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Nakata Hiroki

Faculty Division of Engineering Research Group of EngineeringProfessor
Last Updated :2025/06/13

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Profile Information

  • Name (Japanese)

    Hiroki
  • Name (Kana)

    Nakata

Research Interests

  • 神経科学;運動制御;運動学習;発育発達; 生体医工学; ヘルスケア

Research Areas

  • Life sciences, Nutrition and health science
  • Life sciences, Biomedical engineering
  • Life sciences, Neuroscience - general

Research History

  • Apr. 2022 - Present, Nara Women's University
  • Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2022, 奈良女子大学 研究院工学系 准教授
  • Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2021, Nara Women's University, Faculty, Division of Human Life and Environmental Sciences
  • Apr. 2013 - Mar. 2014, 奈良女子大学 研究院人文科学系 准教授
  • Oct. 2009 - Mar. 2013, 早稲田大学スポーツ科学学術院 研究院助教
  • Apr. 2009 - Sep. 2009, 日本学術振興会 特別研究員(PD)(受入研究機関:東京大学大学院 総合文化研究科)
  • Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2009, 日本学術振興会 特別研究員(PD)(受入研究機関:名古屋大学医学部保健学科)
  • Oct. 2006 - Mar. 2007, 日本学術振興会 特別研究員(PD)(受入研究機関:自然科学研究機構 生理学研究所)

Education

  • Sep. 2006, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Graduate School, Division of Life Science, 生理科学専攻
  • Mar. 2001, University of Tsukuba, School of Health and Physical Education

■Ⅱ.研究活動実績

Published Papers

  • Refereed, PLoS One, Ability to control forehand groundstroke of skilled tennis players., Furuya R, Dimic M, Vogt T, Kanosue K, Nakata H, 2025, in press
  • Not Refereed, 暑熱環境と人間の認知・判断・行動, 中田大貴、芝﨑学, 2025, 50, 6, 13
  • Refereed, バスケットボールにおけるディフェンス時の視線制御方略, 武村愛、中川雅子、中田大貴, 2025, 7, 51, 58
  • Refereed, Med Sci Sports Exerc, Differences in Movement Preparation under Hyperthermic conditions: Self-initiated vs. Externally-cued Movements., Shibasaki M, Nakata H, Ogoh S, 2025, in press
  • Refereed, J Mot Behav, Effects of muscular fatigue on the performance of handgrip tasks during force generation and relaxation., Ohtaka C, Yanagita K, Nakata H, Fujiwara M, Shibasaki M, 2025, in press
  • Refereed, Clin Neurophysiol Pract, Changing characteristics of somatosensory evoked potentials in adolescents., Mase A, Shibasaki M, Nakata H, 2025, 10, 141, 149
  • Refereed, Somatosens Mot Res, Effects of inter-stimulus and inter-trial intervals on somatosensory gating., Mase A, Shibasaki M, Nakata H, 2025, in press
  • Refereed, J Appl Physiol, Do changes in cerebral blood flow modulate the amplitudes of P300 during cognitive task?, Ogoh S, Nakata H, Kubo H, Shibasaki M, 2024, 137, 1106, 1116
  • Refereed, PLoS One, Recognition of the game situation in baseball., Hashimoto Y, Takahashi H, Nagaura H, Yoshitake S, Nakata H, 2024, 19, e0309328, Scientific journal
  • Refereed, Brain Sci, Fast and stable responses during decision-making require strong inhibitory processes in soccer players., Matsutake T, Nakata H, Matsuo G, Natsuhara T, Zippo K, Watanabe K, Sugo T, 2024, 14, 199
  • Refereed, Sci Rep, Synesthesia has specific cognitive processing during Go/No-go paradigms., Aoki Y, Shibasaki M, Nakata H, 2023, 13, 6172
  • Refereed, Front Sports Act Living,, Frontiers Media SA, The relationship between pitching parameters and release points of different pitch types in major league baseball players., Hashimoto Y, Nagami T, Yoshitake S, Nakata H, Objectives

    The purpose of this study was to deepen our understanding of pitches and to obtain basic knowledge about pitches by comparing 4-seam and other pitches in Major League Baseball (MLB).

    Methods

    We analyzed big data for 1,820 professional baseball pitchers of MLB on release speed, spin rate, release point 3D coordinates (X, Y, and Z axes), amount of change for 4-seam, and seven changing ball types (sinker, slider, changeup, cutter, curve, split finger, and knuckle curve), using PITCHf/x and TrackMan. We also evaluated three relationships: (1) between the release points and the ball types of pitch; (2) between the amount of change in the ball and the release speed; and (3) between the release speed and the spin rate.

    Results

    The release speed was significantly slower in seven changing ball types than in the 4-seam (p < 0.01, respectively). The spin rate and the amount of change (ΔX and ΔZ) were significantly different between 4-seam and seven changing ball types (p < 0.01, respectively). Release point 3D coordinates (X, Y, and Z axes) were significantly different between 4-seam and slider, cutter, and curve (p < 0.01, respectively). Based on these findings, the eight pitch types were mainly divided into three groups: 4-seam, curve, and off-speed pitch types.

    Conclusion

    Seven changing ball types included specific characteristics for each parameter. The correspondence among the release speed, ΔX, and ΔZ at the 3D coordinates is an arch with 4-seam as the apex. Our results suggest an effective strategy for changing the release point and displacement of a ball's trajectory to improve the performance of baseball pitchers., 2023, 5, 1113069, Scientific journal, 10.3389/fspor.2023.1113069
  • Not Refereed, 2023, 73, 191, 195
  • Refereed, J Phys Fitness Sports Med, Motor imagery and action observation of whole-body movements for experienced motor repertoire: An fNIRS study., Yokota H, Kamijo K, Mizuguchi N, Kubo H, Nakata H, 2023, 12, 108, 117, Scientific journal
  • Refereed, J Phys Fitness Sports Med, The effects of subjective effort on overground and treadmill running: A comparative analysis., Hasebe F, Miura M, Ono K, Goto Y, Nakata H, Ohtaka C, Fujiwara M, 2023, 12, 45, 57
  • Refereed, Neurosci Res, Effects of hypocapnia and hypercapnia on human somatosensory processing., Nakata H, Kakigi R, Kubo H, Shibasaki M, The present study investigated the effects of hypocapnia and hypercapnia on human somatosensory processing by utilizing somatosensory evoked magnetic fields (SEFs) with magnetoencephalography (MEG). Thirteen volunteers participated in two experiments separately to measure respiratory and cardiovascular data and SEFs. Both experiments consisted of a combination of normal and rapid respiratory rhythms and two inspiratory gas conditions (air and a hypercapnic gas); normal breathing with air (NB), rapid breathing with air (RB), normal breathing with the hypercapnic gas (NB+Gas), and rapid breathing with gas (RB+Gas). Partial pressures of end-tidal CO2 (PETCO2) increased during inhaling the hypercapnic gas and decreased during RB, but the RB+Gas condition continued to cause elevated PETCO2 compared with the baseline. Subsequently, middle cerebral artery blood (MCA) velocity using transcranial Doppler changed as well, while mean MCA velocity increased under the RB+Gas condition. The peak amplitude of the M60 component in SEFs was also significantly larger under with-gas than without-gas conditions, irrespective of the respiratory frequency. These results suggest that there is a close relationship between cerebral blood flow and neural activity of the M60 component in SEFs. This study provides evidence to further understanding on one of the neural mechanisms of hypercapnia., 2023, 190, 29, 35, Scientific journal, True, 10.1016/j.neures.2022.11.007
  • Refereed, J Mot Learn Dev, The developmental progression and sex differences in agility during continuous two-footed jumping among children aged 4 to 16 years., Muro A, Takatoku N, Ohtaka C, Fujiwara M, Nakata H, 2023, 11, 71, 85, Scientific journal
  • Refereed, 2022, 19, 127, 138
  • Refereed, Front Sports Act Living, Frontiers Media SA, Performance-environment mutual flow model using big data on baseball pitchers., Hashimoto Y, Nakata H, Introduction

    The study investigated the baseball pitching performance in terms of release speed, spin rate, and 3D coordinate data of the release point depending on the ball and strike counts.

    Methods

    We used open data provided on the official website of Major League Baseball (MLB), which included data related to 580 pitchers who pitched in the MLB between 2015 and 2019.

    Results

    The results show that a higher ball count corresponds to a slower release speed and decreased spin rate, and a higher strike count corresponds to a faster release speed and increased spin rate. For a higher ball count, the pitcher's release point tended to be lower and more forward, while for a higher strike count, the pitcher's release point tended to be to the left from the right pitcher's point of view. This result was more pronounced in 4-seam pitches, which consisted the largest number of pitchers. The same tendency was confirmed in other pitches such as sinker, slider, cut ball, and curve.

