[General Research Interest]

• Brain mechanisms supporting motor learning and skillful use of tools
• Application of the above mechanisms to information communication technology

[Professional Experience]

1995

Ph.D. (Experimental Psychology) from the University of Tokyo

1992 - 1996

Research associate in ATR Human Information Processing Research Laboratories

1996 - 2001

Leader of Computational Psychology Group in Kawato Dynamic Brain Project of Japan Science and Technology Co.

2001 - 2003

Senior researcher in ATR Human Information Science Laboratories

2002 - present

Visiting associate professor at Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University

2003 - present

Head of Department of Cognitive Neuroscience in ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories

2008 - present

Leader of Biological ICT Group in National Institute of Information and Communications Technology