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Hiraki Lab
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The lab uses infant development as a clue to uncover how the human mind works.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring how the mind works, starting with babies
The Hiraki Lab conducts research aimed at elucidating human cognitive activity and applying it to engineering and society.
Its projects on developmental mechanisms in infants and young children, the cognition of time and space in the brain, and the effects of robots and media on people run in connection with one another.
The lab values three things: "empirical research with humans (especially infants and young children)," "building computational models," and "feeding findings back into real-world society."
Key terms
- Computational model
- A representation of how human cognition works, expressed as computational procedures. It can be run on a computer to test it.
- Developmental cognitive neuroscience
- A field that investigates how mental functions change with growth, by linking them to brain activity.
- NIRS
- A method that shines near-infrared light on the head and measures brain activity from changes in blood flow in the brain. It places little burden on the body.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to elucidate human cognitive activity and to develop it into engineering and social applications. Centered on empirical research with infants and young children, it places importance on building computational models and feeding findings back into real-world society.
*Illustrative imageResearch connecting development, the brain, and robots
The lab carries out research projects such as "elucidating developmental mechanisms in infants and young children," "brain mechanisms of time and space cognition," "the effects of artifacts (robots) and media on people," and "building adaptive human interfaces," while connecting them with one another.
*Illustrative imageMeasuring the brain from infancy to adulthood
The lab conducts developmental cognitive neuroscience research with participants ranging from newborn infants to adults. It uses devices such as high-density EEG and NIRS, which can measure brain activity with little physical burden and without greatly restricting movement.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Hiraki Lab include faculty, researchers, doctoral and master's students, collaborators, and administrative staff.As of 2025
- ProfessorKazuo HirakiPublications ↗
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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: “Babies with soft books” https://pixabay.com/en/users/ / / CC0 (cropped)
- Research connecting development, the brain, and robots: “Icub full body” Jll at English Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Measuring the brain from infancy to adulthood: “Hitachi ETG-4000 fNIRS” Walej / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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