 | Atsushi Iriki
Laboratory for Symbolic Cognitive Development, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako-shi, Japan | | | Faculty Member: Neuroscience > Cognitive Neuroscience [ since 16 March 2006 ] |
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Contact details:
Laboratory for Symbolic Cognitive Development,
Intellectural Brain Function Research Group,
RIKEN Brain Science Institute,
2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
tel; +81-48-467-9637, fax; +81-48-467-9645, e-mail; iriki@brain.riken.jp
PA: Ms Nobuko Nakajima (tel; +81-48-467-9611, e-mail; nobuko@brain.riken.jp)
Research interests:
We try to uncover evolutionary precursors of human higher cognitive functions grounded onto physical morphologies and patterns of structured bodily actions, based on behavioral and neurophysiological analyses on chronic macaque monkeys, which were trained to use tools and other high-tech apparatus. By sharing the above machineries among individuals, we extrapolate these mechanisms to constitute bases of communicatory functions, and eventually understand neural mechanism of social behaviours. Further, we are aiming at extending these mechanisms onto evolutionary as well as developmental clues of symbolic cognitive functions to subserve inference, metaphysical thoughts, etc. that characterise human intelligence.
Research Subjects:
1. Dynamic modulation of body-image during self objectification by view point conversion
2. Interactions among multiple agents as bases of intellectual environment
3. Rodent model of higher cognitive functions to reveal mechanisms of curiosity
4. Cortical information processing of human-specific cognitive bias | Home page
http://www.brain.riken.jp/en/a_iriki.html |
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