Dr. Saori C Tanaka

Saori C Tanaka

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Affiliations

  1. Computational Behavioral Neuroscience Lab, Division of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (web)
  2. Department of Neural Computation for Decision-Making, ATR Brain Information Communication Research Lab. Group (web)

Short Bio

I began my research as a graduate student in computational neuroscience at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) in 2001. My early research established some of the first foundational computational models of decision-making, in particular my work on temporal discounting (Nature Neuroscience, 2004) has been cited >1000 times. and has had substantial impact on the development of the field. I received the Best Paper Award, Best Research Award, and Encouragement Award from the Japan Neural Networks Society in 2005 for this achievement. After completing graduate school, I continued my research on human decision-making and received the Nakayama Award for Encouragement from the Nakayama Science Foundation in 2008 for the theme of “Science of Emotion”. With advances in data science, however, I became interested in fusing hypothesis-driven with data- driven approaches. Hence more recently, I have been involved in national flagship neuroscience projects funded by MEXT and AMED by leading in building databases to make MRI data from thousands of patients with human diseases publicly available (Tanaka et al., 2022, Scientific Data). Compared to other countries, Japan lags behind in data sharing, and there is an urgent need to improve policies and systems, and to secure human resources. I am now recognised as a leader of open science in the field of brain imaging in Japan, thanks to my expertise and skills in computational neuroscience, as well as the networks I have built with overseas researchers through invitations to several meetings of the International Brain Initiative (IBI). In parallel with my research activities, I have actively contributed to developing the research field as a program committee member of various academic societies. As a representative of our society, I am also a member of the Future Plan Committee of the Japanese Association of Brain Science Societies, which consists of 19 basic and clinical brain science-related societies in Japan, and I have made proposals to the government, the public, and academic societies on future plans for brain science research. Specifically, I proposed the application of artificial intelligence technology and databases as essential areas of neuroscience in Japan’s science policy.

Biography

Professor (tenure-track), 2025.4 –
Division of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Associate Professor (tenure-track), 2022.4 – 2025.3
Division of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Department Head, 2015.9 –
Department of Neural Computation for Decision-making (NCD), ATR Brain Information Communication Research Lab. Group

Senior Researcher, 2015.4 – 2015.9
Researcher, 2014.1 – 2015.3
Department of Cognitive Neuroscience (DCN), ATR Brain Information Communication Research Lab. Group, Japan

Associate Professor, 2012 – 2013
Associate Professor (project appointed), 2009 – 2012
Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, Japan

Researcher, 2007 – 2008
Department of Computational Biology, ATR Brain Information Communication Research Lab. Group

Postdoc fellow, 2006 – 2007
Human Reward Learning Laboratory (John O’Doherty lab)
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology

Ph. D. Candidate, 2003 – 2006
Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Master of Science, 2001 – 2003
Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Bachelor of Science, 1997 – 2001
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Osaka University, Japan

Publications

Takahara Y, Kashiwagi Y, Tokuda T, Yoshimoto J, Sakai Y, Yamashita A, Yoshioka T, Takahashi H, Mizuta H, Kasai K, Kunimitsu A, Okada N, Itai E, Shinzato H, Yokoyama S, Masuda Y, Mitsuyama Y, Okada G, Okamoto Y, Itahashi T, Ohta H, Hashimoto RI, Harada K, Yamagata H, Matsubara T, Matsuo K, Tanaka SC, Imamizu H, Ogawa K, Momosaki S, Kawato M, Yamashita O. Comprehensive evaluation of pipelines for classification of psychiatric disorders using multi-site resting-state fMRI datasets. Neural Netw. 187, 107335, 2025.

Shinsuke Koike, Saori C Tanaka, Takuya Hayashi Beyond case-control study in neuroimaging for psychiatric disorders: Harmonizing and utilizing the brain images from multiple sites. Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews 171, 106063, 2025

Tanaka SC et al. Comprehensive evaluation of pipelines for classification of psychiatric disorders using multi-site resting-state fMRI datasets. Neural networks 187, 107335, 2025

Itahashi T, Yamashita A, Takahara Y, Yahata N, Aoki YY, Fujino J, Yoshihara Y, Nakamura M, Aoki R, Okimura T, Ohta H, Sakai Y, Takamura M, Ichikawa N, Okada G, Okada N, Kasai K, Tanaka SC, Imamizu H, Kato N, Okamoto Y, Takahashi H, Kawato M, Yamashita O, Hashimoto RI. Generalizable and transportable resting-state neural signatures characterized by functional networks, neurotransmitters, and clinical symptoms in autism, Molecular Psychiatry, 30(4), 1466–1478, 2025.