    Discussion

    Our findings suggest that the ball count is associated with the pitcher's release speed, spin rate, and 3D coordinate data. From a different perspective, as the pitcher's pitching performance is associated with the ball and strike count, the ball and strike count is associated with pitching performance. With regard to the aforementioned factor, we propose a “performance-environment flow model,” indicating that a player's performance changes according to the game situation, and the game situation consequently changes the player's next performance., 2022, 4, 967088, Scientific journal, 10.3389/fspor.2022.967088
  • Refereed, 2022, 67, 947, 959
  • Refereed, IBRO Neurosci Rep, Differences in the neural networks of thermal sensation with and without evaluation process., Nagashima K, Nakata H, Harada T, Kato I, Sadato N, 2022, 13, 274, 283
  • Not Refereed, 2022, 42, 170, 182
  • Refereed, 2022, 71, 271, 278
  • Refereed, J Hum Sport Exerc, The relationship between free-throw accuracy and performance variables in male wheelchair basketball players., Shigematsu S, Ogawa M, Neya M, Fujiwara M, Nakata H, 2022, 17, 919, 930, Scientific journal
  • Not Refereed, 2021, 19, 10, 14, Scientific journal
  • Refereed, PLoS One, Public Library of Science (PLoS), Modality differences in ERP components between somatosensory and auditory Go/No-go paradigms in prepubescent children., Nakata H, Takezawa M, Kamijo K, Shibasaki M, We investigated modality differences in the N2 and P3 components of event-related potentials (ERPs) between somatosensory and auditory Go/No-go paradigms in eighteen healthy prepubescent children (mean age: 125.9±4.2 months). We also evaluated the relationship between behavioral responses (reaction time, reaction time variability, and omission and commission error rates) and amplitudes and latencies of N2 and P3 during somatosensory and auditory Go/No-go paradigms. The peak latency of No-go-N2 was significantly shorter than that of Go-N2 during somatosensory paradigms, but not during auditory paradigms. The peak amplitude of P3 was significantly larger during somatosensory than auditory paradigms, and the peak latency of P3 was significantly shorter during somatosensory than auditory paradigms. Correlations between behavioral responses and the P3 component were not found during somatosensory paradigms. On the other hand, in auditory paradigms, correlations were detected between the reaction time and peak amplitude of No-go-P3, and between the reaction time variability and peak latency of No-go-P3. A correlation was noted between commission error and the peak latency of No-go-N2 during somatosensory paradigms. Compared with previous adult studies using both somatosensory and auditory Go/No-go paradigms, the relationships between behavioral responses and ERP components would be weak in prepubescent children. Our data provide findings to advance understanding of the neural development of motor execution and inhibition processing, that is dependent on or independent of the stimulus modality., 2021, 16, 11, e0259653, e0259653, Scientific journal, 10.1371/journal.pone.0259653
  • Not Refereed, 2021, 102, 22, 23
  • Refereed, PLoS One, Effects of passive heat stress and recovery on human cognitive function: An ERP study., Nakata H, Kakigi R, Shibasaki M, 2021, 16, e0254769, Scientific journal
  • Refereed, J Mot Learn Dev, Kinematic characteristics of the standing long jump in young children aged 4-5 years., Ogawa M, Ohtaka C, Fujiwara M, Nakata H, 2021, 9, 80, 94, Scientific journal
  • Refereed, 2020, 16, 54, 61, Scientific journal
  • Adv Exerc Sports Physiol, The Athletes’ Brain., Nakata H, 2020, 26, 31, 34
  • Refereed, Sports Med Open, Relative age effects in male Japanese professional athletes: A 25-year historical analysis., Sasano N, Katsumata Y, Nakata H, 2020, 6, 48
  • Not Refereed, 幼少期における筋出力調整能力の発達過程に関する研究, 大高千明、中田大貴、藤原素子, 2020, 41, 244, 251
  • Refereed, Neurosci Lett, The relationship between cognitive style and sensory gating during auditory and somatosensory tasks., Mabuchi Y, Aoki Y, Shibasaki M, Nakata H, 2020, 738, 135354
  • Refereed, スポーツ科学研究, 児童の接地タイプによる疾走パフォーマンスの違い, 信岡沙希重、樋口貴俊、後藤悠太、中田大貴、礒繁雄、彼末一之, 2020, 17, 28, 43
  • Refereed, The relationship between continuous bilateral hop and basic exercise ability among young children, Continuous bilateral hop has been used to evaluate a person's agility by focusing on the movement time. In the present study, we examined the movement time as well as hopping pattern score on continuous bilateral hop, and investigated the relationship between continuous bilateral hop and basic motor ability (25-m sprint, tennis ball throwing and standing long jumping) among 131 young children aged 4 to 5 years. The movement time was significantly shorter in 5- than in 4-year-old children, but the hopping pattern score did not change with increasing age. The score was significantly higher in girls than in boys, while the movement time was significantly shorter in boys than in girls. Moreover, a significant correlation was observed between the movement time and basic motor ability (25-m sprint and standing long jumping), the score and basic motor ability (25-m sprint, tennis ball throwing and standing long jumping). These data suggest that continuous bilateral hop can be used as indexes for agility as well motor coordination in young children., 2020, 22, 1, 12, 21
  • Refereed, Journal of sport rehabilitation, Comparison of the position-matching and position-reproducing tasks to detect deficits in knee position sense after reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament., Takuma Hoshiba; Hiroki Nakata; Yasuaki Saho; Kazuyuki Kanosue; Toru Fukubayashi, CONTEXT: Deficits in knee position sense following reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) can delay an athlete's return to sport participation and increase the risk of reinjury. Deficits in position sense postreconstruction have been evaluated using either a position-reproducing or position-matching task. OBJECTIVE: The aim of our study was to combine both to determine which assessment would be more effective to identify deficits in knee position sense. DESIGN: Longitudinal laboratory-based study. PARTICIPANTS: Eleven athletes (6 men and 5 women; mean age, 20.5 [1.2] y), who had undergone ACL reconstruction with an ipsilateral hamstring autograft, and 12 age-matched controls. INTERVENTIONS: Position sense was evaluated at 6 and 12 months postreconstruction and once for the control group. In addition, peak isokinetic knee extension and flexion strength, at 60°/s and 180°/s, was assessed for the ACL reconstruction group to evaluate possible influences of muscle strength on knee joint position sense. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The variables include the angular differences between the reference limb and indicator limb, and peak torque values of isokinetic knee extension and flexion. RESULTS: Significant matching differences were identified at 6 months postsurgery on the position-matching task, but not at 12 months postsurgery. No significant between-group and within-subject differences were identified on the position-reproducing task. No significant matching errors were identified for the control group. There was no correlation between errors in position sense and maximum isokinetic strength. CONCLUSION: The position-matching task is more sensitive than the position-reproducing task to identify deficits in knee position sense over the first year following ACL reconstruction surgery., 2020, 29, 1, 87, 92, Scientific journal, True, 10.1123/jsr.2017-0275
  • Not Refereed, 2019, 21, 1, 9
  • Not Refereed, 2019, 56, 3, 11
  • Refereed, NeuroReport, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Differences in characteristics of somatosensory evoked potentials between children and adults., Takezawa M, Kamijo K, Shibasaki M, Nakata H, 2019, 30, 18, 1284, 1288, Scientific journal, 10.1097/wnr.0000000000001355
  • Refereed, 暑熱環境下の運動による脱水がヒト脳認知機能に及ぼす影響, Nakata Hiroki, 2019, 40, 47-57
  • Refereed, 歓声量から観客を興奮させるプレーを評価する, Nakata Hiroki, 2019, 18, 71, 76
