TAKAFUMI SASAOKA

Last Updated :2026/04/08

Affiliations, Positions
Center for Brain, Mind and KANSEI Sciences Research, 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

  • Japanese Psychological Association
  • The Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology
  • The Japan Neuroscience Society
  • Japanese Neural Network Society
  • Japan Society of Kansei Engineering

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Brain structural correlates of individual differences in heartbeat counting and discrimination: A voxel-based morphometry study., Scientific reports, 2026
  2. Insula structure is linked to autonomic cardiac dysregulation in depression., Biological psychiatry, 2026
  3. ★, Heart rate and insula activity increase in response to music in individuals with high interoceptive sensitivity., PloS one, 19(8), 2024
  4. Association of walking speed with psychological state: An experiment in smoke-filled full-scale tunnel, FIRE SAFETY JOURNAL, 161, 202606
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  5. ★, The anterior cingulate cortex is involved in intero-exteroceptive integration for spatial image transformation of the self-body., NeuroImage, 293, 2024
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  6. Insula-cortico-subcortical networks predict interoceptive awareness and stress resilience, ASIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, 95, 202405
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  7. Exploring the neural underpinnings of chord prediction uncertainty: an electroencephalography (EEG) study, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 14(1), 20240226
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  8. Neuroimaging-based evidence for sympathetic correlation between brain activity and peripheral vasomotion during pain anticipation, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 14(1), 20240209
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  9. Development of Measurement System of Hardness and Comfort Based on Visual and Foot Sole Perception - Exploration of the Effects of Similarity/Dissimilarity on Subjective Evaluation and Brain Activity, Transactions of Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, 61(6), 116-122, 202311
  10. Decoding time-course of saliency network of fMRI signals by EEG signals using optimized forward variable selection: a concurrent EEG-fMRI study, 2023 Asia Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference (APSIPA ASC), 540-545, 20231120
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  11. Insula neuroanatomical networks predict interoceptive awareness, HELIYON, 9(8), 202308
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  12. Neural mechanisms of visual perspective-taking, Japanese Journal of Neuropsychology, 39(2), 150-164, 20230616
  13. ★, Neural basis for anxiety and anxiety-related physiological responses during a driving situation: an fMRI study., Cerebral cortex communications, 3(3), 2022
  14. 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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  15. ★, 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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  16. ★, 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
  17. ★, 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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  18. 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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  19. Development of fMRI-Compatible Steering Reaction Force Generation Unit, IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS, 24(2), 549-560, 201904
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  20. 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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  21. Cardiorespiratory synchronisation and systolic blood pressure correlation of peripheral arterial stiffness during endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 11(1), 20210316
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  22. 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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  23. Modulatory Effects of Prediction Accuracy on Electroencephalographic Brain Activity During Prediction, FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE, 15, 20210225
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  24. 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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  25. Modulatory Effects of Prediction Accuracy on Electroencephalographic Brain Activity During Prediction, FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE, 15, 2021
  26. 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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  27. Quantitative Evaluation of Pain during Electrocutaneous Stimulation using a Log-Linearized Peripheral Arterial Viscoelastic Model, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 8, 2018
  28. Affective auditory stimulus database: An expanded version of the International Affective Digitized Sounds (IADS-E), BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS, 50(4), 1415-1429, 2018
  29. 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
  30. Two Processes in 3-D Object Recognition, 9(3), 435-449, 20020901
  31. Representation of 3D Stick Objects, 7(2), 121-130, 20000601
  32. Abnormal auditory feedback and internal model in people who stutter : A behavioral study using delayed auditory feedback adaptation, 114(326), 85-90, 20141121
  33. Global and local mechanisms of processing of 2-D mental rotation, IEICE technical report. Neurocomputing, 113(374), 63-68, 20131214
  34. Brain mechanisms for the generation and transformations of visuospatial mental imagery, IEICE technical report. Neurocomputing, 112(480), 185-190, 20130306
  35. A model of view prediction in three dimensional object recognition, IEICE technical report. Neurocomputing, 112(298), 51-56, 20121109
  36. A model of view prediction in three dimensional object recognition, 112(298), 51-56, 20121109
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. Investigation of the neural substrates involved in self-other recognition under delayed/transformed visual feedback (I), Proceedings JSCP, 2011(0), 40-40, 2011
  41. Brain mechanisms of dynamic image generation based on body schema (1), IEICE technical report. Neurocomputing, 109(363), 13-18, 20100111
  42. Spatio-temporal properties of dynamic brain networks for mental imagery transformation, Proceedings JSCP, 2010(0), 6-6, 2010
  43. Neural substrates involved in mental imagery manipulation during mental clock task, Proceedings JSCP, 2009(0), 18-18, 2009
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. A Study on Mechanism of Verbal Self-Monitoring by Using Delayed Auditory Feedback, Proceedings JSCP, 2007(0), 18-18, 2007
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. The Role of Canonical Views in Object Recognition, Technical report of IEICE. HIP, 99(453), 7-12, 19991120
  51. Representation of 3D Stick Objects, Technical report of IEICE. HIP, 98(397), 31-38, 19981113
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. Quantitative Evaluation of Pain during Electrocutaneous Stimulation using a Log-Linearized Peripheral Arterial Viscoelastic Model, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 8, 20180215
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  55. The effect of false physiological feedback on subjective emotional experience, Proceedings of the Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology, 2017(0), 2017
  56. 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
  57. [The Role of the Habenula in Depression: A Review of the Human fMRI Studies]., Brain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyu no shinpo, 70(9), 2018
  58. The effect of arousal level of emotion-eliciting pictures on false physiological feedback, Proceedings of the Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology, 2018(0), 2018
  59. 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
  60. 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
  61. 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
  62. 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
  63. 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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  64. 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
  65. 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
  66. 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
  67. 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
  68. Cardiorespiratory synchronisation and systolic blood pressure correlation of peripheral arterial stiffness during endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 11(1), 2021
  69. Erratum: Quantification of anticipation of excitement with a three-axial model of emotion with EEG (2020J. Neural Eng.)., Journal of neural engineering, 17(5), 2020

