A paper by Saito, Sato, & Yoshikawa was published in Royal Society Open Science. Their research demonstrated that older adults detect happy facial expressions less rapidly. Saito, A., Sato,…
Every New Year’s Day, the Kyoto Shimbun runs a feature story entitled, “What the Japanese Are Leaving Behind.” Prof. Yukiko Uchida’s article “How the Mind Should be in an Open Society” appeared in the…
For two days (December 26 and 27, 2019), Associate Professor Nobuhito Abe lead the KRC Cognition, Behavior, & Brain Intensive Lecture 2019, “Neural Networks Associated with Multisens…
Kyoto University’s KRC 2019 Research Report Meeting was held at the Inamori Center on December 15th, 2019. This year’s meeting included research reports by 3 presenters and 32 poster presentations wit…
Kyoto University’s KRC Uehiro Research Division’s 2019 Research Report Meeting was held at the Inamori Center on December 15th, 2019. This year’s meeting included research reports and discussions cent…
An article by Professor Yoshinori Hiroi, entitled ‘A Depopulating Society is “Hope”’, appeared in the Opinion section KORON of the Yomiuri Shimbun (Morning edition, December 14, 2019). He sees the tra…
Research conducted by Lecturer Yoshiyuki Ueda, Chifumi Sakata (head presenter; Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University) and Yusuke Moriguchi (Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University) rec…
A research paper written by Professor Sakiko Yoshikawa and Lecturer Yoshiyuki Ueda, together with Associate Professor Rob Jenkins and Jet Sanders (currently, Assistant Professor, the London School of …
Professor Yoshinori Hiroi presented a report at the UCL-Japan Grand Challenge Symposium at the University of London on November 5th, 2019. This symposium was a part of the “JANET FORUM 2019: Demograph…
The paper “Cultural variation in the gray matter volume of the prefrontal cortex is moderated by the dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4)”, written by Associate Professor Nobuhito Abe and Specially Appoin…
Kokoro Lecture on Thoughts, given by Prof. Keishi Saeki, was held in the third-floor conference hall of Kyoto University’s Inamori Center on July 10th, 2019. During the first half of the event, Prof. …
Kokoro Seminar Series on Thoughts in the first semester of academic year 2019, organized and led by Prof. Keishi Saeki, was held in the third-floor conference room of Kyoto University’s Inamori Founda…
This international symposium will feature the final lecture by Professor Sakiko Yoshikawa, who served as the first director of Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University. The symposium will also include…
An article based on an interview with Prof. Yukiko Uchida regarding her research on happiness was published in the “Kouron” column of the Asahi Shimbun’s morning edition on October 3, 2019. https://…
An interview with Prof. Yukiko Uchida about the state of happiness in occupational settings has been posted on the Recruit Works Institute’s website. https://www.works-i.com/project/ikiiki/organizatio…
Professor Yukiko Uchida, who is at Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) this semester, gave a lecture on September 30 as part of a series of social psyc…
The Special Lecture Series on “Concepts of Kokoro” is an educational project that was started at the KRC in 2013. It is held every year over several days, with the objective of “establishing a learni…
Students from Shiga Prefectural Zeze High School visited the KRC to hear a lecture by Associate Professor Wataru Sato on September 13, 2019. Zeze High School is developing a “super-science high school…
The Kokoro Research Center held a Cognitive Science Seminar at the Inamori Center on August 30, 2019. The seminar was organized and moderated by Associate Professor Nobuhito Abe. Kenji Ogawa (Associat…
An article based on an interview with Prof. Toshio Kawai entitled “A Snake Makes a Millionaire!? ‘Your Dream’ Analysis Notes” was published in the business magazine PRESIDENT (September 13, 2019 issue…
The Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS) is the largest academic society in Japan that promotes basic, clinical and applied research on the brain and the nervous system. Last autumn, a public competition …
A paper by Associate Professor Wataru Sato and his colleagues was published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Their research revealed atypical neural connectivity during dynamic facial expression pr…
The 2019 Experimental fMRI Seminar was held at Kokoro Research Center’s MRI Laboratory on August 19 and 20, 2019. These seminars have been held annually since 2013 to provide Kyoto University student…
The Kokoro Research Center held a Cognitive Science Seminar at the Inamori Center on August 8, 2019. The seminar was organized and moderated by Associate Professor Nobuhito Abe. Hiroyuki Muto (…
Students from Meizen Prefectural High School (Kurume City, Fukuoka) visited the KRC on August 2nd, 2019. They attended lectures by Professor Hiroshi Yoshioka and Professor Nobuhito Abe and toured KRC’…
Vol. 21 of the magazine Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University has been published. It focuses on “The Artistic Mind.” A PDF version is available via link the below. (Japanese only)
Prof. Yoshinori Hiroi presented a report, entitled “Exploring the Potential Use of AI in Public Policy,” at the 2nd Open Research Meeting of the Engineering Academy of Japan’s (EAJ) “Science for Polic…
An essay by Professor Yoshinori Hiroi entitled “Economics and Ethics” was published in the “Words of Our Time” column in the evening edition of the Kyoto Shimbun newspaper (July 31st, 2019 edition). I…
On July 20th, 2019, Professor Wataru Sato gave an invited lecture at the 6th World Congress on Positive Psychology in Melbourne.