Tanaka SC et al. The status of MRI databases across the world focused on psychiatric and neurological disorders, Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences78（10）, 563-579, 2024

Morishita T, Sakai Y, Iida H, Tanaka H, Permana GI, Kobayashi H, Tanaka SC, Abe H. Surgical Concepts and Long-term Outcomes of Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation in Patients with Severe Tourette Syndrome: A Single-center Experience. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) Published online June 19, 2024.

Kawashima I, Hinuma T, Nagata M, Yoneyama A, Honjo M, Kumano H, Tanaka SC. Psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the standardised assessment of personality abbreviated scale. Frontiers in Psychology 14, 1339902, 2024

Morishita T, Sakai Y, Iida H, Yoshimura S, Fujioka S, Oda K, Tanaka SC, Abe H. Precision Mapping of Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation Lead Positions Associated With the Microlesion Effect in Tourette Syndrome. Neurosurgery 93(4), 875-883, 2023

Hamamura T, Kobayashi N, Oka T, Kawashima I, Sakai Y, Tanaka SC, Honjo M. Validity, reliability, and correlates of the Smartphone Addiction Scale–Short Version among Japanese adults. BMC Psychology 11(1), 78, 2023

Nakamura Y, Ishida T, Tanaka SC, Mitsuyama Y, Yokoyama S, Shinzato H, Itai E, Okada G, Kobayashi Y, Kawashima T, Miyata J, Yoshihara Y, Takahashi H, Aoki R, Nakamura M, Ota H, Itahashi T, Morita S, Kawakami S, Abe O, Okada N, Kunimatsu A, Yamashita A, Yamashita O, Imamizu H, Morimoto J, Okamoto Y, Murai T, Hashimoto RI, Kasai K, Kawato M, Koike S. Distinctive alterations in the mesocorticolimbic circuits in various psychiatric disorders. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 77(6), 345-354, 2023

Ishida T, Nakamura Y, Tanaka SC, Mitsuyama Y, Yokoyama S, Shinzato H, Itai E, Okada G, Kobayashi Y, Kawashima T, Miyata J, Yoshihara Y, Takahashi H, Morita S, Kawakami S, Abe O, Okada N, Kunimatsu A, Yamashita A, Yamashita O, Imamizu H, Morimoto J, Okamoto Y, Murai T, Kasai K, Kawato M, Koike S. Aberrant Large-Scale Network Interactions Across Psychiatric Disorders Revealed by Large-Sample Multi-Site Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Datasets. Schizophrenia bulletin 49(4), 933-943, 2023

Kawashima I, Hinuma T, Tanaka SC. Ecological momentary assessment of mind-wandering: meta-analysis and systematic review. Scientific Reports 13(1), 2023

Kawashima I, Nagahama T, Kumano H, Momose K, Tanaka SC. Pavlovian-based neurofeedback enhances meta-awareness of mind-wandering. Neural Networks 158, 239-248, 2022

Sakai Y, Sakai Y, Abe Y, Narumoto J, Tanaka SC. Memory trace imbalance in reinforcement and punishment systems can reinforce implicit choices leading to obsessive-compulsive behavior. Cell Reports 40(9), 111275, 2022

Kasai K, Yagishita S, Tanaka SC, Koike S, Murai T, Nishida A, Yamasaki S, Ando S, Kawakami N, Kanehara A, Morita K, Kumakura Y, Takahashi Y, Sawai Y, Uno A, Sakakibara E, Okada N, Okamoto Y, Nochi M, Kumagaya SI, Fukuda M. Personalized values in life as point of interaction with the world: Developmental/neurobehavioral basis and implications for psychiatry. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Report 1(2), e12, 2022

Kurokawa R, Kamiya K, Koike S, Nakaya M, Uematsu A, Tanaka SC, Kamagata K, Okada N, Morita K, Kasai K, Abe O. Cross-scanner reproducibility and harmonization of a diffusion MRI structural brain network: A traveling subject study of multi-b acquisition. NeuroImage 245, 118675, 2021