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Association of walking speed with psychological state: An experiment in smoke-filled full-scale tunnel, Li, W., Seike, M., Fujiwara, A., Chikaraishi, M., Sasaoka, T., and Yamawaki, S., 13th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology, 2024/10/22, Without Invitation, English
  2. Development of Fusion Network from time-course of functional connectivity for Brain-Computer Interfaces: Validation of Optimized Variable Selection Decoder, Dang, T., Ono, K., Sasaoka, T., Yamawaki, S., Machizawa M., NEURO2024, 2024/07/24, Without Invitation, English
  3. Brain structural correlates of individual differences in cardiac interoceptive awareness: comparison between heartbeat counting and discrimination tasks, Takafumi Sasaoka, Fermin, S. R. Alan, Toru Maekawa, Shigeto Yamawaki, NEURO2024, 2024/07/24, Without Invitation, English
  4. Middle frontal theta band oscillation reflects wanting to move in groovy rhythm, Kentaro Ono, Kazuki Yamamoto, Takafumi Sasaoka, NEURO2024, 2024/07/24, Without Invitation, English
  5. Investigation of heartbeat-evoked potentials pre- and post-perception of milk ejection in breastfeeding mother, Nami Ohmura, Lana Okuma, Naomi Takamiya, Takafumi Sasaoka, Kumi Kuroda, Shigeto Yamawaki, The Annual Meeting of The Physiological Society of Japan, 2024/03/28, Without Invitation, English, Physiological Society of Japan
  6. Decoding Time-Course of Saliency Network of fMRI Signals by EEG Signals Using Optimized Forward Variable Selection: A Concurrent EEG-fMRI Study, Tung Dang, Kentaro Ono, Takafumi Sasaoka, Shigeto Yamawaki, Maro G Machizawa, Asia Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference 2023, 2023/11/01, Without Invitation, English, Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association, TICC, Taipei, Taiwan
  7. Effects of Individual Differences in Resilience Traits and Interoception on Yogurt Purchasing Behavior – Examination through a large scale questionnaire survey –, Takafumi Sasaoka, Maro G. Machizawa, Atsushi Matsuo, The 25th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Kansei Engineering, 2023/11/20, Without Invitation, Japanese, Japan Society of Kansei Engineering
  8. Development of Measurement System of Hardness and Comfort Based on Visual and Foot Sole Perception - Exploration of the Effects of Similarity/Dissimilarity on Subjective Evaluation and Brain Activity -, Mamiko Azuma, Tomohisa Kato, Tokiko Harada, Takafumi Sasaoka, Shigeto Yamawaki, 2023/09/09, Without Invitation, Japanese
  9. Effects of handcraft work on emotions and heart rate variability Examination using string art, Takafumi Sasaoka, The 87th Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, 2023/09/15, Without Invitation, Japanese, Japanese Psychological Association
  10. Neural substrates of the sensation of groove: a fMRI study, Kentaro Ono, Kazuki Yamamoto, Takafumi Sasaoka, The 46th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, 2023/08/01, Without Invitation, English, Japan Neuroscience Society
  11. Anterior insular cortex activity associated with volatility in pain prediction, Toru Maekawa, Takafumi Sasaoka, Atsuo Yoshino, Shigeto Yamwaki, The 46th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, 2023/08/01, Without Invitation, English, Japan Neuroscience Society
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. Effects of one-month change in interoceptive sensitivity on autonomic and EEG activity under stress conditions, Toru Maekawa, Takafumi Sasaoka, The 87th Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, 2023/09/15, Without Invitation, Japanese, Japanese Psychological Association
  21. Development of Quality of Experience Model and Identification of Multifactorial Psychological Traits -Validation of Customer's Multifactorial KANSEI Models towards Visualization of Quality of Experience-, Maro G. Machizawa, Takafumi Sasaoka, Yohei Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Komiya, The 19th Spring Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Kansei Engineering, 2024/03/07, Without Invitation, Japanese, Japan Society of Kansei Engineering
  22. Effects of uncertainty and surprise in chord sequence on interoceptive processing: a heartbeat evoked potentials (HEPs) study, Naomi Takamiya, Tatsuya Daikoku, Takafumi Sasaoka, Maro G Machizawa, Kentaro Ono, Toru Maekawa, Nami Ohmura, Alan S R Fermin, Shigeto Yamawaki, The Annual Meeting of The Physiological Society of Japan, 2024/03/28, Without Invitation, English, Physiological Society of Japan

Patented

  1. Patent, 10959656, 2021/03/30