On July 11th, 2019, Professor Wataru Sato gave a symposium lecture at the International Association of Psychological Sentiment (ISRE 2019) in Amsterdam.
From September 2019 to May 2020, Professor Yukiko Uchida will be serving as a Fellow at Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences（CASBS）for 2019 – 2020 and is currentl…
Vinai Norasakkunkit, an Associate Professor at Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA, USA), was a visiting in-residence scholar at Kyoto University’s International Research Unit of Advanced Future Studies, …
On July 7th (Sun), 2019, Senior Lecturer Hatanaka gave a lecture entitled “The Job of Nursing and the Psyche: Aspects of Light and Shadow” at the Citizen Plaza Fukuchiyama. This lecture was given as a…
A video of the third Kyoto Kokoro Initiative Symposium has been released. The symposium, entitled “Kokoro and Ways of Life: What is the Self?” was held at the Kyoto University International Science In…
The fourth Kyoto Kokoro Initiative Workshop was held at the Inamori Center on June 12th, 2019. The theme for this year’s Kyoto Kokoro Initiative, which will take place on the 14th of October, is “Koko…
On May 31st, 2019, Senior Lecturer Chihiro Hatanaka gave a lecture at the 2019 Promotion & Support Seminar for Dietary Education in Osaka City. The seminar was jointly held by Osaka School Lunch A…
In this presentation, Dr. Hatanaka used psychological tests to examine the current situation, in which the younger generation has become less aggressive and assertive. In addition, the relation betwee…
In recent years, demand has grown for psychological counseling provided via social networking services (SNS). Consultation services using LINE was first introduced on a trial basis by some local gover…
An essay entitled “The World Ahead of AI” by Professor Yoshinori Hiroi was published in the column “Words of Our Time” in the evening edition of the Kyoto Shimbun newspaper (May 29th, 2019 edition). …
On June 4th, 2019, in Paris, Professor Yoshinori Hiroi reported acted as a panelist at the international conference for the 10th anniversary of the Fondation France-Japon de l’EHESS (L’École des haute…
An editorial by Professor Yoshinori Hiroi was published in several local newspapers in Japan, including the Kobe Shimbun. The title is “The Post-AI Era: From ‘Information’ to ‘life.’” Based on r…
The third Kyoto Kokoro Initiative Workshop was held at the Inamori Center on May 14th, 2019. The theme for this year’s Kyoto Kokoro Initiative, which will take place on the 14th of October, is “Kokoro…
The second Kyoto Kokoro Initiative Workshop was held at the Inamori Center on April 3rd, 2019. The theme for this year’s Kokoro Initiative, which will take place on the 14th of October, is “Kokoro and…
Associate Professor Nobuhito Abe gave a lecture entitled, “Brain mechanisms for honesty and dishonesty” on May 11th (Sat), 2019 at the Kyoto University Museum. The museum holds a series of…
On May 12th, 2019, the KRC Director Toshio Kawai gave a lecture at the Benesse Community Seminar. The lecture was entitled, “An ‘Introduction to the Study of Kokoro for Elderly People’: Living well in…
In the seminar, developmental theory in psychoanalysis and analytical psychology was reviewed and three developmental stages for proposed for analytical psychology, which is seen as theoretically weak…
A lecture discussing “Humanitude”, a multisensory communication care-giving method and its perspectives on humanity, which was organized and moderated by Prof. Sakiko Yoshikawa, was held on March 23rd…
Prof. Toshio Kawai gave a lecture entitled, “The Meaning of Myoe’s Dreams in Modern Times” at the special exhibit “Myoe’s Dreams and Kosanji Temple” at the Nakanoshima Kosetsu Museum of Art on April 1…
Dr. Yamanashi-Leib (University of California, Berkeley) conducted international collaborative research project with Dr. Yoshiyuki Ueda (Senior Lecturer) as one of the KRC’s 2019 Open Application Proje…
Kokoro Research Center’s Cognitive Science Seminar, which was organized and moderated by Associate Professor Nobuhito Abe, was held at the Inamori Center on April 2nd, 2019. Stephane De Brito (Senior …
The first Kyoto Kokoro Initiative Workshop was held at the Inamori Center on March 13, 2019. The theme of this year’s symposium, which will take place on the 14th of October, is “Kokoro and the Artifi…
Kokoro Research Center’s Cognitive Science Seminar, which was organized and moderated by Associate Professor Nobuhito Abe, was held at the Inamori Center on March 26, 2019. Associate Professor Phillip…
A fMRI Analysis Seminar “Functional/Effective Connectivity Analysis 2018” was held at the Inamori Center on March 18 and 19, 2019. The lecturer was Takanori Kochiyama (ATR-Promotions, Brain Activity I…
Ryuhei Ueda (Ph.D. candidate) presented a poster by Associate Professor Nobuhito Abe et al. at the 21st Congress of Japan Human Brain Mapping Society’s Early Career Researcher Award. The Congress of J…