Suzuki Y, Tanaka SC. Functions of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex in emotion regulation under stress. Scientific Reports 11(7), 18225, 2021

Tanaka SC, Yamashita A, Yahata N, Itahashi T, Lisi G, Yamada T, Ichikawa N, Takamura M, Yoshihara Y, Kunimatsu A, Okada N, Hashimoto R, Okada G, Sakai Y, Morimoto J, Narumoto J, Shimada Y, Mano H, Yoshida W, Seymour B, Shimizu T, Hosomi K, Saitoh Y, Kasai K, Kato N, Takahashi H, Okamoto Y, Yamashita O, Kawato M and Imamizu H. A multi-site, multi-disorder resting-state magnetic resonance image database. Scientific Data 8, 227, 2021

Maikusa N, Zhu Y, Uematsu A, Yamashita A, Saotome K, Okada N, Kasai K, Okanoya K, Yamashita O, Tanaka SC, Koike S. Comparison of traveling-subject and ComBat harmonization methods for assessing structural brain characteristics. Human Brain Mapping 42(16), 5278–5287, 2021

Morishita T, Sakai Y (co-first author), Iida H, Yoshimura S, Ishii A, Fujioka S, Tanaka SC, and Inoue T. Neuroanatomical considerations for optimizing thalamic deep brain stimulation in Tourette syndrome. Journal of Neurosurgery, 1-11, 2021

Takagi Y, Okada N, Ando S, Yahata N, Morita K, Koshiyama D, Kawakami S, Sawada K, Koike S, Endo K, Yamasaki S, Nishida A, Kasai K, Tanaka SC. Intergenerational transmission of the patterns of functional and structural brain networks. iScience 24(7), 102708, 2021

Nakamura Y, Ando S, Yamasaki S, Okada N, Nishida A, Kasai K, Tanaka SC, Nakatani H, and Koike S. Dietary Restraint Related to Body Weight Maintenance and Neural Processing in Value-Coding Areas in Adolescents. The Journal of nutrition 151(7), 2059–2067, 2021

Cortese A, Tanaka SC, Amano K, Koizumi A, Lau H, Sasaki Y, Shibata K, Taschereau-Dumouchel V, Watanabe T, and Kawato M. The DecNef collection, fMRI data from closed-loop decoded neurofeedback experiments. Scientific data 8(1), 65–65, 2021

Morishita T, Sakai Y (co-first author), Mishima T, Umemoto G, Okun MS, Tanaka SC, Tsuboi Y, and Inoue T. Case Report: GPi DBS for Non-parkinsonian Midline Tremor: A Normative Connectomic Comparison to a Failed Thalamic DBS. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 15, 406, 2021

Yamashita A, Sakai Y, Yamada T, Yahata N, Kunimatsu A, Okada N, Itahashi T, Hashimoto R, Mizuta H, Ichikawa N, Takamura M, Okada G, Yamagata H, Harada K, Matsuo K, Tanaka SC, Kawato M, Kasai K, Kato N, Takahashi H, Okamoto Y, Yamashita O, and Imamizu H. Common Brain Networks Between Major Depressive-Disorder Diagnosis and Symptoms of Depression That Are Validated for Independent Cohorts. Frontiers in Psychiatry 12, 667881, 2021.

Koike S, Tanaka SC, Tomohisa Okada, Toshihiko Aso, Yamashita A, Yamashita O, Michiko Asano, Norihide Maikusa, Morita K, Okada N, Fukunaga M, Uematsu A, Togo H, Miyazaki A, Murata K, Urushibata Y, Autio J, Ose T, Yoshimoto J, Araki T, Glasser MF, Van Essen DC, Maruyama M, Sadato N, Kawato M, Kasai K, Okamoto Y, Hanakawa T, and Hayashi T. Brain/MINDS beyond human brain MRI project: A protocol for multi-level harmonization across brain disorders throughout the lifespan. NeuroImage. Clinical 30, 102600, 2021

Yamashita A, Sakai Y, Yamada T, Yahata N, Kunimatsu A, Okada N, Itahashi T, Hashimoto R, Mizuta H, Ichikawa N, Takamura M, Okada G, Yamagata H, Harada K, Matsuo K, Tanaka SC, Kawato M, Kasai K, Kato N, Takahashi H, Okamoto Y, Yamashita O, Imamizu H. Generalizable brain network markers of major depressive disorder across multiple imaging sites. PLoS Biology 18(12), e3000966, 2020

