A5015631570- Multisensory perception and integration
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Color perception and design
- Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
- Conducting polymers and applications
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Crystallization and Solubility Studies
- Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
- X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Free Will and Agency
- Musicians’ Health and Performance
- Face Recognition and Perception
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
- Noise Effects and Management
- Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
- Sports Performance and Training
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Gene expression and cancer classification
- Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
Kumamoto University
2022-2025
Muroran Institute of Technology
2016-2025
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2020-2023
Kyoto University
2023
Tohoku University
2017-2022
Yamagata University
2013-2014
International Pacific University
2012
Laurel Bank Machines (Japan)
2011
Kansai University
2011
Isomerically pure syn-/anti-anthradithiophene derivatives have been developed in the past few years. Although anti-isomers showed higher field-effect mobilities than mixture of isomers reported, a detailed comparison syn-isomer and anti-isomer molecules has not carried out. In this study, we took newly synthesized unsubstituted syn-/anti-anthradithiophenes (ADTs) compared their single crystal structures, physical properties semiconducting behavior with previously studied...
It is well known that aging affects fundamental perceptual functions. Numerous studies have investigated age-related changes in visual motion perception and demonstrated impairs processing. However, limited explored auditory perception, whether influences based on interaural level differences remains unknown. This study examined the discrimination of direction differences. We conducted two experiments to estimate signal-to-noise ratio coherence thresholds required discriminate directions,...
In the field of genomic medical research, amount large-scale information continues to increase due advances in measurement technologies, such as high-performance sequencing and spatial omics, well progress made cohort studies involving more than one million individuals. Therefore, researchers require computational resources analyze this information. Here, we introduce a hybrid cloud system consisting an on-premise supercomputer, science cloud, public at Kyoto University Center for Genomic...
Objectives: To evaluate the listening difficulty in a cocktail party environment sound field order to better demonstrate patients’ difficulties noise, and examine temporal directional cue effects on speech intelligibility patients with noise comparison control subjects. Design: This study examined analyzed 16 subjects without any complaints of who had visited outpatient clinic Department Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, Tohoku University Hospital, difficulties, especially background crowded...
Body representation is shaped by integrating information from various sensory modalities. This study investigated the relationship between age-related changes in visuo-proprioceptive integration of body and interoceptive ability. Results showed that older adults demonstrated a greater proprioceptive drift than younger counterparts. Further, results revealed adults' tended to diminish as time elapsed; conversely, did not experience any reduction. No discrepancies were detected age groups on...
Solution-processable polymers based on strong acceptor benzobis(thiadiazole) (BBT) units were synthesized to form unipolar n-type organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) that electronically characterized. These exhibited a narrow band-gap and low LUMO level, resulting in distinct semiconducting properties within the OTFT devices. The BBT–thiazole polymer material showed better electron transport than BBT–thiophene polymers. use of electron-deficient was found be suitable for realization
Two newly developed narrow bandgap polymers containing benzobis(thiadiazole) (BBT) have been synthesized using the Stille coupling reaction. The showed absorption in near infrared region due to strong charge-transfer interactions donor-acceptor (D-A) units, suggesting a rigid planarized structure. Although both HOMO-LUMO levels of lie close work function gold electrodes, BBT-quaterthiophene polymer only p-type semiconducting behavior. In addition, dominant charge-carrier type is holes even...
Time-to-contact estimation is essential for individuals to avoid collision with externally moving objects. Although the auditory system plays an important role in detecting events from all directions around listeners including out of sight, it still unclear how contributes time-to-contact judgment. The present study investigated whether changed depending on direction approaching sound (0°, 45°, 90°, 135°, or 180°). results demonstrated that judgments were underestimated compared actual...
Human listeners can readily extract sounds of interest from distracting by directing their auditory spatial attention. Although the extent to which attention influences listening performance and its distribution in daily situations is important, characteristics this ability remain unclear. To investigate attention, we measured word intelligibility (4-mora words) detection threshold a target sound (1/12 octave-band noise burst) presence distractor (speech sounds/noises with same bandwidth but...
Auditory selective attention plays a key role in the cocktail party effect. There are many factors that influence this Despite its importance, it is still unclear as to how auditory spatial distinguishes target sound from others. In study, we investigate information affects word intelligibility complex acoustic scenes. To simulate such scenes, presented among spatially distributed non-targeted ones. By introducing beforehand, listener's attracted specific loudspeaker which speech sounds...
When human listeners direct the auditory selective attention to a specific direction, listener can easily extract target sound from this even under noisy environment (commonly known as cocktail-party effect). Although spatial be directed any directions around including rear side, it is still unclear how much in side influences phenomenon. In present study, we investigated effect of directing location behind multi-talker and compared between result previous front listener. For purpose, word...
If voluntary action is followed by an effect with a short time delay, the interval between and often perceived to be shorter than it actually is. This perceptual compression termed intentional binding or temporal binding. We investigated age-related changes in adulthood considering its dependence on body parts (i.e., hand vs. foot). experiment included 17 young adults (mean age: 21.71 ± 3.14 years) 27 older 74.41 3.38 years). Participants performed button press task using their index fingers...
Recent studies have demonstrated that a new association between auditory sequence and visual motion can be rapidly formed even in adults (sound-contingent perception: SCVM). The present study investigated the neural mechanisms underlying SCVM using event-related potential (ERP). During 9-min exposure phase, two circles placed side-by-side were alternately repeatedly presented to produce horizontal apparent motion. onsets of synchronized with high- low-frequency tones. ERPs measured before...