The solar-powered light-up ceremony was held at Iwashiizu Hachimangu Shrine (Hachiman City, Kyoto) on March 14th, 2019. (Please click here to read about the ceremony) It was featured in the March 15th…
Prof. Yoshinori Hiroi gave the opening greeting at the solar-powered light-up ceremony at Iwashiizu Hachimangu Shrine on March 14th, 2019. This is part of his project, “The Grove of Village Shrines: A…
We are pleased to announce a notice of personnel change effective April 1, 2019. Professor Yukiko Uchida Senior Lecturer Kuniaki Yanagisawa Associate Professor Nobuhito Abe Program Specific Professor …
A seminar entitled, “The Artistic Expression of Visual Impaired People” was held on February 22nd, 2019 at the Inamori Center. The seminar was organized and moderated by Prof. Hiroshi Yoshioka. Mr. Ta…
Prof. Hiroshi Yoshioka gave a lecture on “The Philosophy of Design” at Tama Art University on January 16th, 2019. He discussed the worldviews behind “designed” works, which tend to be thought of as ex…
The 2018 Science of Kokoro Intensive Lectures: The Mystery of Kokoro – Health of Brain, Body and Mind and Dynamics of Society and Culture was held from 2/27/19 to 3/1/19 at the Inamori Center, which w…
Senior Lecturer Aya Seike gave a lecture and presentation entitled, “‘Better safe than sorry’ regarding dementia: -Preventing of and treating dementia-” at a symposium at the Amagasaki’s General Cultu…
Dr. Hisae Konakawa gave a presentation at Dr. Giegerich’s Dream Analysis Seminar, which was held on February 19 and 20, 2019. Prof. Toshio Kawai acted as a commentator. The seminar was held by the Jun…
Prof. Yoshinori Hiroi appeared on the NHK show, “Point of Discussion, Point of View” (ETV 2/6/19 13:50-14:00, Rerun on NHK 2/7/19 4:20-4:30). According to his discussion, “The future of Japanese socie…
Kyoto University’s KRC Uehiro Research Division’s 2018 Research Report Meeting: “How to Live Well in a Super-Aging Society” was held at the Imanori Center on January 13th, 2019. The Uehiro Resea…
Michael Boiger (Postdoc) and Anna Schouten (Postdoc) from KU Leuven conducted international collaborative research with Yukiko Uchida (Assoc. Professor) as one of the KRC’s 2019 collaborative research…
On December 15th, 2018, Prof. Erkki Huhtamo gave a lecture entitled, “Media, Motion and Transportation: An Archeological Research”, which was interpreted and moderated by Prof. Hiroshi Yoshioka at the…
An AI-based simulation by Prof. Yoshinori Hiroi was featured on the front page of the 2019 New Year’s Day edition of the Asahi Shimbun Newspaper. The article was entitled, “A proposed scenario for AI …
An Editorial by Prof. Yoshinori Hiroi, “Public Policies: The Future that AI Unlocks” was published in the 12/28/18 edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun Newspaper. He discusses the use of AI in planning futu…
Prof. Toshio Kawai gave a special lecture at the 36th JAAP conference at Osaka University on December 1st and 2nd, 2018. The theme of the conference was “Developmental disabilities and psychotherapy…
The “2018 Special Lecture Series on Kokoro: Learning about “Humanitude”, a Caregiving Method Developed in France” was held on December 1, 2018 at Inamori Center. The event was organized and moderated …
Prof. Toshio Kawai gave a lecture entitled “The Interdisciplinary Approach to the Question: What is Psyche?” at the pre-congress, “Analytical Psychology Meets Academic Research” at the 4th IV Eu…
Prof. Toshio Kawai gave a lecture at the Joint IAAP /Vilnius University/ LAAP Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania. This conference is the first of International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAA…
Hiroshi Yoshioka’s (Professor, KRC) art exhibit, “Pharmakon II – Art×Poison×Body in Dissonant Harmony” was held at Sonen-an in Tanaka, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto from 11/10 to 11/25, 2018. As part of the project…
The talk, “Flamenco and the Avant-garde: Their Past and Present” was held in November 18, 2018 at the Inamori Center. Hiroshi Yoshioka (Professor, KRC) moderated the event. The lecturer, Miguel Alvare…
The 2018 special lecture series on kokoro for specialists in medicine and education was held at Kyoto University’s Inamori Center on October 6, October 20, and November 10, 2018. The lecture series w…
The Japan Society for Global System and Ethics’ 14th Annual Academic Conference was held on November 26, 2018 at Kyoto University’s Kokoro Research Center. The Japan Society for Global System and Ethi…
Assoc.Prof. Seiji Kumagai (Uehiro Research Division) gave an invited lecture entitled “Tibetan Buddhism: History and Influence in Neighboring Himalayan Regions” at Univerzita Karlova (University of Pr…
The Third Kyoto Kokoro Initiative Symposium, “Kokoro and Ways of Life: What is the Self?” was held at the Kyoto University International Science Innovation Building on November 18, 2018. The Kyoto Ko…
