TAKAFUMI SASAOKA

Last Updated :2024/06/05

Affiliations, Positions
Brain, Mind and KANSEI Sciences Reserch Center, Associate Professor
Web Site
http://coikansei.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/
E-mail
tsasaokahiroshima-u.ac.jp
Other Contact Details
1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan, Japan
TEL : (+81)82-257-1722 FAX : (+81)
Self-introduction
I am studying human visual recognition, visual imagery, and KANSEI processing using cognitive psychological and neuroscience approaches.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2014/07/01, 2015/07/31, Hiroshima University, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Assistant Professor (Special Appointment)
  • 2000/04, 2003/03, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Special Postdoctoral Researcher
  • 2003/04, 2005/05, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Special Postdoctoral Researcher
  • 2005/06, 2014/06, Kyoto University, Assistant Professor
  • 2015/08/01, 2018/01/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Lecturer (Special Appointment)
  • 2018/02/01, 2018/09/30, Hiroshima University, Office of Industry-Academia-Government and Community Collaboration, Associate Professor

Academic Degrees

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Kyoto University
  • Master, Kyoto University

Research Fields

  • Informatics;Human informatics;Cognitive science

Research Keywords

  • 3-D object recognition, mental imagery, KANSEI information processing

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • The Japan Neuroscience Society
  • Japanese Psychological Association
  • The Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Project Research
  2. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Project Research

