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Prof. Tetsuya Ogata Presents at the Fifth Workshop for the 2019 Kyoto Kokoro Initiative

The fifth Kyoto Kokoro Initiative Workshop was held at the Inamori Center on August 6th, 2019. The theme for this year’s Kyoto Kokoro Initiative, which took place on October 14th, 2019, was “Kokoro an…

2020/05/27

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An article by Professor Toshio Kawai, entitled “Conseguenze della concezione tradizionale della natura e della psiche per la definizione dei problemi ambientali e psicologici,” appeared in a collection of papers in Italy.

An article by Professor Toshio Kawai, entitled “Conseguenze della concezione tradizionale della natura e della psiche per la definizione dei problemi ambientali e psicologici (Consequences of the trad…

2020/05/27

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Professor Toshio Kawai appeared on the NHK Kansai news program

Prof. Toshio Kawai appeared on the NHK Kansai news program. His comments are posted on the NHK NEWS WEB along with the broadcasted news video. As an expert in clinical psychology, Prof. Kawai analyzed…

2020/05/27

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A paper by Associate Professor Nobuhito Abe and colleagues has been published in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews.

A paper by Associate Professor Nobuhito Abe and colleagues, entitled “Mapping the interconnected neural systems underlying motivation and emotion: A key step toward understanding the human affectome,”…

2020/05/27

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[Information] The TV program “Hayao Kawai Special: Exploring the Structure of Kokoro” in Hyappun De Meicho (“100 minutes on a famous book”), in which Professor Toshio Kawai appeared in July 2018, will be encore broadcasted on NHK E-tele subchannel.

The TV program “Hayao Kawai Special: Exploring the Structure of Kokoro” in Hyappun De Meicho (“100 minutes on a famous book”), in which Professor Toshio Kawai appeared in July 2018, will be encore bro…

2020/05/20

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COVID-19 Emergency Support Project: Psychological Aid for Office Workers “LINE-Counseling”

The SNS-Counseling and Community Support Project at Kokoro Research Center has launched LINE-Counseling for Office Workers as a COVID-19 emergency support, in response to the declaration of the state …

2020/05/13

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Professor Yoshinori Hiroi and Professor Yukiko Uchida shared their views under the condition of the new coronavirus pandemic from the perspective of the humanities and social sciences, in the special project “Interview Series: Pause, and Have a Think” planned by the Unit of Kyoto Initiatives for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Today, a new coronavirus pandemic is bringing about major changes in society both at home and abroad. From the perspective of humanities and social sciences, which take a pause to consider the meaning…

2020/05/13

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Notice of Personnel Change dated April 1, 2020

We are pleased to inform you of the personnel change dated April 1, 2020, as follows. <Arrival>Seiji Kumagai, Associate Professor Yuka Suzuki, Program-Specific Assistant Professor Hiroyuki Muto,…

2020/05/13

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A book by Dr. Hisae Konakawa, entitled ‘Meaning of Dreams Arising in the Process of Psychotherapy,’ has been published

A book by Dr. Hisae Konakawa (Program-Specific Research Fellow), entitled ‘Meaning of Dreams Arising in the Process of Psychotherapy,’ has been published. In the book, she examines the process of psyc…

2020/05/13

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A Paper by Assoc. Prof. Sato and Their Colleagues was Published in PeerJ

A paper by Associate Professor Wataru Sato and their colleagues was published in PeerJ. Their research developed an image database of Japanese food samples that has detailed nutrition information. &nb…

2020/04/30