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Project Prof. Nagai has been appointed an Associate Member of Science Council of Japan since October 2, 2023. She will join discussions on important matters of science. Associate Members of Science Council of Japan

A paper written by Dr. Daikoku (Projct Assist. Prof. until 2022) has been published in PLoS ONE. It reports similar modifications in speech produced by autistic individuals and speech produced by typically developed individuals directed to autistic individuals. Tatsuya Daikoku, Shinichiro Kumagaya, Satsuki Ayaya, and Yukie Nagai, “Non-autistic persons modulate their speech rhythm while talking to autistic individuals,” PLoS ONE, […]

Papers written by Dr. Jiarui Li and Mr. Ming Li have been accepted in the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning. They present the dynamics of autonomic nervous system and emotion in infant-caregiver interactions. Jiarui Li, Michiko Matsunaga, Masako Myowa, and Yukie Nagai, “Recurrence Plot Analysis of Mother-Child Autonomic Nervous System Predict Mother’s Stress,” in Proceedings of the […]

The following project, for which Dr. Nakata serves as the Principal Investigator, has been accepted for Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up. Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up “文化伝達とコミュニケーションが階層構造の創発に与える効果の検討” [KAKEN] Principal Investigator: Seiya Nakata Period: 2023.08-2025.03

A paper co-authored by Project Prof. Nagai has been published in PLoS ONE. It demonstrates that our ASD simulator, that reproduces visual hyper sensitivity in autism, can reduce stigma of ASD. Please find here the information of the press release. Masaki Tsujita, Miho Homma, Shin-ichiro Kumagaya, and Yukie Nagai, “Comprehensive intervention for reducing stigma of autism spectrum disorders: Incorporating the […]

We are going to organize the Workshop on Cognitive feelings: Towards multi-disciplinary approaches for realizing artificial systems with cognitive capacities at the 2023 Conference on Artificial Life, which will be held in Sapporo, Japan on July 24-28, 2023. This workshop aims to bring together multidisciplinary researchers from cognitive sciences, neuroscience, and robotics to share their expertise on cognitive feeling and […]

International Symposium on Predictive Brain and Cognitive Feelings will be held at the University of Tokyo on July 19-20, 2023. We are going to discuss cognitive feelings and their underlying neural mechanisms based on predictive processing. You are cordially invited to attend the symposium and present your work as poster presentations. Please check the following page for details. International Symposium […]

Project Prof. Nagai will give an invited talk at ICRA 2023 Workshop on Cognitive Modeling in Robot Learning for Adaptive Human-Robot Interactions, which will be held in London, UK on June 2, 2023. She is going to talk about social cognitive development based on predictive coding. You are cordially invited. Yukie Nagai, “Predictive Coding and Social Cognition in Robots,” ICRA […]

The WIE Luncheon: The Role of Culture in Building Diverse Robotics Teams will be organized at the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), which will be held in London, UK on May 29-June 2, 2023. Project Prof. Nagai is invited as a panelist there. Please join it for lively discussion. Yukie Nagai, “WIE Luncheon: The Role of […]

The Moonshot Project “Development of “Jizai Hon-yaku-ki (At-will Translator)” connecting various minds based on brain and body functions”, for which Project Prof. Nagai serves as a PI, has launched a homepage. We aim to develop technologies for managing our minds and facilitating communication with others while building a society that can better accept such technologies. Moonshot Project “Development of “Jizai […]