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Neural mechanisms of visual perspective-taking, Japanese Journal of Neuropsychology, 39(2), 150-164, 20230616
  2. ★, Neural basis for anxiety and anxiety-related physiological responses during a driving situation: an fMRI study., Cerebral cortex communications, 3(3), 2022
  3. The Shape of a Vehicle Windshield Affects Reaction Time and Brain Activity During a Target Detection Task, FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE, 14, 20200526
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  4. ★, Dynamic parieto-premotor network for mental image transformation revealed by simultaneous EEG and fMRI measurement., Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 26(2), 232-246, 20131230
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  5. ★, Ease of hand rotation during active exploration of views of a 3-D object modulates view generalization., Experimental brain research, 237(4), 939-951, 2019
  6. ★, Effect of active exploration of 3-D object views on the view-matching process in object recognition, Perception, 39(3), 289-308, 201003
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  7. Quantification of anticipation of excitement with a three-axial model of emotion with EEG, JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING, 17(3), 202006
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  8. Development of fMRI-Compatible Steering Reaction Force Generation Unit, IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS, 24(2), 549-560, 201904
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  9. Is Human Brain Activity During Driving Operations Modulated by the Viscoelastic Characteristics of a Steering Wheel?: An fMRI Study, IEEE ACCESS, 8, 215073-215090, 2020
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  10. Cardiorespiratory synchronisation and systolic blood pressure correlation of peripheral arterial stiffness during endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 11(1), 20210316
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  11. Interoceptive accuracy is related to the psychological mechanisms of the burning mouth syndrome: a cross-sectional study, BMC ORAL HEALTH, 22(1), 20220719
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  12. Modulatory Effects of Prediction Accuracy on Electroencephalographic Brain Activity During Prediction, FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE, 15, 20210225
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  13. Abnormal Sensorimotor Integration in Adults Who Stutter: A Behavioral Study by Adaptation of Delayed Auditory Feedback, FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 10, 20191031
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  14. Modulatory Effects of Prediction Accuracy on Electroencephalographic Brain Activity During Prediction, FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE, 15, 2021
  15. Intertap interval dependence of the subdivision effect in auditory-synchronised tapping, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 55(11-12), 3391-3401, 202206
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  16. Quantitative Evaluation of Pain during Electrocutaneous Stimulation using a Log-Linearized Peripheral Arterial Viscoelastic Model, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 8, 2018
  17. Affective auditory stimulus database: An expanded version of the International Affective Digitized Sounds (IADS-E), BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS, 50(4), 1415-1429, 2018
  18. Assessing sensorimotor integration in adults who stutter by a behavioral task using perceptual adaptation of frequency-altered auditory feedback, Acoustical Science and Technology, 41(5), 780-783, 20200901
  19. Two Processes in 3-D Object Recognition, 9(3), 435-449, 20020901
  20. Representation of 3D Stick Objects, 7(2), 121-130, 20000601
  21. Abnormal auditory feedback and internal model in people who stutter : A behavioral study using delayed auditory feedback adaptation, 114(326), 85-90, 20141121
  22. Global and local mechanisms of processing of 2-D mental rotation, IEICE technical report. Neurocomputing, 113(374), 63-68, 20131214
  23. Brain mechanisms for the generation and transformations of visuospatial mental imagery, IEICE technical report. Neurocomputing, 112(480), 185-190, 20130306
  24. A model of view prediction in three dimensional object recognition, IEICE technical report. Neurocomputing, 112(298), 51-56, 20121109
  25. A model of view prediction in three dimensional object recognition, 112(298), 51-56, 20121109
  26. Brain mechanisms of dynamic image generation based on body schema 4 : Recognition of self and objects based on body movement, IEICE technical report. Neurocomputing, 111(483), 275-280, 20120307
  27. Brain mechanisms of dynamic image generation based on body schema(2) : Recognition and mental imagery of objects, IEICE technical report. Neurocomputing, 110(461), 119-124, 20110228
  28. Facilitative effect on the view matching process dependent on the biomechanical constraint of hand rotation, Technical report of IEICE. HIP, 110(422), 45-50, 20110214
  29. Investigation of the neural substrates involved in self-other recognition under delayed/transformed visual feedback (I), Proceedings JSCP, 2011(0), 40-40, 2011
  30. Brain mechanisms of dynamic image generation based on body schema (1), IEICE technical report. Neurocomputing, 109(363), 13-18, 20100111
  31. Spatio-temporal properties of dynamic brain networks for mental imagery transformation, Proceedings JSCP, 2010(0), 6-6, 2010
  32. Neural substrates involved in mental imagery manipulation during mental clock task, Proceedings JSCP, 2009(0), 18-18, 2009
  33. The role of hand movement in facilitation of object recognition by active exploration of 3-D object views, ITE Technical Report, 32(48), 69-74, 20081107
  34. The effect of the hand rotation direction on the acquisition of a view-transformation rule by active exploration of object views, Proceedings JSCP, 2008(0), 5-5, 2008
  35. Brain activity related to learning of a view transformation rule by active exploration of 3-D object views, Proceedings JSCP, 2007(0), 120-120, 2007
  36. A Study on Mechanism of Verbal Self-Monitoring by Using Delayed Auditory Feedback, Proceedings JSCP, 2007(0), 18-18, 2007
  37. The facilitation of learning of a view transformation rule by active exploration of 3-D object views, ITE technical report, 29(28), 1-6, 20050526
  38. The facilitation of learning of a view transformation rule by active exploration of 3-D object views, Technical report of IEICE. HIP, 105(99), 1-6, 20050519
  39. The Role of Canonical Views in Object Recognition, Technical report of IEICE. HIP, 99(453), 7-12, 19991120
  40. Representation of 3D Stick Objects, Technical report of IEICE. HIP, 98(397), 31-38, 19981113
  41. Effects of vehicle A-pillar shape on brain activity during a visual target detection task, Proceedings of the Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology, 2015(0), 27-27, 2015
  42. Abnormal auditory feedback and internal model in people who stutter : A behavioral study using delayed auditory feedback adaptation, IEICE technical report. Neurocomputing, 114(326), 85-90, 20141121
  43. Quantitative Evaluation of Pain during Electrocutaneous Stimulation using a Log-Linearized Peripheral Arterial Viscoelastic Model, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 8, 20180215
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  44. The effect of false physiological feedback on subjective emotional experience, Proceedings of the Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology, 2017(0), 2017
  45. The Relationship between Brain Activation When Anticipating Emotional Stimulus in Uncertain Situations and Harm Avoidance: An fMRI Study, Japanese Journal of Physiological Psychology and Psychophysiology, 34(1), 53-60, 2016
  46. [The Role of the Habenula in Depression: A Review of the Human fMRI Studies]., Brain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyu no shinpo, 70(9), 2018
  47. The effect of arousal level of emotion-eliciting pictures on false physiological feedback, Proceedings of the Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology, 2018(0), 2018
  48. The increase in foot temperature in a warm room attenuates negative feelings induced by emotion-elicit stimuli, The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, 82(0), 1PM-080-1PM-080, 2018
  49. Effects of active exploration of 3-D object views on the brain activity during a view-matching task: An fMRI study, The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, 79(0), 2EV-081-2EV-081, 2015
  50. The effect of false physiological feedback on subjective arousal, The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, 81(0), 2A-074-2A-074, 2017
  51. The influence of the imagery generation ability on the facilitative effect of active/passive observation of object views on object recognition, The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, 81(0), 2B-048-2B-048, 2017
  52. Peripheral arterial stiffness during electrocutaneous stimulation is positively correlated with pain-related brain activity and subjective pain intensity: an fMRI study, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 11(1), 20210224
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  53. Influence of haptic experience and imagery style on value-increasing induced by imagined ownership., The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, 83(0), 2C-036-2C-036, 2019
  54. Effect of musical experience on metrical subdivision of auditory-motor synchronization, The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, 83(0), 2D-040-2D-040, 2019
  55. Effect of individual differences in interoception on the transformation process of body imagery, Proceedings of the Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology, 2020(0), 79-79, 2021
  56. Towards a new research field on neuroscience of intuitive sense, The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, 78(0), SS-009-SS-009, 2014
  57. Cardiorespiratory synchronisation and systolic blood pressure correlation of peripheral arterial stiffness during endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 11(1), 2021

