The Hakubi Project

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Short Introduction

Wataru began psychological research because he wanted to understand the mechanisms of the unconscious mind. Now he is studying the unconscious, emotional mind mechanisms that implement social interactions. Specifically, he is investigating the automatic resonant responses for others’ facial expressions and eye gaze. Wataru conducts psychological experiments to understand the processing of mental information, and performs neuroscientific experiments to reveal neuro-cognitive mechanisms. He also conducts the research on developmental disorders.

Latest News

• Apr. 21, 2014

  Wataru Sato (W. Sato*, T. Kochiyama*, S. Uono, K. Matsuda, K. Usui, Y. Inoue & M. Toichi [*equal contributors]) published “Rapid, high-frequency, and theta-coupled gamma oscillations in the inferior occipital gyrus during face processing” in Cortex

• May. 9, 2013

  "Atypical recognition of dynamic changes in facial expressions in autism spectrum disorders" published in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

• May. 1, 2013

  "Rapid and multiple-stage activation of the human amygdala for processing facial signals" published in Communicative and Integrative Biology, 6, e24562

• Feb. 28, 2013

  "Relationships among facial mimicry, emotional experience, and emotion recognition.", published in PLoS One

• Oct. 17, 2012

  "Impaired social brain network for processing dynamic facial expressions in autism spectrum disorders" is published from BMC Neuroscience.

• Dec. 29, 2011

  "Rapid amygdala gamma oscillations in response to eye gaze" (PLoS One)

• Oct. 1, 2010

  Impairment of unconscious, but not conscious, gaze-triggered attention orienting in Asperger's disorder Res. Autism Spectr. Disord. 4, 782-786 (2010)