  • Refereed, IBRO Reports, Assessment of brain mechanisms involved in the processes of thermal sensation, pleasantness/unpleasantness, and evaluation., Yuka Aizawa; Tokiko Harada; Hiroki Nakata; Mizuki Tsunakawa; Norihiro Sadato; Kei Nagashima, The conscious perception of thermal stimuli is divided into two categories: thermal sensation (i.e., discriminative component) and pleasantness/unpleasantness (i.e., hedonic component). There have been very few studies which clearly dissociated the two components. The aim of the present study was 1) to identify brain regions involved in perception of thermal stimuli per se, dissociating those related to the two components, and additionally 2) to examine brain regions of the explicit evaluation processes for the two components. Sixteen participants received local thermal stimuli of either 41.5 °C or 18.0 °C during whole-body thermal stimuli of 47.0 °C, 32.0 °C, or 17.0 °C. The local stimuli were delivered to the right forearm with the Peltier device. The whole-body stimuli delivered through a water-perfusion suit was aimed to modulate thermal pleasantness/unpleasantness to the local stimulus. The local stimulation at the same temperature was conducted five times with 30-s intervals. Brain activation was assessed by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and the participants were asked to report their ratings of thermal sensation and pleasantness/unpleasantness following the cessation of each local stimulus. Local thermal stimulation activated specific brain regions such as the anterior cingulate cortex, insula, and inferior parietal lobe, irrespective of the temperature of local and whole-body stimuli; however, no specific activation for hot or cold sensation was observed. Different brain regions were associated with pleasantness and unpleasantness; the caudate nucleus and frontal regions for pleasantness, and the medial frontal and anterior cingulate cortex for unpleasantness. In addition, the explicit evaluation process for the discriminative and hedonic components immediately following the cessation of local stimulus involved different brain regions; the medial prefrontal cortex extending to the anterior cingulate cortex, insula, middle frontal cortex, and parietal lobes during the explicit evaluation of thermal sensation, and the medial prefrontal cortex, posterior cingulate cortex, and inferior parietal lobes during that of pleasantness/unpleasantness., 2019, 6, 54, 63, Scientific journal, True, 10.1016/j.ibror.2019.01.003
  • Refereed, J Phys Fitness Sports Med, Relationship between basketball free-throw accuracy and other performance variables among collegiate female players., Ogawa M, Hoshino S, Fujiwara M, Nakata H, 2019, 8, 127, 136
  • Refereed, NeuroReport, Effects of white noise duration on somatosensory event-related potentials., Ohbayashi W, Kakigi R, Nakata H, 2019, 30, 26, 31
  • Refereed, Neurosci Lett, Remote effects on corticospinal excitability during motor execution and motor imagery., Shironouchi F, Ohtaka C, Mizuguchi N, Kato K, Kakigi R, Nakata H, 2019, 707, 134284
  • Refereed, Exp Brain Res, Effects of stimulus intensity and auditory white noise on human somatosensory cognitive processing: A study using event-related potentials., Mizukami H, Kakigi R, Nakata H, 2019, 237, 521, 530
  • Refereed, Physiol Rep, Effects of repetitive exercise and thermal stress on human cognitive processing., Shibasaki M, Namba M, Kamijo YI, Ito T, Kakigi R, Nakata H, 2019, 7, e14003
  • Refereed, PLoS One, The difference in hemodynamic responses between dominant and non-dominant hands during muscle contraction and relaxation: An fNIRS study., Yokoyama N, Ohtaka C, Kato K, Kubo H, Nakata H, The present study used functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), and investigated the differences in neural activation of ipsi- or contralateral hemispheres between right dominant and left non-dominant hands among right-handed subjects using consecutive motor tasks with muscle contraction and relaxation. The subjects performed tasks under four conditions: (1) right hand up (R-Up), (2) left hand up (L-Up), (3) right hand down (R-Down), and (4) left hand down (L-Down). The peak amplitude of oxy-Hb was significantly larger at the contralateral than ipsilateral hemisphere in the premotor area (PM) under the R-Up condition, and no significant differences were observed between contra- and ipsilateral hemispheres under the L-Up condition. In addition, the peak amplitude was more negative at the contra- than ipsilateral hemisphere in the PM under the R-Down condition, while the peak amplitude was significantly more negative at the ipsi- than contralateral hemisphere in the PM under the L-Down condition. These results suggest that the PM of the left hemisphere among right-handed subjects plays an important role in muscle contraction and relaxation with force control., 2019, 14, 7, e0220100, Scientific journal, True, 10.1371/journal.pone.0220100
  • Refereed, PLoS One, Negative BOLD responses during hand and foot movements: An fMRI study., Nakata H, Domoto R, Mizuguchi N, Sakamoto K, Kanosue K, 2019, 14, e0215736
  • Refereed, Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, Effects of whole-body skin cooling on human cognitive processing: A study using SEPs and ERPs., Nakata H, Kobayashi F, Lawley J, Kakigi R, Shibasaki M, 2019, 317, R432, R441
  • Refereed, 認知スタイルとダーツパフォーマンスの関係性の検討, Nakata Hiroki, 2018, 20, 1-12
  • Not Refereed, 高体温時の認知機能低下の機能的磁気共鳴画像法による空間的神経ネットワーク評価, Nakata Hiroki, 2018, 39, 84-93
  • Refereed, データベースを利用した新しい競技力指標と心理テストの関係性の検討, Nakata Hiroki, 2018, 14, 48-55
  • Refereed, J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact, Performance control in one consecutive motor task sequence - Approaching central neuronal motor behaviour preceding isometric contraction onsets and relaxation offsets at lower distinct torques., Vogt T, Kato K, Flüthmann N, Bloch O, Nakata H, Kanosue K, 2018, 18, 1, 8
  • Refereed, J Appl Physiol, Dynamic cerebral autoregulation during cognitive task: Effect of hypoxia., Ogoh S, Nakata H, Miyamoto T, Bailey D, Shibasaki M, 2018, 124, 1413, 1419
  • Refereed, PLoS One, Head-eye movement of collegiate baseball batters during fastball hitting., Higuchi T, Nagami T, Nakata H, Kanosue K, 2018, 13, e0200443
  • Refereed, Neurosci Lett, Elsevier Ireland Ltd, Modulation of corticospinal excitability during positive and negative motor imageries., Yokota H, Mizuguchi N, Kakigi R, Nakata H, 2018, 672, 1, 5, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.02.036
  • Refereed, Sports Med Open, Characteristics of relative age effects and anthropometric data in Japanese recreational and elite male junior baseball players., Katsumata Y, Omuro K, Mitsukawa N, Nakata H, 2018, 4, 52
  • Refereed, Eur J Pain, Wiley, Warm-, hot-, and pain-related neural activities depending on baseline skin temperatures., Nakata H, Kakigi R, Shibasaki M, 2018, 22, 10, 1791, 1799, Scientific journal, 10.1002/ejp.1275
  • Not Refereed, 暑熱負荷時の認知機能評価, Nakata Hiroki, 2018, 22, 19-24
  • Not Refereed, ホワイトノイズがGo/No-go課題中の事象関連電位に及ぼす影響, Nakata Hiroki, 2018, 22, 13-18
  • Not Refereed, 高体温時および顔/頭部冷却時における体性感覚認知処理過程の検討, Nakata Hiroki, 2018, 22, 7-12
  • Not Refereed, 生まれつき足が遅い子はいない, Nakata Hiroki, 2018, 22, 45-46
  • Refereed, Suppression of cognitive function in hyperthermia; From the viewpoint of executive and inhibitive cognitive processing, Mar. 2017, 7, 43528, Scientific journal, 10.1038/srep43528
  • Refereed, 確率共鳴と運動抑制に関連した脳活動特性, Nakata Hiroki, 2017, 19, 1-10
  • Not Refereed, 暑熱環境下における認知機能, Nakata Hiroki, 2017, 58, 50-54
  • Not Refereed, 暑熱環境の違いが運動時のヒト脳認知機能に及ぼす影響, Nakata Hiroki, 2017, 38, 17-27
  • Refereed, The relationship between cognitive style and event-related potentials during auditory and somatosensory Go/No-go paradigms, 2017, 28, 822, 827, Scientific journal, 10.1097/WNR.0000000000000833
  • Refereed, NeuroReport, Effects of white noise on event-related potentials in somatosensory Go/No-go paradigms, Ohbayashi W, Kakigi R, Naklata H, 2017, 28, 788, 792, Scientific journal, 10.1097/WNR.0000000000000821
  • Refereed, Effects of mastication on human somatosensory processing: A study using somatosensory-evoked potentials, 2017, 117, 28, 34, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.neures.2016.12.002
  • Refereed, Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, Effects of face/head and whole body cooling during passive heat stress on human somatosensory processing, Nakata H, Namba M, Kakigi R, Shibasaki M, 2017, 312, 6, R996, R1003, Scientific journal, 10.1152/ajpregu.00039.2017
  • Refereed, Sports Med Open, Relationship between the relative age effect and lengths of professional careers in male Japanese baseball players: a retrospective analysis., Nakata H, 2017, 3, 21
  • Refereed, Relative Age Effect in Physical Fitness Among Elementary and Junior High School Students, Nakata H, Akido M, Naruse K, Fujiwara M, 2017, 124, 900, 911, Scientific journal, 10.1177/0031512517722284
  • Refereed, Effects of acute hypoxia on human cognitive processing: A study using ERPs and SEPs., 2017, 123, 1246, 1255, Scientific journal, 10.1152/japplphysiol.00348.2017
  • Not Refereed, 児童の走運動における調整力, Nakata Hiroki, 2017, 20, 177, 181
  • Not Refereed, 保健体育科の教員養成における教育実践演習の実践報告 -模擬授業・討議がひらく可能性-, Nakata Hiroki, 2017, 別冊, 191-204
  • Not Refereed, 機能的磁気共鳴画像法を用いた運動遂行時・運動イメージ時におけるNegative BOLD反応, Nakata Hiroki, 2017, 21, 19-24
  • Not Refereed, 日本人アスリートにおける相対年齢効果, Nakata Hiroki, 2017, 13, 9-18
  • Refereed, Front Hum Neurosci, Muscle relaxation of the foot reduces corticospinal excitability of hand muscles and enhances intracortical inhibition., Kato K, Muraoka T, Mizuguchi N, Nakagawa K, Nakata H, Kanosue K, 2016, 10, 218
  • Refereed, J Appl Biomech, Relation between lift force and ball spin for different baseball pitches., Nagami T, Higuchi T, Nakata H, Yanai T, Kanosue K, 2016, 32, 196, 204
  • Refereed, PLOS ONE, Contribution of visual information about ball trajectory to baseball hitting accuracy., Higuchi T, Nagami T, Nakata H, Isaka T, Kanosue K, 2016, 11, e0148498, Scientific journal, 10.1371/journal.pone.0148498