Prof. Hiroshi Yoshioka wrote the introductory essay, “On Takizawa’s Drawings” for Osayuki Takizawa’s solo exhibition, “This Ray, Black”, which is being held at art space co-jin. Takizawa’s field…
The 100th Kyoto University Marunouchi Seminar Special Lecture “A Future of the Humanities and Social Science” was held on November 1, 2018. The Kyoto University Marunouchi Seminar has been held monthl…
Prof. Toshio Kawai received the Japan Association of Sandplay Therapy Prize at Niigata Seiryo University on October 20th and 21st, 2018. The Japan Association of Sandplay Therapy Prize is an award tha…
Dr. Hisae Konakawa, a research fellow at the Kokoro Center, gave a presentation with Prof. Toshio Kawai and Dr. Chihiro Hatanaka at the 32nd conference of the Japan Association of Sandplay Therapy at …
Dr. Chihiro Hatanaka and Prof. Toshio Kawai gave presentations at the 32nd conference of the Japan Association of Sandplay Therapy at Niigata Seiryo University on October 20th and 21st, 2018. In their…
Prof. Yoshinori Hiroi gave a keynote lecture at the 6th Japan-France Local Government Exchange Conference in Kumamoto on October 10th, 2018. The Japan-France Local Government Exchange Conference is he…
Prof. Sakiko Yoshikawa received Kyoto Prefecture’s Akebono Prize. The Kyoto Prefecture’s Akebono Prize is awarded to women and groups of women whose pioneering work in various fields is re…
An article by Prof. HiroshiYoshioka was published in the program booklet for Kyoto Experiment 2018: Kyoto Int’l Performing Arts Festival. Kyoto Experiment 2018 – Kyoto International Perfor…
Dr. Wataru Sato gave a lecture at The São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Social and Affective Neuroscience from August 20th, 2018 to August 30th, 2018. This conference presented an opportunity fo…
Prof. Yoshinori Hiroi gave the keynote lecture at the 14th International Conference on Social Security, which was held in Dalian, China on September 15th and 16th. This conference was jointly hosted b…
This edition of The Future of Kokoro celebrates “the 10th anniversary of Kyoto University’s Kokoro Research Center”. You can download a PDF via the link below. Greetings from the new…
Dr. Chihiro Hatanaka gave a lecture at a seminar in Osaka for school nutrition staff working in the Kinki region on September 1, 2018. School nutrition workers frequently face children’s food is…
Prof. Toshio Kawai appeared on NHK TV’s Hyappun De Meicho(“100 minutes on a famous book”):Hayao Kawai Special. In conjunction with the program, three were published on the NHK websit…
An essay by Prof. Toshio Kawai entitled, “Hayao Kawai: Gone with the Mountain Bonfire (Okuribi)” was published in the 8/17/18 morning edition of the Kyoto Shimbun Newspaper as part of the …
KRC has started 2018 open collaborative overseas research projects with Christina Brown (Assoc. Prof., Arcadia University) and Andrew Ryder (Assoc. Prof., Concordia University). The title of Prof. Bro…
The film “The Next Guardian”, which Dr. Seiji Kumagai (Uehiro Ethics Research Division) assisted with subtitles, was featured in the 8/23/2018 edition of Kyoto Shimbun Newspaper and other …
Prof. Hiroshi Yoshioka will have a dialogue with Manuela Infante during an opening event for CHI-SEI at Kyoto International Performing Arts Center on Friday, September 14th, 2018. English and Japanese…
An essay by Prof. Yoshinori Hiroi was published in the 8/14/18 edition of the Kyoto Shimbun Newspaper as part of its “Contemporary Words” series. The title, “A Contemporary Version o…
Dr. Chihiro Hatanaka gave a presentation at a joint conference of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP) and the International Association for Jungian Studies (IAJS), which was…
Prof. Toshio Kawai gave a lecture at a plenary session of a joint conference held by the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP) and the International Association for Jungian Studie…
Dr. Chihiro Hatanaka gave lectures in Saga City on March 26th, and 27th, 2018. Saga City Hall Saga City has begun their “total life support” work for people with developmental disabilities…
The Documentary Film “The Next Guardian”, has been released. Prof. Seiji Kumagai assisted with subtitles for the film. (Sponsored by Kyoto University Bhutan Friendship Program) Tokyo: Satu…
Dr. Masataka Nakayama took on the appointment of Program-Specific Assistant Professor at Kokoro Research Center on August 1, 2018. His area of expertise is psychology. For more information, click the …
Prof. Sakiko Yoshikawa, Dr. Chihiro Hatanaka and Prof. Yasushi Sugihara (Director, Kyoto University General Student Support Center) gave a lecture at the Open University of Japan at the Kyoto Learning…
Prof. Yoshinori Hiroi, Prof. Tesshu Shaku (chief priest of Jodo Shinshu Honganji-ha Nyorai-ji, Soai University), and Mr. Katsumi Hirakawa (writer) held a public talk entitled, “Directions for a …
