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Brain Function Measurement Lab
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A lab that measures the extremely weak magnetic fields emitted by the brain to explore the mechanisms of memory, music, and conversation.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the workings of the mind through the brain's magnetic fields.
The Brain Function Measurement Lab studies brain function using magnetoencephalography (MEG).
A MEG system measures the magnetic fields generated by neural activity, making it possible to examine where and how the brain is working without harming the body.
The main themes are memory, communication, and music perception, and the lab also conducts research using a new type of MEG system that does not use liquid helium.
The lab has collaborated with research institutions in Japan and abroad, including Aalto University in Finland.
Key terms
- Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
- A device that measures, from outside the head, the extremely weak magnetic fields generated when neurons in the brain are active. It does not harm the body
- Brain oscillations
- Rhythmic waves seen in brain activity. In MEG, they are measured as rhythms in the brain's magnetic field
- Liquid helium
- Helium in liquid form at a very low temperature. It has been used in conventional large MEG systems
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The lab studies brain function using magnetoencephalography (MEG). Its main themes are memory, communication, and music perception, and it also works on familiar topics closely tied to health, such as emotion, stress, and the perception of time.
*Illustrative imageMemory mechanisms and aging
The lab uses MEG to measure brain oscillations during tasks in which people recall items presented in sequence, and examines the relationship between memory performance and brain activity. With an aging society in mind, it also studies how memory mechanisms change with age.
*Illustrative imageThe brain that perceives music
The lab studies how vibrations in the air are perceived as music in the brain. The brain responds differently to melodies familiar since early childhood and to unfamiliar ones, which also connects to research on creativity and culture.
*Illustrative imageMeasuring the brains of two people in conversation simultaneously
Two MEG systems are connected directly by optical fiber to record the brain activity of two people talking face to face at the same time. This is part of research aimed at understanding communication disorders such as autism and at understanding social phenomena in terms of brain function.
MembersFaculty
The lab's members consist of faculty, academic researchers, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and visiting researchers.As of 2026
- ProfessorKoichi Yokosawa
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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: “MEG UCHSC” Katie Youngpeter. / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Memory mechanisms and aging: “Brain model 12” John Campbell / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- The brain that perceives music: “Piano keys jacob” Jcrg34 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Measuring the brains of two people in conversation simultaneously: “Optical fiber cable-01ASD” Asurnipal / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Higher Brain Function Emergence Lab): “The Human Brain Model 02” Edeh Sophia / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Medical Image Analysis Lab): “Radiologist interpreting MRI” The Medical Futurist editors. / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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