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Akihiro Sasaki

ササキ アキヒロ | Akihiro Sasaki
Affiliation and department:
Job title: Core Researcher
Research field  (1): Neuroscience - general
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (6):
  • 2022 - 2025 加齢に適応的な変化を示す脳構造と機能およびその連関の解明
  • 2019 - 2023 疲労および加齢、また、その相乗効果による脳の構造的・機能的変化の解明
  • 2016 - 2019 Investigation of interaction between fatigue and social interaction
  • 2015 - 2018 Development of treatment methods based on the neural substrates associated with chronic fatigue and inattention processing in pediatrics
  • 2013 - 2015 Neural basis of social contingency recognition
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Papers (31):
  • Akihiro Sasaki, Kei Mizuno, Yusuke Morito, Chisato Oba, Kentaro Nakamura, Midori Natsume, Kyosuke Watanabe, Emi Yamano, Yasuyoshi Watanabe. The effects of dark chocolate on cognitive performance during cognitively demanding tasks: A randomized, single-blinded, crossover, dose-comparison study. Heliyon. 2024
  • Akihiro Sasaki, Eriko Kawai, Kyosuke Watanabe, Emi Yamano, Chisato Oba, Kentaro Nakamura, Midori Natsume, Kei Mizuno, Yasuyoshi Watanabe. Cacao Polyphenol-Rich Dark Chocolate Intake Contributes to Efficient Brain Activity during Cognitive Tasks: A Randomized, Single-Blinded, Crossover, and Dose-Comparison fMRI Study. Nutrients. 2023
  • Yuko Okamoto, Ryo Kitada, Hiroki C. Tanabe, Akihiro T. Sasaki, Takanori Kochiyama, Noriaki Yahata, Norihiro Sadato. The extrastriate body area is involved in reciprocal imitation of hand gestures, vocalizations, and facial expressions: a univariate and multivariate fMRI study. Social Neuroscience. 2021
  • Kei Mizuno, Akihiro T Sasaki, Kyosuke Watanabe, Yasuyoshi Watanabe. Ubiquinol-10 Intake Is Effective in Relieving Mild Fatigue in Healthy Individuals. Nutrients. 2020. 12. 6
  • Takahiko Koike, Hiroki C Tanabe, Saori Adachi-Abe, Shuntaro Okazaki, Eri Nakagawa, Akihiro T Sasaki, Koji Shimada, Sho K Sugawara, Haruka K Takahashi, Kazufumi Yoshihara, et al. Role of the right anterior insular cortex in joint attention-related identification with a partner. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 2019. 14. 10. 1131-1145
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MISC (8):
  • Jung, M, Kosaka, H, Saito DN, Ishitobi, M, Morita T, Inohara, K, Sasaki A, Asano, M, Arai, S, Masuya Y, et al. Functional connectivity in default mode network predicts autism spectrum traits. The 20th annual meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM). 2014
  • Miura N, Tanabe HC, Sasaki A, Harada T, Sadato N. An fMRI study to clarify the nature of human’ s play. The 21th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping. 2014
  • Jung, M, Kosaka, H, Saito, D. N, Ishitobi, M, Morita, T, Inohara, K, Sasaki, A, Asano, M, Arai, S, Masuya, Y, et al. Default mode network in autism spectrum disorder (2) -Strength of functional connectivities in default mode network predicts autism spectrum traits?. International Workshop on Molecular Functional Imaging for Brain and Gynecologic Oncology. 2014
  • Kosaka, H, Jung, M, Saito, D. N, Ishitobi, M, Morita, T, Inohara, K, Sasaki, A, Asano, M, Arai, S, Masuya, Y, et al. Default mode network in autism spectrum disorder (1) -Differences of functional connectivities compared individuals with typical development. International Workshop on Molecular Functional Imaging for Brain and Gynecologic Oncology. 2014
  • Sasaki A, Kosaka, H, Saito DN, Inohara, K, Jung, M, Kitada R, Okazawa H, Sadato N. Neural substrates of contingency detection for self and other in individuals with autism spectrum disorder: an fMRI study. International Workshop on Molecular Functional Imaging for Brain and Gynecologic Oncology. 2014
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Education (2):
  • 2006 - 2011 The Graduate University for Advanced Studies School of Life Science Department of Physiological Sciences
  • 2002 - 2006 Kobe University Faculty of Letters
Professional career (1):
  • 博士(理学) (総合研究大学院大学)
Work history (3):
  • 2024/04 - 現在 KDDI Research, Inc. Data-Driven Healthcare Research Group Core Researcher
  • 2023/03 - 2024/04 KDDI Research, Inc. Neuro Science Project Core Researcher
  • 2018/04 - 2023/02 RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research Research Scientist
Awards (3):
  • 2019/09 - 3rd Japanese Meeting for Human Brain Imaging Young Investigator Award
  • 2018/09 - 2nd Japanese Meeting for Human Brain Imaging Young Investigator Award Age-dependent changes of structure, myelin and neurite in adult human cerebral cortex
  • 2013/01 - 第2回社会神経科学研究会 トラベルアワード 社会的随伴性認知に関わる神経基盤の解明
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