An interview with Prof. Toshio Kawai entitled, “Prescriptions for living well: Books read by Hayao Kawai & books recommended by Hayao Kawai” was published in the August edition of Nik…
The fourth Kyoto Kokoro Initiative workshop was held at the Inamori Center on June 20th, 2018. In line with the theme of the 2018 Kyoto Kokoro Initiative, “Kokoro and Ways of Life”, Prof. …
Prof. Toshio Kawai interviewed the poet Shuntaro Tanikawa at the 2018 JAJP pre-congress in Tokyo on June 23, 2018. In line with the conference theme, “Jungian Psychology and children”, the…
For the second consecutive year, collaborative research by Dr. Yoshiyuki Ueda and Mr. Masahiro Fujino (Researcher, Kyoto University) received the Best Research Award at the 4th Japanese Association of…
The video of the first Kyoto Kokoro Initiative International Symposium has been released. The symposium, entitled “Kokoro and Symbiosis” was held at the Kyoto University Clock Tower Centen…
Prof. Toshio Kawai will be on NHK’s Hyappun De Meicho (“100 minutes on a famous book”): “Hayao Kawai Special” NHK E-TV 『Hyappun de Meicho』 Famous book of the mon…
An article by Prof. Hiroshi Yoshioka, “On William Kentridge’s production of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)” was published in the June edition of The Atre, the newsletter of the Ne…
An essay by Prof. Yoshinori Hiroi, entitled “Is a ‘Science of Nothingness’ Possible?” pointed out how reconstructing a view of life and death is becoming urgently necessary at …
Professor Michael B. Berg (Wheaton College, Massachusetts) visited Dr. Yukiko Uchida and members of her research lab to discuss culture and health on April 17th, 2018. Prof. Berg and Dr. Uchida(left…
The third Kyoto Kokoro Initiative Workshop was held at the Inamori Center on May 9th, 2018. In line with the theme of this year’s Kyoto Kokoro Initiative Symposium “Kokoro and A Way of Lif…
The second Kyoto Kokoro Initiative Workshop was held at the Inamori Center on March 14th, 2018. Dr. Seiji Kumagai from the Kokoro Research Center gave a presentation entitled, “Buddhist Re-Inter…
Prof. Ayse Uskul (The University of Kent) was invited to work on collaborative research with the Yukiko Uchida team from April 1st to May 13th, 2018. Prof. Uskul, a specialist in cultural psychology, …
Prof. Hiroshi Yoshioka gave a lecture as part of the National Museum of Art, Osaka’s Premium Friday: “Art/Media: Reading in the Fourth Dimension” on April 27, 2018. The artist Yukio …
Prof. Yoshinori Hiroi gave a presentation during the 2018 Uehiro-Carnegie-Oxford Conference, which took place at the Carnegie Council in New York on May 17th and 18th. This annual conference is collab…
Prof. Yoshinori Hiroi and Prof. Koji Fukuda (chief researcher of Hitachi’s Kyoto University Laboratory) gave a research presentation during a seminar at the Research Institute for Humanity and N…
An essay by Prof. Yoshinori Hiroi has been included in a Japanese language textbook for high schoolers (Taishukan Publishing Co., Ltd.), which began being used in classrooms this April. The title of t…
The fMRI Analysis Seminar “Functional/Effective Connectivity Analysis 2017” was held at the Inamori Foundation on March 29, 30, 2018. Dr. Takanori Kochiyama (Researcher, ATR-Promotions, Br…
Prof. Hiroshi Yoshioka gave special lectures on “The Aesthetics of Pop Culture” at the University of Paris VIII on March 7th, 2018 In his first lecture, “Story as an Infrastructure f…
Essay by Prof. Yoshinori Hiroi was published in the 4/10/18 edition of the Kyoto Shimbun Newspaper as part of its “Contemporary Words” series An essay by Prof. Hiroi, entitled “What …
On April 9th, 2018, Dr. Giovanni A. Travaglino (University of Kent in the UK and The Chinese University of Hong Kong at Shenzhen in China) visited the Uchida lab to give a talk about the role of mascu…
Kyoto University’s Kokoro Research Center and the Kyotango City Omiya Minami Satojikara Revitalization Committee signed “comprehensive collaboration agreement for “Building an Enviro…
The Kyoto University KRC Cognitive Science Seminar was held at the Inamori Center on March 13, 2018. Dr. Shinsuke Suzuki (Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University …
As part of the Kyoto Regional Comprehensive Care Course “Living True to Ourselves Until the End of Life”, Dr. Aya Sike gave a talk during a panel discussion at the KBS Kyoto Hall on Decemb…
Dr. Marisa Salanova, a professor at Jaume I University in Spain, stayed in Uchida lab from March 18th, 2018 to March 25, 2018. Dr. Salanova is also a research team director at an university-affiliated…
We are pleased to announce a notice of personnel change effective April 1, 2018. Center Director: Prof. Toshio Kawai Senior Lecturer: Dr. Yoshiyuki Ueda Dr. Aya Seike Dr. Chihiro Hatanaka Dr. Ryusuke …
An interview with Professor Toshio Kawai (Representative Director of the Kawai Hayao Foundation) was published in the “Interesting Library” catalog. The “Interesting Library” i…