  • Refereed, J Phys Fitness Sports Med, The Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, Anteroposterior ground reaction force as an indicator of gait alteration during treadmill walking after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction., Hoshiba T, Nakata H, Saho Y, Kanosue K, Fukubayashi T, We investigated the weight transferring aspect of gait pattern during treadmill walking and muscle strength of the knee extensors and flexors following unilateral anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery. At 6 and 12 postoperative months, 11 patients (six men, five women) walked on a split-belt treadmill with two embedded force plates at their preferred speeds, 20% slower and 20% faster. Seventeen healthy control subjects (nine men, eight women) were also evaluated. Peak values of three components of ground reaction force (vertical, anteroposterior, and mediolateral) were measured bilaterally, and their variabilities were analyzed by coefficients of variation (CVs). The CVs for the anteroposterior forces differed between the reconstructed and contralateral limbs at 6 postoperative months, and this difference disappeared at 12 months. This was not matched by the time course change of quadriceps strength since quadriceps weakness in the reconstructed limb persisted up to 12 months postoperative. These findings suggest that gait alteration in anteroposterior forces may not be caused by quadriceps weakness alone, and the reconstructed and contralateral limbs may compensate for gait execution over the first year following ACL reconstruction surgery., 2016, 5, 1, 95, 103, 10.7600/jpfsm.5.95
  • Refereed, Neuroscience, Motor imagery beyond the motor repertoire: Activity in the primary visual cortex during kinesthetic motor imagery of difficult whole body movements., Mizuguchi N, Nakata H, Kanosue K, 2016, 315, 104, 113, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.12.013
  • Refereed, Negative BOLD responses during motor execution and imagery: an fMRI study., Nakata H, Matsuda N, Mizuguchi N, Sakamoto K, Kanosue K, 2016, 18, 65, 77
  • Refereed, J Psychophysiology, Modality difference in N2 and P3 components between visual and auditory Go/No-go paradigms., Nakata H, Arakawa N, Suzuki C, Nakayama M, 2016, 30, 131, 140, Scientific journal, 10.1027/0269-8803/a000163
  • Refereed, Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, The effect of elevations in internal temperature on event-related potentials during a simple cognitive task in humans., Shibasaki M, Namba M, Oshiro M, Crandall C, Nakata H, 2016, 311, R33, R38, Scientific journal, 10.1152/ajpregu.00086.2016
  • Refereed, Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, Effects of aerobic exercise under different thermal conditions on human somatosensory processing., Nakata H, Oshiro M, Namba M, Shibasaki M, 2016, 311, R629, R636, Scientific journal, 10.1152/ajpregu.00153.2016
  • Not Refereed, 暑熱環境下における聴覚情報処理および高次認知機能の評価, Nakata Hiroki, 2016, 37, 82-91
  • Refereed, Sci Rep, The right temporoparietal junction encodes efforts of others during action observation., Mizuguchi N, Nakata H, Kanosue K, 2016, 6, 30274, Scientific journal, 10.1038/srep30274
  • Not Refereed, Adv Exerc Sports Physiol, Japan Society of Exercise and Sports Physiology, Effects of voluntary movements on pain-related brain activity., Nakata H, Kakigi R, 2016, 22, 3, 39, 44
  • Refereed, 児童の疾走速度とピッチ・ストライド・接地時間・滞空時間の関係, Nakata Hiroki, 2015, 60, 497-510
  • Refereed, PLoS One, Skill-specific changes in somatosensory Nogo potentials in baseball players., Yamashiro K, Sato D, Onishi H, Sugawara K, Nakazawa S, Akatsuka K, Nakata H, Maruyama A, 2015, 10, e0142581
  • Refereed, Front Psychol, The effect of somatosensory input on motor imagery depends upon motor imagery capability., Mizuguchi N, Yamagishi T, Nakata H, Kanosue K, 2015, 6, 104
  • Refereed, Clin Neurophysiol, Mastication accelerates Go/No-go decisional processing: An event-related potential study., Sakamoto K, Nakata H, Yumoto M, Sadato N, Kakigi R, 2015, 126, 2099, 2107, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.12.034
  • Refereed, Is relative age associated with sport dropout?: Evidence from Japanese novelists, Nakata H, Sakamoto K, 2015, 17, 21, 29
  • Not Refereed, 運動による除痛効果に関する脳内認知機構, Nakata Hiroki, 2015, 7, 132-138
  • Refereed, Neurosci Lett, Effects of task repetition on event-related potentials in somatosensory Go/No-go paradigm., Nakata H, Sakamoto K, Kakigi R, 2015, 594, 82, 86, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.03.055
  • Refereed, Eur J Neurosci, Temporal dynamics of neural activity in motor execution and inhibition processing., Nakata H, Sakamoto K, Honda Y, Kakigi R, 2015, 41, 1448, 1458, Scientific journal, 10.1111/ejn.12889
  • Refereed, Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, Effects of passive heat stress on human somatosensory processing., Nakata H, Oshiro M, Namba M, Shibasaki M, 2015, 309, R1387, R1396
  • Refereed, Front Hum Neurosci, Activity of right premotor-parietal regions dependent upon imagined force level: an fMRI study, 2014, 8, 810, Scientific journal, 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00810
  • Refereed, Effector-independent brain activity during motor imagery of the upper and lower limbs: An fMRI study, 2014, 581, 69, 74, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.08.025
  • Refereed, J Physiol Sci, Somato-motor inhibitory processing in humans: evidence from neurophysiology and neuroimaging, Nakata H, Sakamoto K, Honda Y, Kakigi R, 2014, 64, 233, 252, 10.1007/s12576-014-0320-0
  • Refereed, J Phys Fitness Sports Med, The Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, Differences in trunk rotation during baseball batting between skilled players and unskilled novices., Nakata H, Miura A, Yoshie M, Higuchi T, Kudo K, 2014, 3, 457, 466, Scientific journal, 10.7600/jpfsm.3.457
  • Refereed, Front Psychol, Meditation reduces pain-related neural activity in the anterior cingulate cortex, insula, secondary somatosensory cortex, and thalamus, 2014, 5, 1489, 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01489
  • Refereed, Research journal of sport science in Nara Women's University, Nara Women's University, Differences in body size between left-handed and right-handed Japanese professional baseball players., Nakata H, 2014, 16, 41, 45
  • Not Refereed, J Phys Fitness Sports Med, Relative age effects in Japanese athletes., Nakata H, Sakamoto K, 2014, 3, 467, 476
  • Refereed, 足関節筋の弛緩は手関節筋の皮質脊髄路興奮性を低下させる, Nakata Hiroki, 2013, 4, 5-9
  • Refereed, J Appl Biomech, The effect of fastball backspin rate on baseball hitting accuracy., Higuchi T, Morohoshi J, Nagami T, Nakata H, Kanosue K, 2013, 29, 279, 284, Scientific journal
  • Refereed, Percept Mot Skills, Disturbance in hitting accuracy by professional and collegiate baseball players due to intentional change of target position., Higuchi T, Nagami T, Morohoshi J, Nakata H, Kanosue K, 2013, 116, 627, 639, Scientific journal, 10.2466/30.23.25.PMS.116.2.627-639
  • Refereed, Exp Brain Res, Modulation of corticospinal excitability dependent upon imagined force level., Mizuguchi N, Umehara I, Nakata H, Kanosue K, 2013, 230, 243, 249, Scientific journal, 10.1007/s00221-013-3649-3
  • Refereed, Neurosci Res, Brain activity during motor imagery of an action with an object: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study., Mizuguchi N, Nakata H, Hayashi T, Sakamoto M, Muraoka T, Uchida Y, Kanosue K, 2013, 76, 150, 155, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.neures.2013.03.012
  • Refereed, Percept Mot Skills, Relative age effects in Japanese baseball: A historical analysis., Nakata H, Sakamoto K, 2013, 117, 276, 289, Scientific journal, 10.2466/10.25.PMS.117x13z1
  • Refereed, J Strength Cond Res, Relationship between performance variables and baseball ability in youth baseball players., Nakata H, Nagami T, Higuchi T, Sakamoto K, Kanosue K, 2013, 27, 2887, 2897, Scientific journal, 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3182a1f58a
  • Refereed, J Strength Cond Res, Electromyographic analysis of lower limbs during baseball batting., Nakata H, Miura A, Yoshie M, Kanosue K, Kudo K, 2013, 27, 5, 1179, 1187, Scientific journal, 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3182653ca9
  • Refereed, Clin Neurophysiol, Cortical rhythm of No-go processing in humans: An MEG study., Nakata H, Sakamoto K, Otsuka A, Yumoto M, Kakigi R, 2013, 124, 273, 282, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.06.019
  • Not Refereed, 運動イメージとスキル, Nakata Hiroki, 2013, 63, 93-98
  • Not Refereed, 運動抑制に関わる脳内メカニズム, Nakata Hiroki, 2013, 17, 128-136
  • Not Refereed, J Phys Fitness Sports Med, Motor imagery and sport performance., Mizuguchi N, Nakata H, Uchida Y, Kanosue K, 2012, 1, 103, 111
  • Refereed, Neurosci Lett, Influence of somatosensory input on corticospinal excitability during motor imagery., Mizuguchi N, Sakamoto M, Muraoka T, Moriyama N, Nakagawa K, Nakata H, Kanosue K., 2012, 514, 127, 130, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.02.073
  • Refereed, J Strength Cond Res, Electromyographic activity of lower limbs to stop baseball batting., Nakata H, Miura A, Yoshie M, Kudo K, 2012, 26, 6, 1461, 1468, Scientific journal, 10.1519/JSC.0b013e318231ab12
  • Refereed, Eur J Appl Physiol, The relationship between reaction time and response variability and somatosensory No-go potentials., Nakata H, Sakamoto K, Kakigi R, 2012, 112, 207, 214, Scientific journal, 10.1007/s00421-011-1973-5
  • Refereed, Percept Mot Skills, Association of relative age effects in sports with number of years in school., Nakata H, Sakamoto K, 2012, 115, 166, 170, Scientific journal, 10.2466/10.05.11.PMS.115.4.166-170
