Curriculum Vitae
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
| 2Apr., 2013 - Present | Assistant Professor, Department of Language Sciences, Graduate School of Humanities, Tokyo Metropolitan University |
| Jan., 2009 - Mar., 2013 | Researcher, Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan |
| Feb., 2009 - Mar., 2013 | Researcher, Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University, Japan |
| Jan., 2009 - Mar., 2012 | Visiting Scientist, Laboratory for Biolinguistics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan |
| Nov., 2008 - Dec., 2008 | Special Postdoctoral researcher, Laboratory for Biolinguistics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan |
| Apr., 2008 - Sep., 2008 | Postdoctoral fellow, Advanced Research Laboratory, the Hitachi, Ltd., Japan |
EDUCATION
| 2004 - 2008: | Ph.D., Medical Philosophy, Kitasato University, Japan Dissertation: High cognitive function of an ALS patient in the totally locked-in state (collaborated with Hitachi, Ltd., Advanced Research Laboratory, Japan) |
| 2002 - 2004: | M.M.S, Medical Philosophy, Kitasato University, Japan Dissertation: Effect of fMRI Acoustic Noise on Sensorimotor Activation Examined Using Optical Topography (collaborated with Hitachi, Ltd., Advanced Research Laboratory, Japan) |
| 1997 - 2001: | B.Sc., Molecular Embryology, Kitasato University, Japan |
KEYWORDS
Language Acquisition
Developmental Changes
Individual Differences
Infancy
Neurovascular Coupling
Somatosensory Stimulation
Resting-State Functional Connectivity
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SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
- Functional Near-infrared spectroscopy: Optical topography (OT) data acquisition using ETG-100, -4000, -7000 (Hitachi Medical Corporation, Tokyo, Japan), and FOIRE-3000 (Shimadzu Co., Kyoto, Japan)
- Electroencephalogram (EEG): GSN300 (Electrical Geodesics, Inc. Eugene, Oregon) and BrainAmp EEG amplifier (Brainproducts, Munich, Germany)
- OT data and EEG data analysis using Matlab and SPSS
- Japanese (native), good written and spoken English
MEMBERSHIPS OF ACADEMIC SOCIETIES
- The Japan Neuroscience Society
- Society for Neuroscience
- Japan Pediatric Society
- Japan Society for Neonatal Health and Development
- The Japanese Society of Baby Science