KAZUKI YAMAMOTO

Last Updated :2026/01/07

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Assistant Professor (Special Appointment)
Web Site
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8099-7667
https://researchmap.jp/yamamoto.kz
E-mail
kazuymmthiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
I am conducting research on sensations and perceptions concerning the self. Specifically, I am investigating the sense of bodily ownership—the feeling that a body is one's own—using virtual reality.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2025/04/01, Hiroshima University, Assistant Professor
  • 2024/04/01, 2025/03/31, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, PD Research Fellowship
  • 2022/04/01, 2025/03/31, Kure City Medical Association Nursing College, part-time lecturer
  • 2021/04/01, 2025/03/31, Hiroshima Shudo University, part-time lecturer
  • 2023/04/01, 2024/03/31, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, DC2 Research Fellowship
  • 2022/10, 2024/03/31, Center for Brain, Mind and Kansei Sciencies Reserch, Academic Support Officer

Academic Degrees

  • Hiroshima University
  • Hiroshima University

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, The Frontiers of Psychology
  2. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Psychological Experiments
  3. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Advanced Laboratory Project in Cognitive Psychology I
  4. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Advanced Laboratory Project in Cognitive Psychology II
  5. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Introduction to Psychology
  6. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Seminar on Methods of Research in Psychology A
  7. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Seminar on Methods of Research in Psychology B
  8. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Advanced Seminar on Methods of Research in Psychology A
  9. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Advanced Seminar on Methods of Research in Psychology B
  10. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Academic writing in psychology A
  11. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Academic writing in psychology B
  12. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Advanced academic writing in psychology A
  13. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Advanced academic writing in psychology B
  14. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Special Lecture on Psychology C
  15. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Special Lecture on Psychology D
  16. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Seminar on Psychology I
  17. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Seminar on Psychology II
  18. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Seminar on Psychology III
  19. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Seminar on Psychology IV
  20. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Advanced Seminar on Psychology I
  21. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Advanced Seminar on Psychology II
  22. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Advanced Seminar on Psychology III
  23. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Advanced Seminar on Psychology IV
  24. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Special Study
  25. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Special Study

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Stream segregation reduces the subdivision cost in auditory-motor synchronized tapping, Heliyon, 12(1), 20251205
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  2. ★, The manipulation of top-down interpretation as one's symptomatic body reduces the sense of body ownership., Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 20241223
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  3. Exploring the neural underpinnings of chord prediction uncertainty: an electroencephalography (EEG) study., Scientific Reports, 14(1), 20240226
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  4. ★, Top-down influence leads to a reduced sense of body ownership in individuals with depersonalization tendencies: A focus on full body illusion., Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 20220602
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  5. Association between long-range temporal correlations in intrinsic EEG activity and subjective sense of identity., Scientific Reports, 11(1), 20210111
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  6. Resting-state Theta/Beta Ratio is Associated with Distraction but not with Reappraisal., Biological Psychology, 202009
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Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Internally guided decision-making enhances long-range temporal correlations in neural activity., Jianhong Zhu, Kazuki Yamamoto, Genki Yasui, Junya Hashimoto, Ren Sakamoto, Akari Sekimoto, Misako Kamao, Tsuyoshi Kawahara, Yuri Miyazaki, Tatsuru Honda, Riko Matsubayashi, & Takashi Nakao, The 22nd World Congress of Psychophysiology (IOP 2025), 2025/07/08, Without Invitation, English, Krakow, Poland
  2. The influence of top-down interpretations on the full-body illusion: an examination of the relationship between the observer-self and self-body., Kazuki Yamamoto, Sakamoto, R., & Nakao, T, The 28th annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC28), 2025/07/06, Without Invitation, English, Heraklion Cultural Center, Heraklion, Greece
  3. Middle frontal theta band oscillation reflects the urge to move in groovy rhythm., Kentarou Ono, Yamamoto, K., Sasaoka, T, NEURO2024, 2024/07/24, Without Invitation, English, Fukuoka, Japan
  4. Relationship between anomalous subjective recall in depersonalization and long-range temporal correlates in resting-state EEG., Kazuki Yamamoto, Zhu, J., Honda, T., Hashimoto, J., Anno, M., Kawahara, T., Zhiying, S., Nakamura, K., Yasui, G., Shimada, K., Liu, Y., and Nakao, T, The 14th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC2023), 2023/08/09, Without Invitation, English, Nagoya, Japan
  5. The Relationship Between Indecisiveness and Network Integration in Scalp Resting-State EEG., Zhu, J, Hashimoto, J., Honda, T., Yamamoto, K., Matsuguma, M., Nakagawa, R., Anno, M., Kashihara, S., Kawahara, T., Iwasa, Y., Kobayashi, R., and Nakao, T, The 20th World Congress of Psychophysiology (IOP2021), 2021/09/07, Without Invitation, English, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) in Chengdu, China (virtual conference)
  6. Relationship between voluntary/involuntary positive autobiographical memory and EEG power spectra., Junya Hashimoto, Kobayashi, R., Kashihara, S., Hiramoto, R., Haraguchi, Y., Honda, T., Ishida, N., Okazaki, A., Kishimoto, K., Nakano, H., Horinouchi, H., Zhu, J., Sun, Y., Yamamoto, K., Namba, S., Miyatani, M., and Nakao, T, The 32nd International Conference of Psychology, 2021/07/18, Without Invitation, English, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech
  7. The relationship between time perspective and the mood repair effect of positive autobiographical memory., Junya Hashimoto, Kobayashi, R., Kashihara, S., Hiramoto, R., Haraguchi, Y., Honda, T., Ishida, N., Okazaki, A., Kishimoto, K., Nakano, H., Horinouchi, H., Zhu, J., Sun, Y., Yamamoto, K., Namba, S., Miyatani, M., and Nakao, T, 58th Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association, 2019/11/02, Without Invitation, English, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan
  8. Does the degree of positivity of autobiographical memories cause a difference in the mood repair effect between voluntary and involuntary retrieval in depressed in people?, Junya Hashimoto, Kobayashi, R., Kashihara, S., Hiramoto, R., Haraguchi, Y., Ishida, N., Okazaki, A., Kishimoto, K., Nakano, H., Horinouchi, H., Honda, T., Zhu, J., Sun, Y., Yamamoto, K., Nakao, T., Kanayama, N., and Miyatani, M, The 21st conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP2019), 2019/09/25, Without Invitation, English, Conference Center "La Pirámide de Arona", Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
  9. Long range temporal correlation in the resting brain and embodied sense of ownership., Ryousuke Hiramoto, Hashimoto, J., Kobayashi, R., Kashihara, S., Haraguchi, Y., Ishida, N., Okazaki, A., Kishimoto, K., Nakano, H., Horinouchi, H., Honda, T., Zhu, J., Sun, Y., Yamamoto, K., and Nakao, T, The 21st conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP2019), 2019/09/25, Without Invitation, English, Conference Center "La Pirámide de Arona", Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. 2025/04, 2029/03
  2. 2025/04/01, 2029/03/31