Kawakami N, Watanabe K, Nishi D, Takagi D, Hashimoto H, Tanaka SC. Time preference and personal value: a population-based cross-sectional study in Japan. BMC Psychol. 8(1), 85, 2020

Iijima Y, Okumura Y, Yamasaki S, Ando S, Okada K, Koike S, Endo K, Morimoto Y, Williams A, Murai T, Tanaka SC, Hiraiwa-Hasegawa M, Kasai K, Nishida A. Assessing the hierarchy of personal values among adolescents: A comparison of rating scale and paired comparison methods. J Adolesc. 80, 53-59, 2020

He TS, Riyanto YE, Tanaka SC, Yamada K. Pronoun drop and prosocial behavior: experimental evidence from Japan. J Econ Sci Assoc 6, 13–25, 2020

Takagi Y, Hirayama JI, Tanaka SC. State-unspecific patterns of whole-brain functional connectivity from resting and multiple task states predict stable individual traits. NeuroImage 201, 116036, 2019

Okada N, Ando S, Sanada M, Hirata-Mogi S, Iijima Y, Sugiyama H, Shirakawa T, Yamagishi M, Kanehara A, Morita M, Yagi T, Hayashi N, Koshiyama D, Morita K, Sawada K, Ikegame T, Sugimoto N, Toriyama R, Masaoka M, Fujikawa S, Kanata S, Tada M, Kirihara K, Yahata N, Araki T, Jinde S, Kano Y, Koike S, Endo K, Yamasaki S, Nishida A, Hiraiwa-Hasegawa M, Bundo M, Iwamoto K, Tanaka SC, Kasai K. Population-neuroscience study of the Tokyo TEEN Cohort (pn-TTC): Cohort longitudinal study to explore the neurobiological substrates of adolescent psychological and behavioral development. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 73(5), 231-242, 2019

Yamashita A, Yahata N, Itahashi T, Lisi G, Yamada T, Ichikawa N, Takamura M, Yoshihara Y, Kunimatsu A, Okada N, Yamagata H, Matsuo K, Hashimoto R, Okada G, Sakai Y, Morimoto J, Narumoto J, Shimada Y, Kasai K, Kato N, Takahashi H, Okamoto Y, Tanaka SC, Kawato M, Yamashita O, Imamizu H. Harmonization of resting-state functional MRI data across multiple imaging sites via the separation of site differences into sampling bias and measurement bias. PLoS biology 17(4), e3000042, 2019

Yamashita M, Yoshihara Y, Hashimoto R, Yahata N, Ichikawa N, Sakai Y, Yamada T, Matsukawa N, Okada G, Tanaka SC, Kasai K, Kato N, Okamoto Y, Seymour B, Takahashi H, Kawato M, Imamizu H. A prediction model of working memory across health and psychiatric disease using whole-brain functional connectivity. elife 10(7), e38844, 2018

Todokoro A, Tanaka SC, Kawakubo Y, Yahata N, Ishii-Takahashi A, Nishimura Y, Kano Y, Ohtake F, Kasai K. Deficient neural activity subserving decision-making during reward waiting time in intertemporal choice in adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 72(8), 580-590, 2018

Takagi Y, Sakai Y, Abe Y, Nishida S, Harrison BJ, Martínez-Zalacaín I, Soriano-Mas C, Narumoto J, Tanaka SC. A common brain network among state, trait, and pathological anxiety from whole-brain functional connectivity. NeuroImage 172, 506-516, 2018

Tanaka SC, Yahata N, Todokoro A, Kawakubo Y, Kano Y, Nishimura Y, Ishii-Takahashi A, Ohtake F & Kasai K. Preliminary evidence of altered neural response during intertemporal choice of losses in adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Scientific Reports 8(1), 6703, 2018

Takagi Y, Sakai Y, Lisi G, Yahata N, Abe Y, Nishida S, Nakamae T, Morimoto J, Kawato M, Narumoto J, Tanaka SC. A Neural Marker of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder from Whole-Brain Functional Connectivity. Scientific Reports 7(1), 7538, 2017

Fermin AS, Yoshida T, Yoshimoto J, Ito M, Tanaka SC, Doya K. Model-based action planning involves cortico-cerebellar and basal ganglia networks. Scientific Reports 6, 31378, 2016

Tanaka SC, Yamada K, Kitada R, Tanaka S, Sugawara SK, Ohtake F, Sadato N: Overstatement in happiness reporting with ordinal, bounded scale. Scientific Reports 6, 21321, 2016

Tanaka SC, Yamada K, Yoneda H, Ohtake F. Neural Mechanisms of Gain–Loss Asymmetry in Temporal Discounting. The Journal of Neuroscience 34(16), 5595-5602, 2014.

