2020 Projects

Education Projects

Research Projects

Applied Research

Communicating Research Findings to the Public

Open Application Projects

Year	Research Topic	Lead Researcher
2020	Kokoro Special Lecture Series on Thoughts	Yoshinori Hiroi
2020	Educational Projects for Cognitive Neuroscience at Collaborative MRI Research Facilities	Nobuhito Abe
2020	Intensive Lecture on Science of Kokoro	Yukiko Uchida
2020	Special Lecture Series on Asian Culture	Seiji Kumagai
2020	Lectures on Bhutanese Culture	Seiji Kumagai
2020	Contemporary art: What does it mean?	Hiroshi Yoshioka

Year	Research Topic	Lead Researcher
2020	Ethics of Medical Care, Health and Social Welfare in the Super-Aging Society of Contemporary Japan	Aya Seike
2020	Cognitive mechanisms of spatial thinking	Hiroyuki Muto
2020	Cognitive and Physical Perspectives of a Full Heart	Seiji Kumagai
2020	Research on Sustainable Medical Care and Social Security	Yoshinori Hiroi
2020	Interaction between Organization Culture and Psychological Function of Work Employees: A Large Survey in Japan	Yukiko Uchida
2020	Evolutionary Biology of the Self	Yutaka Komura
2020	Significance of “Poison” in Contemporary Society	Hiroshi Yoshioka
2020	The Science of Savoring	Kuniaki Yanagisawa
2020	Creating a Multilayered Kokoro World Map	Yoshiyuki Ueda
2020	The Construction and Selection of the Environments That Enrich Kokoro and Empathy	Yoshiyuki Ueda
2020	The Richness of Kokoro and its Paradox: Change in Kokoro and their Ripple Effects in Psychotherapy	Toshio Kawai
2020	Mechanisms of Venting and Aggression	Toshio Kawai
2020	Psychological and neuroscience research on well-being and health in older age	Ryusuke Nakai
2020	Kokoro, or Consumers’ Orientations in the Post-Singularity Era	Yoshinori Hiroi
2020	Mechanisms of Social Capital and Psychological Well-Being in a Local Community	Yukiko Uchida
2020	Social and Neural Bases of Awe and Feeling Moved (Kando) and their Effects on Behavioral Changes	Masataka Nakayama
2020	A Study on Spirituality, Happiness, and Ethics in Asia and Japan	Seiji Kumagai
2020	Issues Surrounding Kokoro and Changes during Post-Growth Period	Chihiro Hatanaka
2020	Economy, Ethics and Happiness in the Post-Growth Era	Yoshinori Hiroi
2020	Extended Theory of Art	Hiroshi Yoshioka
2020	Cognitive Science of Decision Making	Nobuhito Abe

Year	Research Topic	Lead Researcher
2020	SNS Counseling and Community Support	Toshio Kawai
2020	The Groves of Village Shrines and Community Economies	Yoshinori Hiroi
2020	Play Therapy for Children with Developmental Disabilities	Toshio Kawai

Year	Research Topic	Lead Researcher
2020	Kyoto Kokoro Initiative	Toshio Kawai

Year	Research Topic	Researcher	Center Researcher
2020	“Orientalism” and “Occidentalism” in Depth Psychology: the Contribuition of Hayao Kawai to the Jungian Perspective on the Psyche	Montanari Marco Sapienza University of Rome	Toshio Kawai, Chihiro Hatanaka
2020	Motivation, Display Rules, and Expressive Dialects Affect the Display and Decoding of Facial Expressions of Emotion	Young Steven Graham Baruch College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York	Yoshiyuki Ueda
2020	The Mythical Priest Ya-ngal and the Ritual ‘Sel’.	Lama, Nima Hojer Institute of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University	Seiji Kumagai
2020	The role of culture in perception and interpretation of smiles	SZAROTA Piotr Rafał Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw	Yoshiyuki Ueda
2020	Usefulness of Visualized Information on Psyche and the Application to Preventive Education	Kato Nanako Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Nara Women's University	Toshio Kawai, Chihiro Hatanaka
2020	Improvement of Physical Symptoms and Psychological Changes by Fecal Microbiota Transplantation	Hitomi Shirotani Luke's Ashiya Clinic	Toshio Kawai
2020	Cognitive Psychology for Care	Masato Nunoi Faculty of Human Studies, Seisen University	Yoshiyuki Ueda
2020	Relationship between Cognitive Dysfunction and Psychosocial / Physico-Environmental Factors in Developmental Disabilities	Yukiori Goto Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University	Yoshiyuki Ueda
2020	Investigation of Gaze Characteristics in Reading Out by Children with Dyslexia Using Eye Movement Measurement: Towards Supporting Children with Dyslexia	Yuichiro Kikuno The University of Shimane	Yoshiyuki Ueda