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Myowa Lab
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The lab explores the human brain and mind through the pathways of development and evolution.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the human mind through development and evolution.
The Myowa Lab seeks to empirically elucidate how the brain and mind of humans as a biological species work, through the timescales of development and evolution.
Like the shape of the body, the invisible workings of the brain and mind are products of evolution, and the lab believes it is necessary to understand when, how, and why they arose.
The lab conducts studies with the cooperation of infants and parent-child pairs, and has recently published findings on the relationship between gut microbiota in early childhood and mental development.
Key terms
- gut microbiota
- The community of many kinds of bacteria living in the intestines. Also called gut flora.
- executive function
- A higher-order cognitive function that appropriately controls thoughts, actions, and emotions toward a goal.
- longitudinal
- An approach that follows the same people over many years to examine how they change over time.
NewsLab news
A study on emotion regulation linking gut microbiota in early childhood and problem behaviors was published in Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
A paper from the lab with a program graduate as first author was published
ResearchResearch themes
To understand the workings of the brain and mind that characterize humans, it is necessary to understand when, how, and why they arose. The lab seeks to empirically elucidate the human brain and mind as those of a biological species, through the timescales of development and evolution.
Gut microbiota in early childhood and mental development
The lab followed children longitudinally from age 3 to 5 and examined how gut microbiota relates to executive function and to problems such as anxiety and aggression. The results suggest that executive function, especially emotion regulation, may be involved in the link between gut microbiota in early childhood and later problems.
Mother-infant physical synchrony and the development of social cognition
The lab has conducted a longitudinal study on how physical synchrony between mothers and children relates to psychological traits and to the development of social cognition. Using the data measured in this study, the lab will conduct joint research with Osaka University.
MembersFaculty
The lab's members are faculty, researchers, doctoral and master's students, and technical assistants.
- ProfessorMasako Myowa
- Program-Specific LecturerYukari Tanaka
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