Demoto Y, Okada G, Okamoto Y, Kunisato Y, Aoyama S, Onoda K, Munakata A, Nomura M, Tanaka SC, Schweighofer N, Doya K, Yamawaki S. Neural and personality correlates of individual differences related to the effects of acute tryptophan depletion on future reward evaluation. Neuropsychobiology 65(2), 55-64, 2012

Onoda K, Okamoto Y, Kunisato Y, Aoyama S, Shishida K, Okada G, Tanaka SC, Schweighofer N, Yamaguchi S, Doya K, Yamawaki S. Inter-individual discount factor differences in reward prediction are topographically associated with caudate activation. Experimental brain research 212(4), 593-601, 2011

Tanaka SC, Shishida K, Schweighofer N, Okamoto Y, Yamawaki S, Doya K. Serotonin affects association of aversive outcomes to past actions. The Journal of Neuroscience 29(50), 15669 – 15674, 2009

Tanaka SC, Balleine BW, O’Doherty JP. Calculating Consequences: Brain Systems That Encode the Causal Effects of Actions. The Journal of Neuroscience 28(26), 6750 – 6755, 2008

Schweighofer N, Bertin M, Shishida K, Okamoto Y, Tanaka SC, Yamawaki S, Doya K, Low-serotonin levels increase delayed reward discounting in humans. The Journal of Neuroscience 28(17), 4528-32, 2008

Tanaka SC, Schweighofer N, Asahi S, Shishida K, Okamoto Y, Yamawaki　S, Doya K.. Serotonin Differentially Regulates Short- and Long-Term Prediction of Rewards in the Ventral and Dorsal Striatum. PLoS ONE 2(12), e1333, 2007

Tanaka SC, Samejima K., Okada G, Ueda K, Okamoto Y, Yamawaki S, and Doya K. Brain mechanism of reward prediction under predictable and unpredictable environmental dynamics. Neural Networks 9(8), 1233-1241, 2006

Schweighofer N, Shishida K, Han CE, Okamoto Y, Tanaka SC, Yamawaki S, Doya K. Humans can adopt optimal discounting strategy under real-time constraints. PLoS Computational Biology 2(11), e152, 2006

Tanaka SC, Doya K, Okada G, Ueda K, Okamoto Y, and Yamawaki S. Prediction of Immediate and Future Rewards Differentially Recruits Cortico-Basal Ganglia Loops. Nature Neuroscience 7(8), 887-893, 2004

Selected Talks (at international conferences and symposiums)

Tanaka SC. The status of MRI databases across the world focused on psychiatric and neurological disorders. 23rd IEEE/WIC International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology, December 2024

Tanaka SC. Multi-site, multi-disease MRI database and applied research. Symposium, NEURO2024, July 2024

Tanaka SC. Utilization of large-scale brain image database for digitalization of psychiatric and neurological disorders (Plenary Talk), IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence 2024 (WCCI2024), July 2024

Tanaka SC. Toward the integration of data-driven and computational-based approaches using the large-scale neuro-behavioral database, The 46th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, August 2023

Tanaka SC. Data collection and sharing in Brain/MINDS Beyond human brain MRI project. IBI Data Standards and Sharing WG Symposium, November 2022

Tanaka SC. Utilization of large-scale neuroimaging data in neuropsychiatric research. 43rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, July 2020

Tanaka SC, Sakai Y, Sakai Y. Computational model of repetitive behavior observed in psychiatric disorders. Decision Neuroscience meeting 2016, Sydney, Australia, December 2016

Tanaka SC, Neurocomputational model for reward prediction and decision making in psychiatric disorders. 30th World Congress of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP2016), Seoul, Korea, July 2016

Tanaka SC, Sakai Y, Sakai Y. Computational model of impulsive reaction to anxiety in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. 2nd Multi-disciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making (RLDM2015), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, June 2015