  • Refereed, J Strength Cond Res, Differences in the head movement during baseball batting between skilled players and novices., Nakata H, Miura A, Yoshie M, Kudo K, 2012, 26, 2632, 2640
  • Refereed, Percept Mot Skills, Sex differences in relative age effects among Japanese athletes., Nakata H, Sakamoto K., 2012, 115, 179, 186, Scientific journal, 10.2466/10.05.17.PMS.115.4.179-186
  • Refereed, J Adv Com Intell Intell Inform, Neurophysiological and dynamical control principles underlying variable and stereotyped movement patterns in the process of motor skill acquisition., Kudo K, Miyazaki M, Sekiguchi H, Kadota H, Fujii S, Miura A, Yoshie M, Nakata H., 2011, 15, 942, 953
  • Refereed, PLoS One, The modulation of corticospinal excitability during motor imagery of actions with objects., Mizuguchi N, Sakamoto M, Muraoka T, Nakagawa K, Kanazawa S, Nakata H, Moriyama N, Kanosue K, 2011, 6, e26006, Scientific journal, 10.1371/journal.pone.0026006
  • Refereed, Spin on fastball thrown by elite baseball pitchers., Nagami T, Morohoshi J, Higuchi T, Nakata H, Naito S, Kanosue K, 2011, 43, 2321, 2327, Scientific journal, 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318220e728
  • Refereed, Percept Mot Skills, Relative age effect in Japanese male athletes., Nakata H, Sakamoto K, 2011, 113, 570, 574, Scientific journal, 10.2466/05.10.11.PMS.113.5.570-574
  • Refereed, NeuroReport, The relationship in gating effects between short- and long-latency SEPs., Nakata H, Sakamoto K, Yumoto M, Kakigi R, 2011, 22, 1000, 1004, Scientific journal, 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32834dc296
  • Refereed, Neurosci Res, A difference exists in somatosensory processing between the anterior and posterior parts of the tongue., Sakamoto K, Nakata H, Inui K, Perrucci MG, Del Gratta C, Kakigi R, Romani GL, 2010, 66, 173, 179, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.neures.2009.10.013
  • Refereed, Anti-Aging Medicine, Japanese Society of Anti-Aging Medicine, Effect of mastication on human brain activity., Sakamoto K, Nakata H, Yumoto M, Kakigi R, Mastication is a complicated movement generated from a neural population in the brainstem and a neural network involving several brain regions. Recently, attention has been focused on the relationship between mastication and age-related decline in human cognitive function, but the neural mechanisms underlying this association remain unknown. In this article, we review research on the effect of mastication based on data obtained using event-related potentials (ERPs), including the P300 component and contingent negative variation (CNV), motor-related cortical potentials (MRCPs), and reaction time (RT) as behavioral data. The peak latency of P300 and RT clearly shortened with the repetition of sessions in Mastication, but not in Control, Jaw Movement, or Finger Tapping. The mean amplitude of CNV differed between the Mastication and Control conditions with the repetition of sessions. By contrast, there was no significant difference in the amplitude of MRCP between Mastication and Control in any of the sessions. These results suggest that mastication is associated with cognitive processing rather than movement-related processing in the human brain. We believe that non-invasive recording methods, such as electroencephalography (EEG), magnetoencephalography (MEG), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), will supply valuable evidence in support of a positive relationship between mastication and cognition., 2010, 7, 13, 153, 160, 10.3793/jaam.7.153
  • Refereed, Front Physiol, Somatosensory processing of the tongue in humans., Sakamoto K, Nakata H, Yumoto M, Kakigi R, 2010, 1, 136, 145, 10.3389/fphys.2010.00136
  • Refereed, Brain Res Review, Characteristics of the athletes' brain: Evidence from neurophysiology and neuroimaging., Nakata H, Yoshie M, Miura A, Kudo K, 2010, 62, 2, 197, 211, 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2009.11.006
  • Refereed, Neurosci Lett, Characteristics of No-go P300 component during somatosensory Go/No-go paradigms., Nakata H, Sakamoto K, Kakigi R, 2010, 478, 124, 127, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.05.002
  • Refereed, NeuroReport, Effects of the interstimulus interval on somatosensory go/no-go event-related potentials., Nakata H, Sakamoto K, Kakigi R, 2010, 21, 1040, 1044, Scientific journal, 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32833f7bb5
  • Refereed, J Neurophysiol, Time course of activity in itch-related brain regions: A combined MEG-fMRI study., Mochizuki H, Inui K, Tanabe C.H, Akiyama F.L, Otsuru N, Yamashiro K, Sasaki A, Nakata H, Sadato N, Kakigi R, 2009, 102, 2657, 2666, Scientific journal, 10.1152/jn.00460.2009
  • Refereed, Neurosci Lett, Negative BOLD during tongue movement: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study., Sakamoto K, Nakata H, Perrucci GM, Del Gratta C, Kakigi R, Romani GL, 2009, 466, 120, 123, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.09.038
  • Refereed, Neurosci Res, The effect of mastication on human motor preparation processing: A study with CNV and MRCP., Sakamoto K, Nakata H, Honda Y, Kakigi R, 2009, 64, 259, 266, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.neures.2009.03.008
  • Refereed, Clin Neurophysiol, The effect of mastication on human cognitive processing: A study using event-related potentials., Sakamoto K, Nakata H, Kakigi R, 2009, 120, 41, 50, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.10.001
  • Refereed, NeuroReport, The characteristics of no-go potentials with intraepidermal stimulation., Nakata H, Sakamoto K, Inui K, Hoshiyama M, Kakigi R, 2009, 20, 1149, 1154, Scientific journal, 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32832f81d6
  • Refereed, Neurosci Lett, Negative BOLD effect on somato-motor inhibitory processing: an fMRI study., Nakata H, Sakamoto K, Ferretti A, Perrucci GM, Del Gratta C, Kakigi R, Romani GL, 2009, 462, 101, 104, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.06.088
  • Refereed, NeuroImage, Centrifugal modulation of human LEP components to a task-relevant noxious stimulation triggering voluntary movement., Nakata H, Sakamoto K, Honda Y, Mochizuki H, Hoshiyama M, Kakigi R, 2009, 45, 129, 142, 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.11.026
  • Refereed, Clin Neurophysiol, Neural responses related to point-light walker perception: a magnetoencephalographic study., Hirai M, Kaneoke Y, Nakata H, Kakigi R, 2008, 119, 2775, 2784
  • Refereed, Clin Neurophysiol, Somatotopic representation of the tongue in human secondary somatosensory cortex., Sakamoto K, Nakata H, Kakigi R, 2008, 119, 2125, 2134, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.05.003
  • Refereed, Clin Neurophysiol, Somatosensory-evoked magnetic fields following stimulation of the tongue in humans., Sakamoto K, Nakata H, Kakigi R, 2008, 119, 1664, 1673, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.03.029
  • Refereed, Cereb Cortex, Temporal dynamics of adaptation to natural sounds in the human auditory cortex., Altmann CF, Nakata H, Noguchi Y, Inui K, Hoshiyama M, Kaneoke Y, Kakigi R, 2008, 18, 1350, 1360, Scientific journal, 10.1093/cercor/bhm166
  • Refereed, Brain Res Bull, Executive functions with different motor outputs in somatosensory Go/Nogo tasks: an event-related functional MRI study., Nakata H, Sakamoto K, Ferretti A, Perrucci GM, Del Gratta C, Kakigi R, Romani GL, 2008, 77, 197, 205, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.07.008
  • Refereed, NeuroImage, Evoked magnetic fields following noxious laser stimulation of the thigh in humans., Nakata H, Tamura Y, Sakamoto K, Akatsuka K, Hirai M, Inui K, Hoshiyama M, Saitoh Y, Yamamoto T, Katayama Y, Kakigi R, 2008, 42, 858, 868, 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.05.017
  • Refereed, NeuroImage, Somato-motor inhibitory processing in humans: An event-related functional MRI study., Nakata H, Sakamoto K, Ferretti A, Perrucci GM, Del Gratta C, Kakigi R, Romani GL, 2008, 39, 1858, 1866, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.10.041
  • Refereed, Clin Neurophysiol, Objective examination for two-point stimulation using a somatosensory oddball paradigm: an MEG study., Akatsuka K, Wasaka T, Nakata H, Kida T, Hoshiyama M, Tamura Y, Kakigi R, 2007, 118, 403, 411, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.09.030
  • Refereed, Exp Brain Res, The effect of stimulus probability on the somatosensory mismatch field., Akatsuka K, Wasaka T, Nakata H, Kida T, Kakigi R, 2007, 181, 607, 614, Scientific journal, 10.1007/s00221-007-0958-4
  • Refereed, Neuroscience, Characteristics of sensori-motor interaction in the primary and secondary somatosensory cortices in humans: A magnetoencephalography study., Wasaka T, Kida T, Nakata H, Akatsuka K, Kakigi R, 2007, 149, 446, 456, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.07.040
  • Refereed, NeuroImage, Centrifugal regulation of human cortical responses to a task-relevant somatosensory signal triggering voluntary movement., Kida T, Wasaka T, Inui K, Akatsuka K, Nakata H, Kakigi R, 2006, 32, 1355, 1364, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.05.015
  • Refereed, Suppl Clin Neurophysiol, Cortical processing of noxious information in humans: a magnetoencephalographic study., Inui K, Wang X, Qiu Y, Tsuji T, Nakata H, Kakigi R, 2006, 59, 127, 1331
