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Osu Lab
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A cognitive neuroscience lab that approaches the mind and body through how the brain works.
AboutAbout the lab
From how the brain works to the mind and body.
Osu Lab is a cognitive neuroscience lab that investigates how the mind and body work, using the functions of the brain as a clue.
In choosing actions and in learning, brain processes that never reach awareness, and that questionnaires cannot capture, play a major role.
The lab therefore measures brain activity, behavioral indicators, and physiological indicators to shed light on these hidden mechanisms.
Centered on embodiment, learning and plasticity, emotion, and sociality, it pursues basic research as well as applications such as rehabilitation and marketing.
Key terms
- Cognitive neuroscience
- The field that studies what kinds of brain activity give rise to mental functions such as memory and judgment
- Neurorehabilitation
- Methods that help restore lost bodily function, based on knowledge of how the brain and nerves work
- Neurofeedback
- Training in which people view their own brain activity in real time and learn to adjust how their brain functions
NewsLab news
A doctoral student received an Outstanding Presentation Award at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Psychological Association
Lab paper published in Behavioural Brain Research
Lab paper published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Lab paper published in Cognitive Studies, the journal of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society
Study reports that the structure of brain representations of body parts is similar in adults with autism spectrum disorder and neurotypical adults
ResearchResearch themes
To contribute to technologies that maintain, restore, and enhance the functions of the mind and body, the lab builds on existing knowledge and methods from systems neuroscience. Using behavioral experiments, brain measurement, and computational experiments, it investigates the mechanisms of the mind and body that operate outside awareness. It also works on methods that intervene in the brain and body to change behavior and mental states.
*Illustrative imageMotor Control and Learning
This theme examines how the brain learns and switches the ways the body moves. Topics include learning of internal models (mental models of movement), the neuroscience of relaxing, and improving sports performance.
*Illustrative imageNeurorehabilitation
This research applies an understanding of how the brain and nerves work to the recovery of lost function. Topics include methods that encourage people to use a paralyzed hand and the motivation to continue rehabilitation.
*Illustrative imageMind-Body Interaction
This theme examines how the mind and body influence each other. It also looks at how the brain and body coordinate when two people move together.
*Illustrative imageDevelopmental Disorders and Psychiatric Disorders
This theme investigates social cognition that operates outside awareness. The lab also works on neurofeedback, in which people practice controlling their attention while viewing their own brain activity.
MembersFaculty
The members of Osu Lab include faculty, researchers, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and research collaborators.As of 2026
- ProfessorRieko Osu
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- Top image: “The Human Connectome” Andreashorn / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Motor Control and Learning: “Tikkataulu” kallerna / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Neurorehabilitation: “Portion of anatomical model of human brain” Science Museum Group Studio / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Mind-Body Interaction: “Shogi board pieces and komadai” Oliver Orschiedt / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Developmental Disorders and Psychiatric Disorders: “EEG Cap on melon” Sdwilli / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Kato Lab): “Menthol Crystals close up” Debeo Morium / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Kohyama Lab): “Human Brain Organoid” Nreis1 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Sakakibara Lab): “Pyramidal hippocampal neuron 40x” MethoxyRoxy / CC BY-SA 2.5 (cropped)
- Related lab (Takahashi Lab): “Manuscript paper ( )” Ishikawa Ken / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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