Tanaka SC, Takaoka M, Yoneda H, Enomoto K, Samejima K, Haruno M, Kimura M, and Ohtake F. Striatal event-related activity reflects intrinsic discount rate in a multi-step reward task. Neuro 2013, Kyoto, July 2013

Tanaka SC, Neurocomputational model for reward prediction and decision making. 11th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Kyoto, July 2013

Tanaka SC, Yoneda H and Ohtake F. The sign effect of delay discounting, Neuro 2010, Kobe, September 2010

Tanaka SC. Prospective and retrospective learning with delayed reward; Delay discounting and eligibility trace, The 32th Annual Meeting of Japan Neuroscience Society, Nagoya, September 2009

Tanaka SC, Balleine BW, O’Doherty JP (2008). Calculating Consequences: Brain Systems That Encode the Causal Effects of Actions. The 31st Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, Tokyo, July 2008

Tanaka SC, Shishida K, Schweighofer N, Okamoto Y, Yamawaki S, Doya K (2005). Serotonin affects temporal credit assignment in delayed stimulus-outcome association learning. Society for neuroscience 35th annual meeting, Washington D.C., November 2005

Tanaka SC, Schweighofer N, Asahi S, Okamoto Y, Yamawaki S, Doya K (2004). An fMRI study of the delay discounting of reward after tryptophan depletion and loading. 2: reward expectation. Society for neuroscience 34th annual meeting, San Diego, October 2004

Tanaka S, Doya K, Okada G, Ueda Y, Okamoto Y, Yamawaki S (2003). Prediction of Immediate and Future Rewards Differentially Recruits Cortico-Basal Ganglia Loops. Society for Neuroscience 33rd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, November 2003

Tanaka SC, Doya K, Okada G, Ueda Y, Okamoto Y, Yamawaki S. Functional MRI study of short-term and long-term prediction of reward. 8th International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain, Sendai, June 2002

Funding

Current research funding FY2021-FY2025, Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas A, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), “Human behavioral science for subjectification (“tojisha-ka”) by interaction-based & rule-/story-based understanding of the brain & the world.”, Principal Investigator

FY2021-FY2025, Innovative Science and Technology Initiative for Security Grant, Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency, “Elucidating brain mechanisms of metacognition and constructing daily training environment”, Co-Investigator

FY2022-FY2026, Moonshot R&D Program, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), “Integration of Asian humanities and brain informatics to enhance peace and compassion of the mind”, Principal Investigator

FY2023-FY2029, The Strategic International Brain Science Research Promotion Program (Brain/MINDS 2.0), Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED), “Integrative MRI data platform across the lifespan and disorders toward international brain science collaborations”, Co-Investigator

Funding received in the last five years FY2018-FY2023, The Strategic International Brain Science Research Promotion Program (Brain/MINDS Beyond), Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED), “Integrative MRI data platform across the lifespan and disorders toward international brain science collaborations”, Co-Investigator

FY2018-FY2020, Research and Development Grants for Comprehensive Research for Persons with Disabilities(Mental Disorder Area), AMED, “Development of fMRI neurofeedback methods for gambling disorders”, Co-Investigator

FY2017-FY2019, Research and Development Grants for Comprehensive Research for Persons with Disabilities(Mental Disorder Area), AMED, “Investigating the Effectiveness of Pharmacotherapy in Addiction Patients and Developing fMRI-Based Biomarkers”, Co-Investigator

FY2016-FY2021, Commissioned research on R&D of advanced communications and broadcasting, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, “Research and development of technology for enhancing functional recovery of elderly and disabled people based on non-invasive brain imaging and robotic assistive devices”, Co-Investigator

FY2016-FY2020, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, JSPS, “Science of personalized value development through adolescence: integration of brain, real-world, and life-course approaches of brain, real-world, and life-course approaches”, Principal Investigator

To join us

Our lab focuses on modeling the brain and behavior using computational, statistical, and machine learning approaches. We are looking for motivated students who are curious about how the mind works, enjoy working with data, and are excited about interdisciplinary research across neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence.

We welcome applications from students of diverse backgrounds including but not limited to:

Opportunities are available for:

What we offer:

If you are interested in joining us, please contact us at cbns-info @ ml.naist.ac.jp with a brief introduction and your academic background. We also welcome lab visits and online info sessions—feel free to reach out!

Contact

Please contant me from the Google form or cbns-info @ ml.naist.ac.jp.