The 2017 Intensive Lecture Series “The mystery of mind: The relationships among the brain, body, mind” was held at Kyoto University’s Inamori Center from Feb. 22 to 24, 2018. This le…
Professor Toshio Kawai gave a lecture entitled “Jungian Psychotherapy and the Kegon Kyo (Avatamska sutra)” at the Ryukoku University’s Research Center for World Buddhist Culture Symp…
In his essay “Gradations Between Life and Death”, Professor Yoshinori Hiroi proposes that, given the increase of dementia among the elderly, life and death might not be as clearly distinct…
The “Future Mind 2” symposium was held at Kyoto University’s Inamori Center on February 18, 2018. Distinguished media artists and researchers were invited to discuss and exchange ide…
The Uehiro Research Division 2017 Research Report Meeting, “The Wisdom to Live Well”, was held on January 21, 2018 at the Inamori Center. The Uehiro Research Division was established at KR…
Professor Yoshinori Hiroi appeared in an interview in the documentary film Silent Revolution (Director, Satoshi Watanabe), which is about revitalizing regional areas through natural energy. The film f…
On January 29th, 2018, Kokoro Research Center and Takizawa City (Iwate Prefecture) signed a comprehensive collaboration agreement regarding the building of environments that foster well-being. The res…
An essay by Prof. Yoshinori Hiroi was published in the January 1st edition of Kyoto Shimbun as part of its series “Things Japanese people have lost”. The series features essays by experts …
On September 29th and October 27th, Dr. Chihiro Hatanaka (Uehiro Research Division) gave a lecture at the 2017 Nutrition Teacher Support Seminar held by the Osaka School Lunch Association. The 2017 Nu…
The 2017 special lecture series for specialists in medicine and education regarding concepts of kokoro was held at Kyoto University Inamori Center on September 30, 2017, October 21, and November 11. T…
Dr. Yukiko Uchida gave a lecture entitled “Building an environment that fosters well-being from the perspective of happiness research” on November 16, 2017 in Takizawa City, Iwate. Takizaw…
Prof. Yoshinori Hiroi Participated in the Economics of Happiness World Forum in Tokyo on November 11, 2017 at the Japan Education Center. Helena Norberg-Hodge, author of Ancient Futures: Learning from…
Professor Toshio Kawai participated as a panelist in the open symposium, “Play therapy and child care support for children with developmental disabilities” on November 19 at the 2017 Assoc…
Professor Yoshinori Hiroi participated in the televised symposium “A sustainable society in which one’s reason for living and roles are cyclical”, which aired on NHK/ETV on November …
Professor Christian Roesler gave lecture entitled “Current Research on the Effectiveness of Psychotherapy” at the Kokoro Research Center on November 14th, 2017. Prof. Roesler, a Jungian an…
Dr. Aya Seike (Uehiro Research Division for Ethics and Spirituality) was awarded the Urakami Award for her presentation at the 7th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Dementia Prevention in Okayama in…
On 18th September 2017, Professor Hiroshi Yoshioka presented a lecture entitled “On the Nature of the Artificial” at the International Symposium “Future Mind: Art & Technology i…
Prof. Yoshinori Hiroi gave a lecture entitled “Turning Population Decline into a Hopeful Future” at the annual training meeting of the Kyoto City Council members on September 27, 2017. T…
Dr. Wataru Sato took on the appointment of Program-Specific Associate Professor at Kokoro Research Center on October 1, 2017. His areas of expertise is experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscien…
A paper entitled “The Influence of Positive or Negative Information from Facial Expressions on Preference Judgment: Examination of Quantity and Ratio” by Dr. Masato Nunoi (Seisen Universit…
The first Kyoto Kokoro Initiative International Symposium, entitled “Kokoro and Symbiosis”, was held at the Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall on September 18, 2017. The Kyoto Ko…
The “fMRI Experiential Seminar 2017” was held at Kokoro Research Center’s MRI Laboratory on August 28-29, 2017. These fMRI seminars have been held annually since 2013 to provide st…
Professor Yoshinori Hiroi publicly announced a collaborative project with Hitachi’s Kyoto University Laboratory in a press release on September 5th, 2017. The project aims to design social polic…
Prof. Yoshinori Hiroi and Dr. Sarah Cook of UNICEF gave key note speeches at the 14th Annual East Asian Social Policy Research Network(EASP) Conference at Nagoya University on August 3rd, 2017. The th…
Kyoto University’s Kokoro Research Center celebrated the 10th anniversary of its founding this year by welcoming 325 attendees to a symposium held on July 30th, 2017. In her opening remarks, t…
