data Analysis Workshop! (Two Days: August 18 & 21) Are you struggling with where to begin with fMRI data analysis? Or perhaps you've tried self-study but find it difficu 202509.04Event CogNAC x CBE Workshop We are pleased to announce the CogNAC x CBE Workshop (28th CBE Meeting) and invite submissions for presentations. We are seeking research presentations and comprehensive overviews across a wide range Events List 202507.04Presentation Embodied Emotion and Language: the Neural Substrates of Visceral Expressions of Emotion (Oral Presentation/Award-winning) This study investigated how the neural processing of visceral expressions of emotion (e.g., 'heart fell apart') differs from that of general emotion labels non-specific to the body, and a 202507.04Presentation Neural Processing of Attitudinal Prosody During Second Language Sentence Comprehension(Oral Presentation) We attended the Korean Society of Psycholinguistics "Re"-Human Brain in Psychology and Language conference, held in Seoul, South Korea. At the conference, Victoria-Anne, stude 202507.04Event Human Resource Development x Brain Science Symposium 2025 DAY2 in preparation 202507.03Event Human Resource Development x Brain Science Symposium 2025 DAY1 in preparation 202507.02Presentation Decoded by Brain Data: Social Self (Data Science Cafe) How can we empirically investigate the abstract and multifaceted concept of the social self? This study examined the characteristics of self-evaluation in the context of Japanese culture. The results 202507.01Event Enthusiasm x Mind Study Group Will enthusiasm sublimate into “immersion” or lean toward “dependence”? What determines this course of action may be the individual's inner self and the nature of his or he 202506.24Presentation Beyond Words: How Gestures Shape Speech Comprehension and Retention in the Bilingual Brain (International Conference Poster Presentation)Poste Yan Jiaxin, student of Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, have attended the Organisation for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) this year, aiming to share my recent research findings and 202506.19Event Thinking and Decision Making in the Information Society: The Role of Cognitive Neuroscience Research (Symposium) In an information society further complicated by the spread of social networking and generative AI, it is becoming increasingly difficult for our thinking and decision-making to escape the influence o 202506.13Event 27th Human Neuroscience Seminar(June 13th): How Do We Study Language:The Potential of fMRI We were honored to welcome Dr. Andrew Lee (Associate Professor, Université Laval, Canada), a leading scholar in instructed second language acquisition, as our invited speaker. In his talk title 202506.11Event Light and Shadow of Enthusiasm (Enthusiasm Kickoff Study Group) People are passionate about something in their lives and have an irrational “dependent” aspect to their survival. While it has a “light” aspect that enriches life and brings e 202506.03Event Tour of MRI facility from Karolinska Institute As part of the program of the 2nd IDAC (Tohoku University) x Karolinska Institutet Symposium ~Brain and Aging~, a tour of the MRI facility was conducted. Ayumi Takemoto, Ding Yi, and Chunli 202506.02Event MRI for both humans and mouses (International Symposium Presentation) 2nd IDAC (Tohoku University) x Karolinska Institutet Symposium ~Brain and Aging~ was held at the International Conference Room, Smart Aging Research Building, Institute of Development, Aging and 202505.31Presentation Looking at “self” development via the brain, from non-other to in-other (Invited Symposist) From cross-disciplinary discussions in cognitive neuroscience, the development of self-concept can be viewed as a process that begins with the recognition that the person in the mirror is not the othe 202505.26Presentation Individual differences in brain activity during watching disaster prevention videos: Disaster awareness and educational effects (Conference oral presentation) Video is an important tool for disaster education. How are individual differences in disaster awareness and educational effectiveness reflected in brain activity during video viewing? We identified a 202505.16Event 26th Human Brain Science Seminar Emotion and Memory in the Brain: Multimodal Insights from Language, Gesture, and Psychophysiology —International Academic Exchange: Tohoku University × University of Jyväskylä&m 202505.13Event Presentation of new members' achievements We held a meeting to present the results of the new members who have participated in the fMRI Challenge Research Support Program in FY2024.(Sakaki) Date: Tuesday, May 13, 9:00-9:30 Place: Human Br