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nakao takashi
Professor
Affiliation Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Discipline Experimental Psychology
Academic Degrees Hiroshima University Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology
Hiroshima University Master of Psychology
Research Fields Biological Sciences; Neuroscience; Neurophysiology / General neuroscience
Informatics; Human informatics; Cognitive science
Social sciences; Psychology; Experimental psychology
Research Keywords self / Decision making / Spontaneous brain activity / EEG / fMRI
Comments I'm a cognitive psychologist and psychophysiologist. The question driving me is: how we decide based on our internal criteria, how we construct the internal criteria, what is the function of the self, medial prefrontal cortex, and intrinsic brain activity.
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Topic Cognitive Science
Psychology
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Educational Programs [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Education : Fundamentals for Education and Human Development : Program in Psychology
[Master's Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : Psychology Program
[Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : Psychology Program
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