  • Refereed, Cereb Cortex, Brain processing of the signals ascending through unmyelinated C fibers in humans: an event-related fMRI study., Qiu Y, Honda M, Noguchi Y, Nakata H, Tamura Y, Tanaka S, Sadato N, Wang X, Inui K, Kakigi R, 2006, 16, 1289, 1295, Scientific journal, 10.1093/cercor/bhj071
  • Refereed, Exp Brain Res, Centrifugal regulation of task-relevant somatosensory signals to trigger a voluntary movement., Kida T, Wasaka T, Nakata H, Kakigi R, 2006, 169, 289, 301, Scientific journal, 10.1007/s00221-005-0141-8
  • Refereed, Exp Brain Res, Centrifugal regulation of a task-relevant somatosensory signal triggering voluntary movement without a preceding warning signal., Kida T, Wasaka T, Nakata H, Akatsuka K, Kakigi R, 2006, 173, 733, 741, Scientific journal, 10.1007/s00221-006-0448-0
  • Refereed, Exp Brain Res, Active attention modulates passive attention-related neural responses to sudden somatosensory input against a silent background., Kida T, Wasaka T, Nakata H, Akatsuka K, Kakigi R, 2006, 175, 609, 617, Scientific journal, 10.1007/s00221-006-0578-4
  • Refereed, Clin Neurophysiol, Pre-movement modulation of tibial nerve SEPs caused by a self-initiated dorsiflexion., Wasaka T, Nakata H, Kida T, Kakigi R, 2006, 117, 2023, 2029, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.06.003
  • Refereed, Neurosci Lett, The characteristics of the nogo-N140 component in somatosensory go/nogo tasks., Nakata H, Inui K, Wasaka T, Tamura Y, Kida T, Kakigi R, 2006, 397, 318, 322, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.12.041
  • Refereed, Clin Neurophysiol, Higher anticipated force required a stronger inhibitory process in go/nogo tasks., Nakata H, Inui K, Wasaka T, Tamura Y, Akatsuka K, Kida T, Kakigi R, 2006, 117, 1669, 1676, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.03.032
  • Not Refereed, C線維を上行する信号によって賦活される脳部位:機能的磁気共鳴画像(fMRI)を用いた研究, Nakata Hiroki, 2006, 21, 95-102
  • Refereed, Eur J Neurosci, Functional relationship between human rolandic oscillations and motor cortical excitability: an MEG study., Tamura Y, Hoshiyama M, Nakata H, Hiroe N, Inui K, Kaneoke Y, Inoue K, Kakigi R, 2005, 21, 2555, 2562, Scientific journal, 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04096.x
  • Refereed, Clin Neurophysiol, Mismatch responses related to temporal discrimination of somatosensory stimulation., Akatsuka K, Wasaka T, Nakata H, Inui K, Hoshiyama M, Kakigi R, 2005, 116, 1930, 1937, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.clinph.2005.04.021
  • Refereed, Clin Neurophysiol, Face representation in the human secondary somatosensory cortex., Nguyen BT, Inui K, Hoshiyama M, Nakata H, Kakigi R, 2005, 116, 1247, 1253, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.clinph.2005.01.018
  • Refereed, Eur J Pain, Intracerebral pain processing in a Yoga Master who claims not to feel pain during meditation., Kakigi R, Nakata H, Inui K, Hiroe N, Nagata O, Honda M, Tanaka S, Sadato N, Kawakami M., 2005, 9, 581, 589, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.ejpain.2004.12.006
  • Refereed, Brain Res Cogn Brain Res, Gating of SEPs by contraction of the contralateral homologous muscle during the preparatory period of self-initiated plantar flexion., Wasaka T, Nakata H, Kida T, Kakigi R, 2005, 23, 354, 360, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2004.11.002
  • Refereed, Exp Brain Res, Changes in the centrifugal gating effect on somatosensory evoked potentials depending on the level of contractile force., Wasaka T, Nakata H, Kakigi R, Kida T., 2005, 166, 118, 125, Scientific journal, 10.1007/s00221-005-2333-7
  • Refereed, Eur J Neurosci, Differential modulation in human primary and secondary somatosensory cortices during the preparatory period of self-initiated finger movement., Wasaka T, Nakata H, Akatsuka K, Kida T, Inui K, Kakigi R., 2005, 22, 1239, 1247, Scientific journal, 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04289.x
  • Refereed, J Cogn Neurosci, An ERP study of second language learning after childhood: Effects of proficiency., Ojima S, Nakata H, Kakigi R, 2005, 17, 1212, 1228, Scientific journal
  • Refereed, Exp Brain Res, Effects of ISI and stimulus probability on event-related go/nogo potentials after somatosensory stimulation., Nakata H, Inui K, Wasaka T, Tamura Y, Kida T, Kakigi R, 2005, 162, 293, 299, Scientific journal, 10.1007/s00221-004-2195-4
  • Refereed, Eur J Neurosci, Somato-motor inhibitory processing in humans: A study with MEG and ERP., Nakata H, Inui K, Wasaka T, Akatsuka K, Kakigi R., 2005, 22, 1784, 1792, Scientific journal, 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04368.x
  • Refereed, Brain Res, Load- and cadence-dependent modulation of somatosensory evoked potentials and Soleus H-reflexes during active leg pedaling in humans., Sakamoto M, Nakajima T, Wasaka T, Kida T, Nakata H, Endoh T, Nishihira Y, Komiyama T, 2004, 1029, 272, 285, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.09.054
  • Refereed, Brain Res Cogn Brain Res, Differential modulation of temporal and frontal components of the somatosensory N140 and the effect of interstimulus interval in a selective attention task., Kida T, Nishihira Y, Wasaka T, Nakata H, Sakamoto M, 2004, 19, 33, 39, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2003.10.016
  • Refereed, Clin Neurophysiol, Passive enhancement of the somatosensory P100 and N140 in an active attention task using deviant alone condition., Kida T, Nishihira Y, Wasaka T, Nakata H, Sakamoto M, 2004, 115, 871, 879, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.clinph.2003.11.037
  • Refereed, Clin Neurophysiol, Resource allocation and somatosensory P300 amplitude during dual task: effects of tracking speed and predictability of tracking direction., Kida T, Nishihira Y, Hatta A, Wasaka T, Tazoe T, Sakajiri Y, Nakata H, Kaneda T, Kuroiwa K, Akiyama S, Sakamoto M, Kamijo K, Higashiura T, 2004, 115, 2616, 2628, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.06.013
  • Refereed, Clin Neurophysiol, Cognitive processes in two-point discrimination: an ERP study., Tamura Y, Hoshiyama M, Inui K, Nakata H, Wasaka T, Ojima S, Inoue K, Kakigi R, 2004, 115, 1875, 1884, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.03.018
  • Refereed, Neurology, Facilitation of A delta-fiber-mediated acute pain by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, Tamura Y, Hoshiyama M, Inui K, Nakata H, Qiu Y, Ugawa Y, Inoue K, Kakigi R, 2004, 62, 2176, 2181, Scientific journal
  • Refereed, Clin Neurophysiol, Effects of a go/nogo task on event-related potentials following somatosensory stimulation., Nakata H, Inui K, Nishihira Y, Hatta A, Sakamoto M, Kida T, Wasaka T, Kakigi R, 2004, 115, 361, 368, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.clinph.2003.09.013
  • Refereed, Pain, Movements modulate cortical activities evoked by noxious stimulation., Nakata H, Inui K, Wasaka T, Tamura Y, Tran TD, Qiu Y, Wang X, Nguyen TB, Kakigi R, 2004, 107, 91, 98, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.pain.2003.10.001
  • Not Refereed, 痛覚認知のイメージング, Nakata Hiroki, 2004, 48, 261-273
  • Refereed, Adv Exerc Sports Physiol, Japan Society of Exercise and Sports Physiology, Stimulus context affects P300 and reaction time during a somtosensory discrimination task., Kida T, Nishihira Y, Hatta A, Wasaka T, Nakata H, Sakamoto M, Context-dependent modulation of the somatosensory P300 and reaction time during an oddball paradigm were investigated. Subjects were instructed to respond by pressing a button with the thumb of the right hand as fast as possible whenever an infrequent target stimulus in a sequence of frequent standard stimuli was presented. According to the number of preceding standard stimuli, the raw EEG data were divided into five categories, and then averaged separately. As a result, five kinds of target-evoked ERP wave-forms were obtained at each electrode. Reaction time (RT) was shortened and P300 amplitude was increased as the number of standard stimuli preceding the target stimulus increased. These sequential effects on the P300 and RT are discussed in terms of 'expectancy'. The present results indicate that stimulus context affects the P300 and RT in a somatosensory oddball task., 2003, 9, 3, 105, 110
  • Refereed, Eur J Appl Physiol, Changes in the somatosensory N250 and P300 by the variation of reaction time., Kida T, Nishihira Y, Hatta A, Wasaka T, Nakata H, Sakamoto M, Nakajima T, 2003, 89, 326, 330, Scientific journal, 10.1007/s00421-003-0801-y
  • Refereed, NeuroImage, Gating of somatosensory evoked magnetic fields during the preparatory period of self-initiated finger movement., Wasaka T, Hoshiyama M, Nakata H, Nishihira Y, Kakigi R, 2003, 20, 1830, 1838, Scientific journal, 10.1016/S1053-8119(03)00442-7
  • Refereed, Eur J Neurosci, Pain processing within the primary somatosensory cortex in humans., Inui K, Wang X, Qiu Y, Nguyen BT, Ojima S, Tamura Y, Nakata H, Wasaka T, Tran TD, Kakigi R, 2003, 18, 2859, 2866, Scientific journal, 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02995.x
  • Refereed, Brain Topogr, Mechanisms of differences in gating effects on short- and long-latency somatosensory evoked potentials relating to movement., Nakata H, Inui K, Wasaka T, Nishihira Y, Kakigi R, 2003, 15, 211, 222, Scientific journal, 10.1023/A:1023908707851