Professor Yoshinori Hiroi gave a lecture on “turning population decline into a hopeful future; localization beyond globalization” at the Municipal Assembly Legislators’ Seminar in Mi…
Associate Prof. Yukiko Uchida has been awarded the 11th International Award by The Japanese Psychological Association for her remarkable research activity. Also our specially appointed professor, Shin…
The Second Kyoto Kokoro Initiative Symposium entitled “In and Out of Kokoro” was held in Kyoto University Shiran Kaikan, Inamori Hall, on October 10, 2016, where more than 200 participants…
Associate Prof. Seiji Kumagai held an academic panel: “Buddhism, Culture and Society in Bhutan” on Wednesday 22 June during the 14th IATS’s Conference at the University of Bergen. Pa…
Associate Prof. Nobuhito Abe has been awarded the 2nd prize of ” Research Grant 2015 on Brain and Creativity ” by Neurocreative Laboratory, NPO in Japan. Nobuhito Abe GRANT ANT AWARD ｜ Ne…
Assistant Prof. Yoshiyuki Ueda won the presentation award at the annual conference of the Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology and the Japanese Psychonomic Society. Yoshiyuki Ueda JSCP Distingui…
”Kyoto University Research Activities”（Vol. 5 No. 3) has been published by Kyoto University. Many articles written about Kokoro Research Center are in the magazine including the report of…
Associate Prof. Yukiko Uchida commented on “The Telegraph”, popular newsmedia in UK. The article discusses modern Young Japanese and enviroment society and Uchida commented from the persp…
The First Kyoto Kokoro Initiative Symposium “Kokoro and History” was held at Kyoto Hotel Okura on September 13, 2015. As the first symposium of the Kyoto Kokoro Initiative that was launche…
Associate Prof. Seiji Kumagai gave a TEDx talk in Kyoto University entitled “Achieving Happiness through Wisdom” on 7th Jun, 2015. To watch the movie, please click the link below. The purs…
Satellite Symposium of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society / Japan-China Joint Symposium for Understanding Cortical Cognitive” Date: August 1st, 2015 Place: Inamori Center …
On this occasion we received support from the Inamori Foundation and started the Kyoto Kokoro Initiative. For the launch of this initiative, on April 14, 2015 a signing ceremony and a press conferenc…
The book launch ceremony of Associate Professor Seiji Kumagai‘s new book “Bhutanese Buddhism and Its Culture” (Kathmandu: Vajra Publications, December 2014) was held by Dasho Karma U…
Director Sakiko Yoshikawa and Assistant Professor Yoshiyuki Ueda participated in “The Mind Across Cultures” organised by Dr Rob Jenkins (Dept of Psychology, University of York) held on 5-6…
Associate Prof. Yukiko Uchida commented on “City Living”, popular free paper among working women in Japan. The article discussed the satisfaction of life and Uchida commented from the pers…
Associate Prof. Seiji Kumagai was featured in “Kyoto newspaper” on 23th Apr, 2014. He look back on his life as a researcher and introduced his current activities. Read more (Japanese artic…
Associate Prof. Nobuhito Abe‘s new paper “Response to anticipated reward in the nucleus accumbens predicts behavior in an independent test of honesty” published in “Journal of …
Kyoto University Bhutan Friendship Program 9th mission > about 9th mission 2012. 8.25-9.2 Timph, Bhutan Member: Shinya Yamamoto, Program-Specific Assistant Professor, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto…
Introduction My name is Kimberly Bowen, a graduate student from the University Of Utah Department Of Psychology. At my home institution in Salt Lake City, Utah, I work with Dr. Bert Uchino in the soci…
Michael Boiger, former visiting researcher (2011/9/16-12/8 ＆ 2014/4/1-5/31) received the Harry and Pola Triandis Dissertation Award for the best PhD thesis in 2013/2014, awarded by the International A…
The article of Prof. Toshio Kawai published in Japanese newspaper”Mainichi Shinbun” on 7th July, 2014. Read More (Japanese article)
As reported before, International Colloquium: Mapping the Mind (A Dialogue between Scientists and Contemplative Scholars-Practitioners) was held in Kyoto Hotel Okura in April 11th and 12th 2014. We gr…
Michael Boiger ｜ Researcher ｜ Max Planck Institute for Human Development Term : Apr. 1, 2014－Jun.7, 2014 Research: Emotion co-regulation in German, Japanese, and American cultural contexts. Lena Bu…
Associate Prof. Seiji Kumagai ‘s new book “Current Issues and Progress in Tibetan Studies” (co-edited with Tsuguhito Takeuchi, Kazushi Iwao, Ai Nishida, and Meishi Yamamoto) was publ…
Prof. Toji Kamata‘s column was published in local newspaper “Tokushima Shinbun” on 1st Apr, 2014. In the article, Prof. Kamata reported what has been determined by the council for lo…
Associate Prof. Yukiko Uchida was featured in web magazine, “greenz.jp” on 26th Mar, 2014. She look back on her life as a researcher and introduced her current activities. Read more (Japan…
