2019 - 2023 Study of Objective Methods for Evaluating and Supporting Attachiment Disorders
2018 - 2021 Elucidating the neural basis for the improvement of problems between ADHD children and their caregivers through caregiver support
2008 - 2010 Understanding of systems of paired-association process in human brain functional imaging
Papers (36):
Kai Makita, Ryo Kitada, Takuya Makino, Nodoka Sakakihara, Ayaka Fukuoka, Hirotaka Kosaka. Atypical tactile preferences in autism spectrum disorder: Reduced pleasantness responses to soft objects resembling human body parts. Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences. 2025
Akiko Yao, Shota Nishitani, Yutaka Yamada, Hideyuki Oshima, Yuka Sugihara, Kai Makita, Shinichiro Takiguchi, Natasha Y. S. Kawata, Takashi X. Fujisawa, Hidehiko Okazawa, et al. Subclinical structural atypicality of retinal thickness and its association with gray matter volume in the visual cortex of maltreated children. Scientific Reports. 2024. 14. 1
Natasha Y.S. Kawata, Shota Nishitani, Akiko Yao, Shinichiro Takiguchi, Yoshifumi Mizuno, Sakae Mizushima, Kai Makita, Shoko Hamamura, Daisuke N. Saito, Hidehiko Okazawa, et al. Brain structures and functional connectivity in neglected children with no other types of maltreatment. NeuroImage. 2024
Nobuko Sakakibara, Kai Makita, Ryoko Kasaba, Ryo Kuboshita, Takashi X. Fujisawa, Akemi Tomoda. Increased resting-state activity in the cerebellum with mothers having less adaptive sensory processing and trait anxiety. The Journal of Child & Brain Development. 2023
滝口慎一郎, 牧田快, 藤澤隆史, 西谷正太, 島田浩二, 小坂浩隆, 友田明美, 友田明美. Oxytocin effects on neural reward processing in children and adolescents with reactive attachment disorder: a randomized controlled trial. 臨床薬理の進歩. 2021. 42
Empathy and Behavioral Activation System Predict Neural Activation to Infant Crying in New Mothers
(The Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting 2021 2021)
Effects of methylphenidate on aberrant brain network dynamics in children with ADHD
(第63回 日本小児神経学会学術集会 2021)
Effects of Methylphenidate on Aberrant Brain Network Dynamics in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
(Society of Biological Psyciatry 2021 Virtual Meeting 2021)