Carlos Makoto Miyauchi contributed equally to this work. AffiliationsGraduate School of Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, JapanHirofumi Takesue, Carlos Makoto Miyauchi & Junko ... , Yuanyang Guanghua Center, No.5, Jinghua (S) St.,C Beijing, Beijing, 100020, ChinaHongwei Fan AuthorsSearch for Hirofumi Takesue in:Nature Research journals • PubMed • Google Scholar Search for Carlos Makoto
12 Yuka Kotozaki 13 Seishu Nakagawa 14 15 Atsushi Sekiguchi 0 7 14 Kunio Iizuka 1 YukiYamamoto 14 Sugiko Hanawa 14 Tsuyoshi Araki 2 Carlos Makoto Miyauchi 3 Takamitsu Shinada 14 Kohei Sakaki 14
the Promotion of Science , Tokyo , Japan 13 Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Development, Ageing and Cancer, Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan 14 Carlos Makoto Miyauchi 15
Event simulation (ES) is the situational inference process in which perceived event features such as objects, agents, and actions are associated in the brain to represent the whole situation. ES provides a common basis for various cognitive processes, such as perceptual prediction, situational understanding/prediction, and social cognition (such as mentalizing/trait inference...
Self-face recognition in the mirror is considered to involve multiple processes that integrate 2 perceptual cues: temporal contingency of the visual feedback on one's action (contingency cue) and matching with self-face representation in long-term memory (figurative cue). The aim of this study was to examine the neural bases of these processes by manipulating 2 perceptual cues...
Can ongoing fMRI BOLD signals predict fluctuations in swiftness of a person’s response to sporadic cognitive demands? This is an important issue because it clarifies whether intrinsic brain dynamics, for which spatio-temporal patterns are expressed as temporally coherent networks (TCNs), have effects not only on sensory or motor processes, but also on cognitive processes...
Anger typically manifests for only a short period of time, whereas hostility is present for a longer duration. However, both of these emotions are associated with an increased likelihood of psychological problems. The nodes within the neural networks that underlie hostility remain unclear. We presumed that specific nodes might include the anterior midcingulate cortex (aMCC...
Dopaminergic transmission plays a critical role in working memory (WM). Mean diffusivity (MD) is a sensitive and unique neuroimaging tool for detecting microstructural differences particularly in the areas of the dopaminergic system. Despite previous investigation of the effects of WM training (WMT) on dopamine receptor binding potentials, the effects of WMT on MD remain unknown...
, JapanYasuyuki TakiDepartment of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, JapanAtsushi Sekiguchi, Seishu Nakagawa, Carlos Makoto Miyauchi, Kunio Iizuka ... journals • PubMed • Google ScholarSearch for Seishu Nakagawa in:Nature Research journals • PubMed • Google ScholarSearch for Carlos Makoto Miyauchi in:Nature Research journals • PubMed • Google ScholarSearch
Processing speed is considered a key cognitive resource and it has a crucial role in all types of cognitive performance. Some researchers have hypothesised the importance of white matter integrity in the brain for processing speed; however, the relationship at the whole-brain level between white matter volume (WMV) and processing speed relevant to the modality or problem used in...
Yoritaka Akimoto,4 Mizuki Ihara,1 Ryoichi Yokoyama,4,5 Yuka Kotozaki,1 Rui Nouchi,1 Atsushi Sekiguchi,3,4 Hikaru Takeuchi,2 Carlos Makoto Miyauchi,4 Takeshi Ogawa,4 Takakuni Goto,4 Takashi Sunda,6 Toshiyuki
Many survivors of severe disasters need psychological support, even those not suffering post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The critical issue in understanding the psychological response after experiencing severe disasters is to distinguish neurological microstructural underpinnings as vulnerability factors from signs of emotional distress acquired soon after the stressful...
The areas of academic interest (sciences or humanities) and area of study have been known to be associated with a number of factors associated with autistic traits. However, despite the vast amount of literature on the psychological and physiological characteristics associated with faculty membership, brain structural characteristics associated with faculty membership have never...
When faced with a problem or choice, humans can use two different strategies: “cognitive reflectivity,” which involves slow responses and fewer mistakes, or “cognitive impulsivity,” which comprises of quick responses and more mistakes. Different individuals use these two strategies differently. To our knowledge, no study has directly investigated the brain regions involved in...
Fatigue reflects the functioning of our physiological negative feedback system, which prevents us from overworking. When fatigued, however, we often try to suppress this system in an effort to compensate for the resulting deterioration in performance. Previous studies have suggested that the effect of fatigue on neurovascular demand may be influenced by this compensatory effort...
Background Do brain training games work? The beneficial effects of brain training games are expected to transfer to other cognitive functions. Yet in all honesty, beneficial transfer effects of the commercial brain training games in young adults have little scientific basis. Here we investigated the impact of the brain training game (Brain Age) on a wide range of cognitive...
Achievement motivation can be defined as a recurrent need to improve one’s past performance. Despite previous functional imaging studies on motivation-related functional activation, the relationship between regional gray matter (rGM) morphology and achievement motivation has never been investigated. We used voxel-based morphometry and a questionnaire (achievement motivation scale...
