Tohoku University Cognitive Neuroscience Application Center

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 of public opinion and its manipulation. Is it possible for individuals to be prepared and ready for “better” and “proactive” thinking and decision making in order for society to confront diverse issues such as the environment, conflict, and inequality? We discussed the role of cognitive neuroscience research toward this possibility.

Date: Thursday, June 19, 9:30-11:30 
Format: Hybrid (on-site + ZOOM) 
Location: SA Bldg. 3F Human Brain Science

Sachiki Torige (Graduate School of Medicine, D1) 
Clustering Analysis of Transformation of Thinking and Individual Differences under AI Assistance
A research plan to clarify, through cluster analysis integrating behavioral and brain function data, which individual characteristics and differences in brain activity are responsible for the differences between those who use AI as a complement and those who use it as a dependency when AI assists decision making will be presented.

Sanami Nagata (M1, Graduate School of Medicine) 
Influence of Knownness/Unknownness Framing on True/False Evaluation
A research plan to explore the effects of consciously reading “what I know” and “what I don't know” in response to complex and untrue information (e.g., news reports and false information about politics and disasters) on judgments of the truth or falsity of that information and the desire to search for it, as well as the relationship with confirmation bias will be presented.

Designated Discussants 
▶ Naoki Miura (Tohoku Institute of Technology, Professor) 
▶ Tsukasa Ishigaki (Graduate School of Economics and Management, Professor) 
▶ Taira Nakajima (Graduate School of Education, Associate Professor)

chairmanship
▶ Motoaki Sugiura (Institute of Development, Aging, and Cancer, Professor) 
Organized：Center for Applied Cognitive Neuroscience (CogNAC) 
Co-organized：SOKAP-connect Sustainable Behavior x Brain Science Project, FRiD Enthusiasm
 

On-site participation: 8, Online participation: 7 (excluding duplicates)