Labs in Chiba University

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A lab that models human cognition, aiming to build artificial intelligence that makes human-like mistakes.

The lab works on cognitive models that describe human cognition, as well as on the development of artificial intelligence. In particular, it investigates human higher-order cognitive information processing through behavioral experiments and compares the resulting data with simulations from computational models. In this way, the lab tests theories and hypotheses about cognitive processing. Its ideal is to create artificial intelligence and algorithms that make human-like mistakes.

#Cognitive models #Artificial intelligence #Behavioral experiments

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A social psychology lab exploring whether people accept others within groups.

The lab specializes in social psychology and is particularly interested in interpersonal relationships within groups. It is known that behavior varies in many ways depending on whether a person acts alone, in a two-person relationship, or as a member of a group. The lab examines how these differences affect whether people are willing to accept others. It also aims to clarify how people perceive themselves in different situations, and how this affects their mental health and interpersonal relationships.

#Social psychology #Acceptance and exclusion #Group processes

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The lab explores facial expression and gaze perception and the mechanisms of empathy through the workings of the brain and body.

The Osumi Lab aims to clarify the mechanisms by which people's minds influence one another, through the workings of the brain and body. From the perspective of social neuroscience, the lab studies facial expression and gaze perception, empathy, attachment, sense of agency, and related topics. Using brain activity and peripheral physiological responses to changes in facial expression and gaze direction as indicators, the lab examines the mechanisms of understanding others' minds and empathy. The lab has a shielded room for measuring EEG and a booth for behavioral experiments, and interaction experiments using both booths are also possible.

#Social neuroscience #Facial expression and gaze perception #Interoception

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The lab explores how people see things, starting from the perception of color.

This lab specializes in visual information processing, color engineering, and human informatics, and studies how people see things. People instantly obtain information such as the size, color, and movement of objects, but much about the mechanism of "seeing" remains unexplained. In particular, regarding the color perception of object surfaces, the lab explores the relationship between the physical properties present in the visual field and human color perception. As one interdisciplinary area of study, the lab also works on the theme of considering eyewitness testimony from the viewpoint of visual characteristics.

#Visual information processing #Color engineering #Color perception

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地球科学（吉田 修二） (introduction coming soon)

Earth science: natural hazards and disaster prevention/mitigation, sedimentology (fluvial and tidal processes, pyroclastic deposits), and sea-level and shoreline changes

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運動生理学・スポーツ科学（小泉 佳右） (introduction coming soon)

Exercise physiology, sports science, daily rhythms and physical activity in early childhood, physiology of active recovery

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A chemistry lab that builds highly sensitive thermometers and other instruments with the educational microcontroller micro:bit.

The chemistry lab in the Science Education Division connects the educational microcontroller micro:bit to sensors and develops it into highly sensitive, high-precision thermometers, temperature control devices, and more. By using the micro:bit not only for learning programming but also for measurement in experiments, the lab hopes to let students feel how computers work and to help make measurement in science experiments more efficient. Bachelor's thesis topics include temperature measurement with the micro:bit, as well as crystal growth of table salt and the fabrication of dye-sensitized solar cells. Associate Professor Hideko Hayashi specializes in physical chemistry and inorganic chemistry.

#micro:bit #Thermometers #Calorimetry

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The lab tackles questions of evolution by building a new model system for learning behavior.

Associate Professor Koji Sasakawa's lab studies learning behavior in animals. Associate Professor Sasakawa specializes in entomology, animal ecology, and animal taxonomy. In its research on learning behavior, the lab addresses questions such as whether the evolution of learning ability promotes the evolution of diet and speciation. The lab has also studied the relationship between mandible shape and diet in larvae of Carabidae (ground beetles). In the researcher information, the affiliation is listed as the "Zoology Lab, Science Education Course."

#Learning behavior #Carabidae #Animal personality

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有機化学（渡邉 康平） (introduction coming soon)

Organic chemistry

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The lab develops experimental teaching materials for technology education, such as organic LEDs and radios.

Professor Masaaki Iizuka's lab studies the development of experimental teaching materials on electricity, electronics, and information for use in technology education classes and courses. The lab has created materials on topics such as wireless power transfer, organic LEDs, FM radio, and maglev trains. In recent years, it has also written papers examining teaching materials for quantum computers and electricity materials that incorporate the concept of voltage. Professor Iizuka specializes in electronic devices, information engineering, and electronic circuit engineering.

#Educational material development #STEM education #Electronic devices