Assistant Prof. Aya Seike gave a lecture at the workshop for the elderly on 16th, Nov, 2013 and 11th Jan, 2014 in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture. Read more (Japanese article)
The International Colloquium: Mapping the Mind was co-organized by the Kokoro Research Center (Kyoto University) and the Mind & Life Institute (USA) and convened in the presence of His Holiness t…
Kokoro science lectures were held on Mar 4th, 5th and 6th 2014 at Inamori Center Large Conference Hall, Kyoto University. 50 people participated, had lectures by Prof.Kitayama (University of Michigan)…
4th Lecture of Bhutanese Culture: “Current GNH and Bhutan. 〜 Does the world seek a GNH society? 〜” was held on Feb 24th, 2014 at Inamori Center Large Conference Hall, Kyoto University. Pro…
fMRI seminar for beginners was held in MRI facility, Kokoro research center on 12, 13 Feb 2014. 12 people participated, had basic lecture and experienced experiments using fMRI. Read More ( Japanese A…
The 2nd Mr. Dai Tamesue (former athlete, won the bronze medals in the men’s 400m hurdles at the IAAF World Championships ) & Prof. Shinsuke Shimojo ( California Institute of Technology ) Ta…
Prof. Toji Kamatawas featured in Japanese newspaper, “Yomiuri Shinbun” in 6th Feb, 2014. He commented about sacred sites and the history of spirituality in Kyoto. For more introduction ( i…
Associate Prof. Yukiko Uchida‘s work was featured in a “Kyoto University Research Activities Vol.3 No.3” article, entitled “Culture and Happiness Balance-Oriented Happiness in …
Researcher (Uehiro Kokoro Studies) Shintaro Fukushima was awarded the “Outstanding Abstract Award” for young researchers at the international conference on social stratification and healt…
Laura Specker Sullivan ｜ Graduate student ｜ Philosophy Term : Aug.28, 2013－Mar.31, 2015 Research : Informed consent in Japanese medical services Host Researcher : Professor Carl Becker Jason Allen Dan…
Dr. Rob Jenkins, who is the visiting researcher of Kokoro Research Center, spoke about his research. His research interest is “facial perception” and his recent research revealed the imp…
Assoc. prof. Nobuhito Abe received Young Investigator Award at the 15th Congress of Japan Human Brain Mapping Society held on 5th and 6th Jul, 2013. His achievement that won the award was “Neu…
Rob Jenkins ｜ ｜ Reader, University of York Term : Jun.1, 2013－Aug.31, 2013 Research : Cross-cultural Research on the variability in photos of the same face Host Researcher : Director/Professor Sakiko …
Director Sakiko Yoshikawa visited Bhutan as a member of the 11th mission to Bhutan from May 3 to May 7, 2013. Kyoto University Bhutan Friendship Program Web Site http://www.kyoto-bhutan.org/en/news/6…
Prof. Toshio Kawai will present The 2013 Zurich Lecture Series in Analytical Psychology at Zurich, Switzerland on Oct 4 & Oct 5, 2013. The title of talk is “Haruki Murakami and Japanese Me…
Name: Takahiko Masuda, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Canada Term: Apr.1,2013-Jul.31,2013 Research: Cultural and Developmental Research on the Effect of Context …
Promotion Nobuhito Abe, Program-specific Associate Professor(Uehiro Kokoro Studies) Arrival Seiji Kumagai, Program-specific Associate Professor(Uehiro Kokoro Studies) Aya Seike, Program-specific Resea…
Name: Dr. Steven J. Heine （Professor of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Canada） Term: Jan.7,2013-Jul.26,2013 Research: Cultural bases in mental health and decision-making: Comparisons betw…
Dr. Seiji Kumagai (Full-time Lecturer, Kyoto Women’s University | Buddhist Studies and Tibetan Studies) has been appointed as a specially appointed associate professor.
Dr.Yukiko Uchida, associate professor of Kokoro Research Center, was featured in an article in the Wall Street Journal for her research 2010-2011. The article introduces Dr.Uchida’s research and…
Beth Morling, Associate Professor of psychology at the University of Delaware stayed in Kyoto as a Fulbright scholar 2010-2011. In her essay “The memories of Kokoro Research Center”, she w…
Vinai Norasakkunkit, Associate Professor, Minnesota State University stayed in Kyoto as JSPS Research Fellow of this center 2009-2011. His essay “My Kokoro Research Center Experience: A Journey …
place: Kyoto University Tokyo office date: July 1st, 2011 5:30pm-7:30pm title: Listening slowly: Cognitive science about clinical dialogue Web site of Kyoto University Institutes and Centers (KUIC)…
We promote this project for the regeneration of “KOKORO” after the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake through religious studies, ethnology, social psychology, and cultural psychology approach…
Professor Yoshikawa (Sakiko Yoshikawa) was reelected as next Kokoro Research Center Director for two years from April 1st 2011.
New article “Joy and Sadness in Noh Mask” written by Dr. Hiraishi was posted in “Kokoro-Gaku” Blog (Japanese).
