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202509.17

Social and Embodied Language Learning (Symposium at International Conference)

I had the pleasure of co-organizing and presenting at a symposium at ICON 2025 – International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (Porto, Portugal, September 15–20, 2025). On

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202509.16

Distinct Neural Substrates of Visceral Expressions of Emotion (Poster Presentation at International Conference/Award-winning)

Using fMRI, 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

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202509.16

Prosody Meets Context: fMRI Evidence of Intention Comprehension in Second Language Learners (Poster Presentation at International Conference)

In this experiment on second language (L2) intention comprehension, we examined how L2 learners process communicative intentions when congruent or incongruent prosody was combined with predictable or

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202509.16

Neural mechanism of predictive sentence processing (Poster Presentation at the International Conference)

Using fMRI, we investigated brain activity during Korean sentence processing. The results revealed that the left-lateralized language network dynamically resolves prediction errors in syntax and thema

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202509.16

Do you feel pain after being rejected? (Poster Presentation at the International Conference)

Social rejection is not only emotionally painful but also activates some of the same brain regions as physical pain. Yet, how rejection shapes subsequent self-evaluation and other-evaluation in front

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202509.12

Second Language Speech and Text Integration Mechanism (Poster Presentation at the international conference)

In collaboration with Professor Mayumi Kajiura at Nagoya City University, we conducted an fMRI study to address the question: “How do second language learners integrate audio and text, and

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202509.07

The Effect of Social Pressure on Facial Emotion Recognition in Lonely People and Its Neural Mechanism (Poster Presentation)

Lonely people perceive the social world as threatening and avoid social interactions due to biased cognitive process. However, previous study showed mixed findings on how lonely people recognize other

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202509.07

Insights of four key dialogue modes in daily communication and their neural bases(Poster Presentation)

We defined “Dialogue Modes” (DMs) as patterns of enjoyable daily conversations driven by distinct social motivations. Using fMRI, we found that Relief, Comfort, Novelty, and Hobby modes ea

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202509.07

The Influence of Personality Traits and Optimism on Experimental Pain: fMRI Study(Poster Presentation)

Personality traits are known to influence pain perception. Some studies suggest that individuals with higher extraversion and agreeableness show greater pain tolerance, while others argue that highly

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202509.07

The Psychological Processes and Neural Basis of Hesitation in Tsunami Evacuation: An fMRI Study (Poster Presentation)

Previous research had revealed that emotion regulation characteristics contribute to immediate tsunami evacuation. However, it remained unclear how these emotion regulation characteristics contribute

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