Books etc

  • 2020
  • 2020
  • 生理心理学と精神生理学 第II巻(応用), 2017, 277-285, Not Refereed
  • ペインクリニック, 2017, 38, 938-946, Not Refereed
  • ペインクリニック, Nakata Hiroki, 2015, 36, 592-600, Not Refereed
  • Sports Performance, Springer, Sports Performance and the Brain (p3-17), 2015, 3-12, Not Refereed

Presentations

  • Oral presentation, 21 Mar. 2025 - 21 Mar. 2025
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Research Projects

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), 01 Apr. 2019 - 31 Mar. 2023, 19H01128, Physiology and Psychology of Humidity and Wetness, 永島 計; 上條 義一郎; 中田 大貴; 眞野 博彰; 丸井 朱里, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Waseda University, 38090000, 29300000, 8790000, 1.総括 今年度は新型コロナ感染症の伝搬のため多くの制限が生じた。特に、移動制限のため実験計画に変更の必要性が生じた。当初の計画を一部変更して以下の実験を遂行した。
    2-1.蒸れ感覚にかかわる吸気湿度の関与の探索 人は環境の湿度上昇を察知し、蒸れていると表現する。しかし、この機序は明確ではない。吸気湿度および温度をコントロールした大気を吸入し、上気道内の温度と温湿度感覚の変化を測定した。蒸れ感と吸気の露点温度との関係には有意な正の相関が見られ、気道は何らかの形で絶対的湿度を感知していることが示唆された。気道の温度感覚が関与していると予想され、現在、解析を継続している。
    2-2.濡れ感にあたえる温度の影響の解析 濡れ感は機械的(触覚)と温度感覚の2つの独立したモダリティーにより形成されると予想されている。実験では濡れ感が物体(濾紙を使用)の含水量と濡れ感の相関を調べ、さらに濡れ感に温度がどのように修飾するのかを目的とした。30℃にコントロールした濾紙を触知させると全体として含水量との相関が見られた。しかし、個体差がおおきく、その機序は不明であった。一方、温度は蒸れ感に明確な影響をあたえ、皮膚表面温度をこえる32℃以上の条件で実験をおこなうと濡れ感は一定のままで影響を認めなかった。一方、低温刺激では濡れ感と温度の間に負の相関が認められた。
    2-3.マスク着用による運動時の生理学的および心理学的応答への影響の解析 マスク着用により顔面装着部の局所湿度が上昇することを明らかにしていた。このため、研究の社会実装を目指して、マスク着用による高温高湿度環境下でのマスクの影響を調べた。マスク着用による低強度、中強度運動は、循環および体温調節への影響は認められなかった。しかし、蒸れ感を長時間の着用で惹起した。マスク着用による装着部の湿度環境は熱中症リスクにはならないことを明らかにし、論文化した。, kaken
  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 01 Apr. 2019 - 31 Mar. 2022, 19K11576, Exploring neuroscientific biomarkers of motor learning in children, Nakata Hiroki, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Nara Women's University, 4160000, 3200000, 960000, It is an important issue in the field of physical education and sports science to elucidate the mechanisms of motor learning in children. The purpose of this study was to clarify the fundamental question, "Why are some children unable to perform movements well? In this study, I focused on gymnastics of elementary school children, and considered brain activity as a "neuroscientific biomarker of motor learning ability". I investigated the relationship between brain activity and motor performance in children., kaken
  • 基盤研究(A), 01 Apr. 2018 - 31 Mar. 2022, 18H04087, 運動イメージと協調運動の脳機構に基づくスキー技術の学習支援システム構築, 彼末 一之; 内田 雄介; 桜井 良太; 小林 海; 永見 智行; 加藤 孝基; 村岡 哲郎; 依田 珠江; 中田 大貴; 大室 康平; 中島 剛; 樋口 貴俊; 坂本 将基; 水口 暢章; 中川 剣人, 日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 早稲田大学, 44460000, 34200000, 10260000, 本年度は中級者にとって技術の1つの壁である小回り技術を複数被験者の複数ターンを計測対象として分析した。筋活動や足圧などの複数の指標によって計測するシステムを開発、加えて、そのシステムによって計測されたデータから、スキー中級者及び上級者の小回り動作の技術的特徴を客観的に評価する方法を検討する。実験は夏期と冬期の2回実施した。夏期は被験者は成人男性 4 人であり、基礎スキーや競技スキーの国内大会に出場しているスキー上級者であった。筋活動の測定箇所は左右の前脛骨筋、腓腹筋内側頭、大腿直筋、大腿二頭筋、長内転筋の合計 10か所であった。足圧は母指球直下、小指球直下、踵直下の 3 か所であった。被験者には特殊なマットの敷かれたサマーゲレンデ内で、ターンの横幅3m 程度を目安に小回り動作を行ってもらった。被験者が測定区間内で行ったすべてのターンを方向ごとに分類し、加算平均した。、腓腹筋内側頭、大腿二頭筋など、脚部後部の筋活動に関しては、被験者ごとに異なる特徴を得た。その原因としては、被験者の熟練度が高いことが考えられる。母指球の足圧変化について、踵の足圧と同時期に圧力上昇する被験者とそうでない被験者がおり、その原因として競技的特性が挙げられた。冬期は被験者は成人男性 4名であり、全員が日本スキー連盟(SAJ)の定めるバッチテストで 1 級を取得していた。被験者は冬のゲレンデでショートポールの小回りを行った。踵部への圧力は、外側内側ともにすべての被験者に共通して周期性を持った足圧の変化が見られた。その周期とは、切り替え局面で圧が弱まり、各ターンの頂点であるターンマックス局面で圧が強くなるというものであった。一部の被験者では、踵部にかかる圧力が強くなる局面で、同時に前脛骨筋の活動が強まった。, kaken
  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), 01 Apr. 2018 - 31 Mar. 2022, 18H03166, Effects of central and peripheral fatigue on muscle output regulation and circulatory regulation during exercise in a hot environment, Shibasaki Manabu, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Nara Women's University, 17160000, 13200000, 3960000, We investigated the effects of central and peripheral fatigues on motor control and cardiovascular responses during exercise in a hot environment using electroencephalographic event-related potentials, near-infrared spectroscopy, and middle cerebral artery blood velocity. In addition, to investigate the motor skill with muscle fatigue, we examined the interlocking of upper and lower limbs movements. The results of hyperthermia-induced central fatigue showed that the mode of exercise is capable of modulating the central motor command. Also, the peripheral fatigue affects the output of the central motor command, which is brain activity. Finally, "how to relax" due to muscle fatigue was numerically presented., kaken
  • Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A), 01 Apr. 2015 - 31 Mar. 2018, 15H05361, Effects of passive heat stress on human cognitive processing., Hiroki Nakata; Shibasaki Manabu; Kakigi Ryusuke, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Nara Women's University, 7150000, 5500000, 1650000, Climate change has had a widespread impact on humans and natural systems. Heat exhaustion is a heat-related illness that can occur after exposure to hot environments. Signs include excessive thirst, weakness, headache, loss of consciousness, dizziness, muscle cramps, nausea, and vomiting. Heat exhaustion is not as serious as heat stroke, but without proper intervention, it can progress to heat stroke, which can damage the brain and other vital organs. The present study focused on the human cognitive function by using psychological, physiological, and neuroscientific methods after exposure to hot environments. We also investigated the effect of general treatment for heat exhaustion on the function., kaken
