Imamizu Laboratory for Learning Mechanisms

Aug 15 2025	Our article Key role of the default mode network in transfer of motor learning from previous experience co-authored with Prof. Toshiyuki Kondo (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology) has been published in PLoS Biology
Aug 08 2025	Our article Topographical polarity reveals continuous EEG microstate transitions and electric field direction in healthy aging co-authored with Drs. Shiho Kashihara and Tomohisa Asai (ATR) has been published in Cerebral Cortex
Jun 22 2025	Our article Enhancement of the left frontoparietal network through real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging functional connectivity–informed neurofeedback and its impact on working memory in schizophrenia: A pilot study co-authored with Dr. Yuko Kobayashi (Kyoto U), Prof. Hidehiko Takahashi (Science Tokyo), and Dr. Tomohisa Asai (ATR) has been published in Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
Apr 29 2025	Our paper Sense of agency for a new motor skill emerges via the formation of a structural internal model by Dr. Takumi Tanaka has been published in Communications Psychology >>>> How is it we feel a sense of agency over our movements? (EurekAlert!)
Apr 17 2025	Our paper Human Sensorimotor Cortex Reactivates Recent Visuomotor Experience during Awake Rest co-authored with Prof. Kenji Ogawa et al. has been published in eNeuro.
Oct 21 2024	Our paper Time-dependent neural arbitration between cue associative and episodic fear memories co-authored with Dr. Ryu Ohata (U Tokyo), Dr. Ai Koizumi (SONY CRL), Dr. Aurelio Cortese (ATR) has been publishd in Nature Communications. >>>> Study reveals how fear memories transform over time, offering new insights into PTSD (EurekAlert!)
May 20 2024	Our paper The sensitivity and criterion of sense of agency co-authored with Prof. We Wen (Rikkyo U) has been published in Trends in Cognitive Science.
Jul 05 2022	Our paper I Hear My Voice; Therefore I Spoke: The Sense of Agency Over Speech Is Enhanced by Hearing One’s Own Voice co-authored with Dr. Ryu 0hata (UTokyo), Dr. Tomohisa Asai (ATR), Prof. Syu Imaizumi (Ocyanomizu U) has been published in Psychological Science． >>>> Link between recognizing our voice and feeling in contro (EurekAlert!)
Jul 05 2022	Our paper I Hear My Voice; Therefore I Spoke: The Sense of Agency Over Speech Is Enhanced by Hearing One’s Own Voice co-authored with Ryu 0hata (UTokyo), Tomohisa Asai (ATR), Syu Imaizumi (Ocyanomizu U) has been published in Psychological Science． >>>> Link between recognizing our voice and feeling in contro (EurekAlert!)
Feb 25 2022	Our paper "Real-Time Detection and Feedback of Canonical Electroencephalogram Microstates: Validating a Neurofeedback System as a Function of Delay" co-authored with Dr. Tomohisa Asai, Dr. Shiho Kashihara (ATR), and Mr. Takamasa Hamamoto (Osaka University) has been published in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience.
Feb 25 2022	Our paper "Real-Time Detection and Feedback of Canonical Electroencephalogram Microstates: Validating a Neurofeedback System as a Function of Delay" co-authored with Dr. Tomohisa Asai, Dr. Shiho Kashihara (ATR), and Mr. Takamasa Hamamoto (Osaka University) has been published in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience.
Feb 24 2022	Our paper "The sense of agency in perception, behaviour and human–machine interactions" co-authored with Dr. Wen Wen (RACE, the University of Tokyo) has been pubiled in Nature Reviews Psychology. >>>> Full-text under Springer Nature SharedIt Initiative
Feb 18 2022	Our paper "Neuroimaging Examination of Driving Mode Switching Corresponding to Changes in the Driving Environment" co-authored with Dr. Ryu Ohata and Prof. Kenji Ogawa (Hokkaido University) has been published Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
Oct 29 2021	Our paper "Individual Differences in the Change of Attentional Functions With Brief One-Time Focused Attention and Open Monitoring Meditations" co-authored with Mr. Masaru Tanala, Dr. Ryoichi Nakashima (Kyoto University), and Dr. Kentaro Hiromitsu has been publihed in Frontiers in Psychology．
Oct 21 2021	Our paper "Bayesian Estimation of Potential Performance Improvement Elicited by Robot-Guided Training" co-authored with Dr. Aska Takai, Dr. Jun Morimoto, and others has been publided in Frontiers in Neuroscience.
Oct 15 2021	Our paper "Perception and control: individual difference in the sense of agency is associated with learnability in sensorimotor adaptation" co-authored with Dr. Wen Wen (RACE, the University of Tokyo), Mr. Hikaru Ishii, and Dr. Ryu Ohata has been published in Scientific Reports．
Aug 30 2021	Our paper "A multi-site, multi-disorder resting-state magnetic resonance image database" co-authored with Dr. Saori Tanaka, Dr. Ayumu Yamashita, Dr. Mitsuo Kawato (ATR), Prof. Kiyoto Kasai (Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo), and others has been published in Scientific Data． >>>> News Release at EurekAlert <<<<
Jun 10 2021	Our paper "Common Brain Networks Between Major Depressive-Disorder Diagnosis and Symptoms of Depression That Are Validated for Independent Cohorts" co-authored wiht Dr. Ayumu Yamashita, Dr. Okito Yamashita, Dr. Mitsuo Kawaro (ATR), Prof. Yasumasa Okamoto (Hiroshima Univversity), and others has been published in Frontiers in Psychiatry．
April 01 2021	Mr. Yuki Kikuchi and Mr. Akira Kitasaka joined us as graduate students
April 01 2021	Dr. Takumi Tanaka joined us as a project researcher．
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