Yoshiaki Tsushima

(對馬 淑亮)

Neuroscientist/Psychologist

ABOUT

I am a neuroscientist at National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT). My interest is any kind of "Mind"! To explore it, I am doing psychophysical experiments with fMRI.

Let's enjoy our well-ordered chaos!

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WORK

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
Tokyo, Japan

CURRENT

Osaka University
Osaka, Japan

CURRENT

Wacoal Holdings Corp.
Kyoto, Japan

April 2020 - March 2023

Osaka Metropolitan Universty (Osaka City University)
Osaka, Japan

April 2016 - March 2021

NHK Sciences & Technology Research laboratories
Tokyo, Japan

May 2012 - April 2015

Regensburg University
Regensburg, Germany

April 2011 - April 2012

Harvard University
Cambridge, USA

April 2009 - March 2011

Advanced Telecommunication Research Institute International
Kyoto, Japan

Feb. 2009 - March 2009



EDUCATION

PhD of Psychology
Boston University

January 25th 2009

March 2001

March 1999



PUBLICATIONS

Tsushima, Nakayama, Okuya, Koiwa, Ando & Watanabe(2024) Brain activities in the auditory area and insula represent stimuli evoking emotional response, Scientific Reports, September 20; 14, 21335

Tsushima (2022) Basic and Advanced Research in Cross-modal Information rocessiong (in Japanese) , CiNet Reports, Vol.68

Nishino & Tsushima (2022) Slow lemon, Fast vanilla (in Japanese) , Aroma Research, No.89, (Vol.23/No.1 2022)

Tsushima, Nishino & Ando (2021) Olfactory stimulation modulates visual perception without training, Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15, 934

Tsushima, Sawahata & Komine (2020) Task-dependent fMRI decoder with the power to extend Gabor patch results to Natural images, Scientific Reports, Jan 28; 10, 1382

Tsushima, Okada, Kawai, Sumita, Ando & Miki (2020) Effect of illumination on perceived temperature, PloS One, Aug 10;15(8):e0236321

Hine & Tsushima (2018) Not explicit but implicit memory is influenced by individual perception style, PloS One, Jan 25;13(1):e0191654

Tsushima, Komine, Sawahata, & Morita (2016) Undetectable changes in image resolution of luminance-contrast gradients affect depth perception, Frontiers in Psychology,Feb 23;7:242.

Tsushima (2015)Images and Neuroscience -Beyond Reality- (in Japanese), CGworld, September, 73

Tsushima (2015) Relationship Between Depth Perception and Ultra High Definition Images (in Japanese), The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers, VOL.69, NO.6, JULY

Komine, Tsushima, Sawahata, & Hiruma (2015) A Relationship between Image Resolution and Depth Sensation in Shading Image (in Japanese), NHK R&D report, 47-54

Tsushima, Komine, Sawahata, & Hiruma (2014) Higher resolution stimulus facilitates depth perception: MT+ plays a significant role in monocular depth perception, Scientific Reports, October 20; 4, 6687

Tsushima (2014) Weaker signals induces more precise temporal-integration, Scientific Reports, April 11; 4, 4660

Seitz, Protopapas, Tsushima, Vlahou, Gori, Grossberg, & Watanabe (2010) Unattended exposure to components of speech sounds yields same benefits as explicit auditory training, Cognition, Jun; 153(3): 435-443

Tsushima & Watanabe (2009) Roles of attention in perceptual learning from perspective of psychophysics and animal learning, Learning and Behavior, 37(2), 126-132

Tsushima, Seitz, & Watanabe (2008) Task-irrelevant learning occurs only when the irrelevant feature is weak, Current Biology, Vol. 18, No.12, R516-517

Tsushima, Sasaki, & Watanabe (2006) Greater disruption due to failure of inhibitory control on an ambiguous distractor, Science, 314, 1786-1788

Setiz, Nanez, Holloway, Tsushima, & Watanabe (2006) Two cases requiring external reinforcement in perceptual learning, Journal of Vision, 6(9), 966-973

MEDIA

Science Zero, NHK, TV program , 2023, October 8th

Exciting Future for science, MBS, TV program , 2022, April 17th

Panel Discussion 2019 hosted by Kyocera (in Japanese) Youtube

Where are we going with technology? (in Japanese) , PC watch, July, 2019

Subliminal Information into your brain (in Japanese) , Nikkan Kogyo Shinbun, November, 2017

Keihanna Science City for 30 years (in Japanese) , Nikkan Kogyo Shinbun, April, 2017

8K is 3D display!? -Relationship between Resolution and Depth Sensation- (in Japanese), ITmedia

Petra Stoerig (2006) The Impact of Invisible Stimuli, Science, 314, 1694-1695

Subliminal Medssages Drives the Mind to Distraction, Scientific Aemrican

Subtle distractions more annoying COSMOS, The Science of Everything



CONTACT

Email
tsushima_脳_nict.go.jp
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Address
1-4 Yamadaoka, Suita city
Postal 565-0871, Osaka, Japan

Phone
+81-70-7061-6342

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