  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), 01 Apr. 2014 - 31 Mar. 2018, 26242065, The analysis of the role and its brain mechanism of motor imagery in motor skill learning, Kanosue Kazuyuki, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Waseda University, 43420000, 33400000, 10020000, Personal difference in the ability of learning of new motor skill, especially that of diffifult action, is big. One of the reason of this is that motor learning involves not only gaining the motor action itself, but also having appropriate motor image of the action. In this research we analyzed brain activities during the process of motor learning under the hypothesis that motor learning is the process of interpretting motor images of objective third-person perspective into the motor images of first-person perspective. As results, it was suggested that at the initial stage of learning third-person perspective images are dominant and strongly related to the quality of motor performance, and as the learning progresses, first-person person perspective images become dominant., kaken
  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), 01 Apr. 2013 - 31 Mar. 2018, 25280101, Clarifying mechanisms involved in thermal pleasantness/unpleasantness and the application for evaluation of the inside environment of clothes, Nagashima Kei; Marui Shuri; Aizawa Yuka, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Waseda University, 16900000, 13000000, 3900000, ① Development of a method to experimentally reproduce thermal discomfort, ② Development of a method to reproduce ① in the brain function imaging device (fMRI) and obtain brain function image. Hypothesis verification that temperature sensation sensation and thermal discomfort feeling are processed in different brain regions. ③ Eluciation of the mechanism of transformation of thermal discomfort seen during exercise and dehydration from the changes in deep body temperature and skin temperature. For ①, regional temperature difference of the body surface can be reproduced by constructing it by a combination of rise and fall of body surface skin temperature with water perfusion suit and local skin temperature stimulation. ② Different brain regions were involved in temperature perception (discriminative and hedonic components). ③ Possible contribution to the thermal discomfort feeling other than the temperature parameter per se was clarified., kaken
  • Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, 01 Apr. 2012 - 31 Mar. 2014, 24650396, Analysis of eye movement and visual recognition ability in elite baseball players, KANOSUE Kazuyuki, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Waseda University, 3900000, 3000000, 900000, Seeing from a baseball batter, the angular velocity of a ball thrown at 140km/h reaches as high as 1000deg/s. However, batters can hit the ball. This indicates good ability of recognition in baseball players. In this study, we analyzed eye-movement-recognition system in elite baseball balayers. Results indicates that they have high miximum speed of eye-movement, but the recognition at a given retinal slip is comparable to that of non-players. Furthermore, we analyzed what kind of information batters use, utilizing shatter googles. Interestingly, batters use visual information in the period till only 150ms after the ball release., kaken
  • 特別研究員奨励費, 2007 - 2009, 07J00860, ヒト脳内の随意運動抑制過程に関する神経ネットワークの解明, 中田 大貴, 日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 3300000, 3300000, 本年度は、脳内の運動抑制に関わる神経ネットワークの一端を明らかにするために、事象関連型fMRIを用い、運動抑制過程で脳血流が増大するのではなく、反対に血流が下がる脳部位を検討した。運動抑制過程を検討する際の課題として、体性感覚刺激によるGo/No-go課題を行なった。実験課題は、動作Go/No-go課題と計数Go/No-go課題の2つを行ない、Go刺激(左手正中神経)ならびにNo-go刺激(左手尺骨神経)は50%:50%で、呈示された。その結果、2つの課題において、No-go刺激時に上前頭回(SFG)(ブロードマン8野)の脳活動の血流が下がることがわかった。この脳部位は「ボタン押しをしない」「数を数えない」といった際に、共通して脳血流が下がる部位であることを示した。その詳細な機序については不明であるが、No-go刺激時に血流が増加する背外側前頭前野(DLPFC)、腹外側前頭前野(VLPFC)の部位と関係があると推察される(Nakata et al.2009, Neuroscience Letters)。
    またその他に、事象関連電位を用い、痛覚刺激によるGo/No-go課題を行った。これまでの事象関連電位の研究では、No-go試行時中においてのみ特異的な電位成分が誘発されることがわかってきた。この電位は、「No-go potentials」と呼ばれ、No-go刺激が呈示された後、約200~300msで記録される陰性電位(N2成分)と約300~600msで記録される陽性電位(P3成分)の2つがある。また、前頭部を中心とした電極において明瞭に大きな振幅を記録するという特徴がある。これまでの先行研究では、視覚、聴覚、体性感覚刺激を用いたいずれのGo/No-go課題においても、No-go potentialsが記録されることがわかっていたが、本実験によって痛覚刺激のGo/No-go課題を用いた際も同様のNo-go potentialsが記録されることが明らかとなった。このことから、運動抑制過程は、刺激のモダリティーに関係なく、共通の神経活動を反映しているものと考えられる(Nakata et al.2009, NeuroReport)。, kaken
  • 特別研究員奨励費, 2005 - 2006, 05J02728, ヒトの随意運動抑制過程における脳内の時空間的ネットワークの解明, 中田 大貴, 日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 総合研究大学院大学, 1900000, 1900000, 本研究では、ヒトが随意運動を行なう際に必要とされる「運動抑制」に関わる脳内の神経機構の解明を目的としている。昨年度の研究成果である「いつの時間帯に、脳のどこで行なわれているのか」をさらに発展させ、本年度では「実際にどのような脳活動が行なわれているのか」というテーマを明らかにすべく、脳波(Electroencephalography;EEG)・経頭蓋磁気刺激(Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation;TMS)による電気生理学的手法を用いて、研究を行なった。
    まず、刺激が呈示され、随意運動を抑制する過程に達するまでの刺激処理-抑制過程において、刺激提示のされ方による違いを検討した。その結果、刺激の空間的・位置的な要因によって、ヒト脳内の抑制過程は影響を受けないことが示された(Nakata et al.,Neuroscience Letters,2006)。
    次に、これらの抑制過程における特性の一端を明らかにすべく、運動遂行と抑制過程の関係性について検討を行なった。正しい運動遂行には筋の収縮強度や動作の速さを正しくコントロールする必要がある。本実験では、運動遂行における筋の収縮強度と抑制過程に着目した。運動遂行時に筋の出力が多く必要とされる状況下において、その動作を抑制する場合、動作を抑制する神経活動は増大するのかどうかを検討した。その関係性を検討するために、本実験では経頭蓋磁気刺激を用いた。実験の結果、被験者が行なう課題において、筋の収縮力が増大すればするほど、運動遂行過程における一次運動野の興奮性が増大していることが示された。抑制過程においては、発揮しなければならない筋出力強度の増加とは反対に、一次運動野の興奮性が減少した。つまりこれは、運動遂行時に筋の出力が多く必要とされる状況下において、その動作を抑制する場合、動作を抑制する神経活動は増大し、一次運動野の興奮性が抑制されていることを示唆する。このことの具体的な例として、マラソンのスタートと100メートル走のスタートを比べた場合、スタート準備をしていながらスタートを直前にストップすることは、100メートル走の方がかなり難しいことは容易に想定される。この結果から、運動抑制過程において、抑制に関わる脳活動は、ただ単に運動遂行に関わる錐体路系に抑制をかけているだけではなく、もっと積極的に一次運動野に関与し、フレキシブルにその脳活動が変動していることがわかった(Nakata et al.,Clinical Neurophysiology,2006)。, kaken
  • JST 研究成果最適展開支援プログラム A-STEP(ステージI), 01 Dec. 2024 - 31 Mar. 2027, Coinvestigator, 高齢者の転倒事故をなくす下肢部の微弱電流コンディショニング・メソッドと専用フットウェアの開発
  • 奈良市産学連携共同研究, 01 Oct. 2024 - 31 Jul. 2025, Principal investigator, 高齢者におけるVRを利用した空間認知トレーニング効果に関する検証
  • 01 Dec. 2023 - 31 Jul. 2024, Principal investigator, 歯茎への触圧刺激による脳活動・自律神経変化の検討
  • JST 大学発新産業創出基金事業, 10 Oct. 2023 - 31 Mar. 2025, Principal investigator, 機械学習を用いた子どもの動作特性の抽出と指導システムの構築