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Systems Neuroscience Lab
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A lab that explores the brain's sensory systems through both experiments and theory.
AboutAbout the lab
Uncovering how the brain senses, through experiments and theory.
The Okamoto Lab studies the brain's sensory systems and higher-order functions such as memory, learning, and emotion.
Focusing on vision, hearing, smell, and thermal sensation, the lab conducts experiments including electroencephalography (EEG), evoked potential recording, fMRI measurement, and psychophysical measurement.
The lab also works on data analysis (waveform analysis, image analysis, statistical analysis, and more) and on theory using mathematical models, computational models, and numerical simulation.
Beyond clarifying how the senses work, the lab also aims to create something new, such as comfortable environments and methods for enhancing brain function.
Key terms
- Neurofeedback
- A training method that uses the state of one's own brain waves as a cue to change brain activity in a desired direction.
- Brain waves (EEG)
- A record of the brain's electrical activity, measured at the surface of the head.
- P3
- An EEG component thought to be involved when attention operates within working memory.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab conducts a wide range of experimental studies on the brain's sensory systems, higher-order functions, and the comfort of living environments. It also works on neurofeedback training methods that enhance brain function, applications to biomedical engineering, and evaluating the effects of Future Design.
*Illustrative imageNeurofeedback to Enhance Memory
The lab develops and tests training methods that enhance higher-order brain function. It reports that the group trained using the ratio of theta waves to low beta waves performed better on long-term memory (episodic and semantic memory) than the control group.
*Illustrative imageSmell and Brain Function
The lab investigates how smells affect the brain and cognition. It reports that presenting a citrus scent lowered the accuracy of memory for the color orange, and suppressed P3, an EEG component, when participants recalled reddish colors.
*Illustrative imageAirflow and Comfort in Living Environments
The lab investigates how the direction of airflow from air conditioning and heating affects how people feel and their EEG. It reports that with cooling, settings in which the air is less likely to hit the face gave higher comfort ratings and lower amplitudes of gamma and beta waves.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorTsuyoshi Okamoto
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Jaime Lara 2023 PMID 36409650 Figure 2” R. B. Jaime-Lara, B. E. Brooks, C. Vizioli, M. Chiles, N. Nawal, R. S. Ortiz-Figueroa, A. A. Livinski, K. Agarwal, C. Colina-Prisco, N. Iannarino, A. Hilmi, H. A. Tejeda, P. V. Joseph / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Neurofeedback to Enhance Memory: “EEG early studies edited” D Smith / Public domain (cropped)
- Smell and Brain Function: “XBio illustration – Olfactory cortex” explorebiology / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Airflow and Comfort in Living Environments: “The Toilet exhaust fan-Indian Railways-India442” Tha-uzhavan / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Systems Neuroscience Lab): “Neurofeedback neuropulse” Juligianny / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Cognitive Neuroscience Lab): “CT scan of the brain showing recent right basal ganglia bleed” Cerevisae / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Cognitive Neuroscience Lab (Johan Lauwereyns)): “The Human Brain Model 01” Edeh Sophia / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Medical Oncology Lab): “Patient receives chemotherapy” Rhoda Baer (Photographer) / Public domain (cropped)
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