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Heartbeat evoked potential (HEP) reflects the uncertainty of prediction in musical chord sequence: An electroencephalography (EEG) study, Kentaro Ono, Ryohei Mizuochi, Kazuki Yamamoto, Takafumi Sasaoka, Shigeto Yamawaki, NEURO2022, 2022/07/02, Without Invitation, English, The Japan Neuroscience Society, Okinawa Convention Center
  2. Association of low resilience and depressive tendency with activity in the left orbitofrontal cortex to aversive stimuli, Takafumi Sasaoka, Kentaro Ono, Shigeto Yamawaki, NEURO2022, 2022/07/02, Without Invitation, English, The Japan Neuroscience Society, Okinawa Convention Center
  3. Neurobehavioral effects of thermal stimuli to the foot on emotional evaluation of emotion-eliciting pictures, Sasaoka, T., Harada, T., Ono, K., Shimao, A., Yamaoka, Y., Yamawaki, S, The 44th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, 2021/07/28, Without Invitation, English, The Japan Neuroscience Society, Kobe, Japan
  4. Oscillatory brain activity modulated by prediction accuracy of visual imagery, Chan H. L., Ono, K., Hashimoto, J., Hiramoto, R., Sasaoka, T., and Yamawaki, S, The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, 2020/07/31, Without Invitation, English
  5. Cortico-subcortical interactions underlying anxiety elicitation and regulation during driving, Takafumi Sasaoka, Tokiko Harada, Daichi Sato, Nanae Michida, Hironobu Yonezawa, Masatoshi Takayama, Takahide Nouzawa, Shigeto Yamawaki, The 25th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, 2019/06/09, Without Invitation, English, Organization for Human Brain Mapping
  6. Brain Activity While Waiting to Steer a Car: An fMRI Study, Okamoto, Y., Yoshida, T., Takemura, K., Nouzawa, T., Sasaoka, T., Soh, Z., Yamawaki, S., and Tsuji, T., The 2018 5th International Conference on Biomedical and Bioinformatics Engineering (ICBBE 2018), 2018/11/13, Without Invitation, English
  7. Neural and behavioral benefits driven by facilitative effect of active exploration/passive observation of real 3-D novel objects depends on individual differences in vividness of imagery, Sasaoka, T., Machizawa, M. G., & Yamawaki, S, ECVP2017, 2017/08/26, Without Invitation, English
  8. Salience and affective networks relate to the feeling of excitement in response to controllability of a vehicle., Takafumi Sasaoka, Maro Machizawa, Noriaki Kanayama, Kai Makita, Yoshihisa Okamoto, Toshihiro Yoshida, Kazuhiro Takemura, Takahide Nouzawa, Shigeto Yamawaki, The 40th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, 2017/07/20, Without Invitation, English, The Japan Neuroscience Society, Makuhari, Chiba, Japan

Patented

  1. Patent, 10959656, 2021/03/30