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Masaki Lab
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A lab that explores athletes' movements and mental processes through the brain.
AboutAbout the lab
Where in the brain does refined movement come from?
Masaki Lab is a lab for sport psychology, psychophysiology, and cognitive neuroscience.
The lab studies athletes' refined movements and their mental functions.
Its strength is that, beyond behavioral measures and questionnaire surveys, it can measure brain activity with EEG and functional MRI.
The lab also studies ways to prevent choking under pressure (agari) and the effects of exercise on brain function.
Key terms
- Psychophysiology
- A field that studies mental processes by measuring bodily responses such as EEG and heart rate
- EEG (electroencephalography)
- A recording, made from the surface of the head, of the electrical changes that accompany the activity of neurons in the brain
- Functional MRI (fMRI)
- A method that uses magnetic fields to produce images showing which parts of the brain are active
NewsLab news
Paper by a doctoral student published in Psychophysiology
A master's student won the Best Presentation Award at the Japanese Society of Sport Psychology
A master's student won the Outstanding Presentation Award at the Japanese Society of Sport Psychology
Paper from the lab published in the International Journal of Psychophysiology
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies athletes' refined movements and mental functions. Beyond behavioral measures and questionnaire surveys, the lab's strength is its ability to record EEG and functional MRI.
*Illustrative imageLearning refined movements
The lab investigates how athletes acquire precise, refined movements, looking at both behavior and information processing in the brain.
*Illustrative imagePreventing choking under pressure
The lab studies ways to prevent choking under pressure (agari), which many athletes experience, focusing on eye movements and brain function.
*Illustrative imageExercise and brain function
The lab examines the relationship between exercise and brain function, testing whether exercise helps not only to promote and maintain health but also to enhance and improve cognitive function.
MembersFaculty
Masaki Lab's members are faculty members, doctoral students, and master's students.As of 2026
- ProfessorHiroaki Masaki
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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: “MRI brain sagittal section” everyone's idle / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Learning refined movements: “Weathered outdoor basketball hoop in a public park” JaredMcKenzie / CC0 (cropped)
- Preventing choking under pressure: “Scioto Grove - Archery Range Target 1” Sixflashphoto / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Exercise and brain function: “Cerebrum - temporal lobe - lateral view” Anatomography / CC BY-SA 2.1 jp (cropped)
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