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Ueda Lab
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A cognitive science lab that uses experiments and computation to uncover the mechanisms behind human thinking and insight.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the human mind across the humanities and sciences.
Ueda Lab studies the mechanisms of human cognitive activity, focusing on higher-order cognition such as judgment, thinking, and creativity.
The lab also studies how human cognition and behavior affect the surrounding society and artifacts.
Depending on the theme, the lab chooses among methods such as psychological experiments, brain measurement, behavioral measurement, simulations using computers and robots, and participant observation.
Much of the research bridges the humanities and sciences, so the lab welcomes applicants from humanities backgrounds as well as those from science backgrounds.
Key terms
- Higher-order cognition
- Mental processes more complex than perception, such as judging, thinking, and creating something new
- Nonverbal information
- Information conveyed to others by means other than words, such as gaze, tone of voice, and facial expression
- Animacy
- The sense that something you see moving is alive
NewsLab news
Joint research paper accepted by PLoS One
A master's student's master's thesis won the Department Chair Award of the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies
Review article accepted by the Japanese journal Cognitive Studies
Paper accepted by Computers in Human Behavior Reports
Prof. Ueda was awarded the title of Fellow of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to elucidate human cognitive activity, centered on higher-order cognition, and to apply the findings to engineering and society. Built around empirical research with human participants, it investigates the mechanisms behind intriguing cognitive phenomena and the links between higher-order cognition, perception, and action.
*Illustrative imageCommunication between people and artifacts
The lab aims to enable humans and artifacts such as robots to communicate while inferring each other's intentions. It studies methods for inferring another's intention from multiple nonverbal cues, such as gaze, voice, and facial expression.
*Illustrative imageAnimacy
Whether an object is alive can only be judged from its appearance, yet the sense that "it is alive" seems to arise instantly and vividly. The lab studies how accurate the visual perception of animacy is by comparing it with the statistical properties of real environments.
*Illustrative imageThe science of traditional performing arts
The lab measures the movements of Bunraku puppets and the movements and breathing of puppeteers. It analyzes the elements that produce human-like motion and the mechanisms by which multiple people cooperate to create movement without using words. Measurements of Noh and Kyogen performances have also begun.
MembersFaculty
The members of Ueda Lab are faculty, project researchers, and doctoral and master's students.As of 2026
- ProfessorKazuhiro UedaPublications ↗
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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: “Japan Foundation student trying Bunraku puppet” Leonardo Boiko / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Communication between people and artifacts: “US Navy 100531-N-7676W-075 Visitors interact with the , dexterous, social (MDS) robot Octavia at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) exhibit during Fleet Week New York 2010” U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams / Public domain (cropped)
- Animacy: “Heider-Simmel-animation” Logeotalexandre / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- The science of traditional performing arts: “Female Bunraku puppet Japan, early 20th century” Hiart / CC0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (University of Tokyo Baba Lab): “PVC Brainstorming Workshop ( )” BLM Nevada / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Hiraki Lab): “Babies with soft books” https://pixabay.com/en/users/ / / CC0 (cropped)
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