Members
Publicly Offered Research Group - Second Period
Research Plan Overview
A01: Experimental Psychology and Mathematics of Qualia Structures
 | Principal Investigator： Isamu Motoyoshi The University of Tokyo, Professor Dissociation and Correspondence between Qualia Structure and Unconscious Feature Space: An Approach via EEG Decoding Web |
 | Principal Investigator： Takumi Yokosaka NTT, Inc., Communications Science Laboratories, Distinguished Researcher Understanding Others' Subjective Worlds: Cognitive Processes for Inferring the Structure of Experience |
 | Principal Investigator： Shunichi Kasahara Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Research Director Quantification of Self-Anchored Qualia Structure in Face Perception |
 | Principal Investigator： Francesco Ellia ATR Advanced Telecommunication Research Institute International, Research Scientist Quantifying Individual Qualia Structure Similarity to Formally Map Phenomenal Space Web BlueSky: @ellia.bsky.social |
 | Principal Investigator： Tatsuya Daikoku The University of Tokyo, Associate Professor Understanding the Embodied Cognitive Mechanisms of Being Emotionally Moved (“Kando”) in Auditory Perception Web Mail: daikoku.tatsuya【at】mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp * Please replace [at] with @. |
 | Principal Investigator： Tomomi Fujimoto Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Health and Sports, Lecturer Structural Mapping of Thermal Qualia and Mechanisms of Remapping through Modulation of Internal Physiological States and TRP Channels Mail: fujimoto【at】nuhw.ac.jp * Please replace [at] with @. Twitter (X): @IphpL |
 | Principal Investigator： Keisuke Suzuki Hokkaido University, Center for Human Nature, Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience (CHAIN), Associate Professor The Qualia of Inner Speech: Mapping Structures, Verifying Functions, and AI-Driven Interventions Web Mail: ksk【at】chain.hokudai.ac.jp * Please replace [at] with @. Twitter (X): @ksk_s |
A03: Development of Qualia Structures
 | Principal Investigator： Nana Nishio The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Project Assistant Professor Analysis of Emotional and Bodily Aspects of Cross-Modal Correspondence in Rodents |
 | Principal Investigator： SO KANAZAWA Japan Women's University, Department of Psychology, Professor Developmental study on qualia structure of motion information Mail: kanazawas【at】fc.jwu.ac.jp * Please replace [at] with @. |
B01: Measurement and Manipulation of Brain Activity Corresponding to Qualia Structures
 | Principal Investigator： Kosuke Itoh Niigata University, Associate Professor Qualia and neural bases of musical scales Web |
 | Principal Investigator： Shogo Kajimura Kyoto Institute of Technology, Associate Professor Neural Basis of the Structural Organization of Emotional Qualia and Identity Specificity: A Comparative Study of Dissociative Identity Disorder and Professional Acting Mail: kajimura【at】kit.ac.jp * Please replace [at] with @. |
 | Principal Investigator： Hironobu Osaki Doshisha University, Graduate School of Brain Science, Associate Professor Investigating and manipulating the embodied qualia structure that emerges from the sensorimotor integration Web |
 | Principal Investigator： Tomoya Nakai Araya Inc., Chief Researcher Elucidating Individual Differences and Commonalities in the Neural Representational Structure of Numerical Information Web Mail: nakai.tomoya【at】neuro.mimoza.jp * Please replace [at] with @. Twitter (X): @TomNakai |
 | Principal Investigator： Chihiro Hiramatsu Kyushu University, Associate Professor Neural and cultural bases of rich color experience: an integrative approach through dreaming, color vision, and language Mail: chihiro【at】design.kyushu-u.ac.jp * Please replace [at] with @. |
 | Principal Investigator： Toru Takumi Kobe University, Graduate School of Medicine, Professor Measurement and Manipulation of Brain Activity Underlying the Structure of Social Cognitive Qualia Web Mail: takumit【at】med.kobe-u.ac.jp * Please replace [at] with @. Twitter (X): @ToruTakumi |
 | Principal Investigator： Hiroaki Mizuhara Nara Women's University, Professor Qualia Modulation of Self–Other Distinction Through Brain Manipulation Web |
 | Principal Investigator： Hyeonjeong Jeong Tohoku University, Professor Overcoming feelings beyond words: How language shares dynamic states of subjective feelings Web |
C01: Correspondence between Information Structures and Qualia Structures
 | Principal Investigator： Keisuke Sehara The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Project Assistant Professor Characterizing neural correlates of perceived rule understanding and the sense of efficacy of mice from the neural manifold perspectiveWeb: Mail: seharak【at】m.u-tokyo.ac.jp * Please replace [at] with @. |
 | Principal Investigator： Carlos Oyama Henrique Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Cognitive Neurorobotics Research Unit, Postdoctoral Scholar Meta-Cognitive Mechanism for Autonomous Switching Between Focus and Mind-Wandering Based on the Free Energy Principle with Humanoid Robots Mail: henrique.oyama【at】oist.jp * Please replace [at] with @. Google Scholar |
 | Principal Investigator： Eiko Matsuda Keio University, Senior Assistant Professor Synesthetic Idiosyncrasy: Phenomenological Investigation and a Constructive Examination of Shareability Web Mail: eiko【at】sd.keio.ac.jp * Please replace [at] with @. |
C02: Symbol Emergence Systems for Qualia Structures
 | Principal Investigator： Daichi G. Suzuki University of Tsukuba, Assistant Professor Construction of Primitive Qualia: Bridging Artificial Life and Artificial Consciousness through a Biosemiotic Approach Web |
 | Principal Investigator： Takashi Ikegami The University of Tokyo, Professor A Constructive Approach to the Generation of Qualia Using the Humanoid Android ALTER3 Web |
 | Principal Investigator： Hiroyuki Iizuka Hokkaido University, Center for Human Nature, Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience (CHAIN), Associate Professor A Constructive Approach to a Superposition Mechanism for Qualia-Structure Alignment Web |
 | Principal Investigator： Kazuo Okanoya Teikyo University, ACRO, Professor Social Niche Construction Reshapes Others’ Qualia: Insights from Avian Social Bonds Twitter (X): @Kazuo Okanoya |
 | Principal Investigator： Masayo Inoue Kyushu Institute of Technology, Associate Professor Mathematical modeling of the process for embedding chronotype-derived learning histories into color qualia structures Web |
D01: Unconsciousness, self, levels of consciousness and qualia structures
 | Principal Investigator： Muneki Ikeda University of California San Francisco, Postdoctoral Scholar／The University of Tokyo, JSPS Research Fellow (CPD) Web Mail: muneki.ikeda【at】ucsf.edu * Please replace [at] with @. Twitter (X): @imuneki |
 | Principal Investigator： Tetsuto Minami Toyohashi University of Technology, Professor Multilevel Analysis of Qualia Structures in Unconscious Processing Web |