Job title:
Associate Professor
Other affiliations (1):
California Institute of Technology
Research field (6):
Experimental psychology
, Medical systems
, Sports science
, Molecular biology
, Basic brain sciences
, Basic brain sciences
Research keywords (10):
psychophysics
, cognitive science
, learning and memory
, emotion
, social body
, social interaction
, neuromodulation
, Flow state
, Social brain
, EEG
Research theme for competitive and other funds (5):
2019 - 2024 Preference as a cognitive bias for statistical regularity
2018 - 2022 Ultrasonic neuromodulation: establishing mechanisms and parameters to optimize targeted neuromodulation and control sensory side-effects
2018 - 2022 Altered brain states at high engagement performance: "flow" and "choking" during interpersonal interaction
2020 - 2020 Wearable “Team Flow” real-time monitoring and modulation system
2013 - 2015 The role of autophagy in memory process
Papers (13):
Mohammad Shehata, Miao Cheng, Angus Leung, Naotsugu Tsuchiya, Daw-An Wu, Chia-huei Tseng, Shigeki Nakauchi, Shinsuke Shimojo. Team Flow Is a Unique Brain State Associated with Enhanced Information Integration and Interbrain Synchrony. eneuro. 2021. 8. 5. ENEURO.0133-21.2021
Abdou, K, Shehata, M, Choko, K, Nishizono, H, Matsuo, M, Muramatsu, S. I, Inokuchi, K. Synapse-specific representation of the identity of overlapping memory engrams. Science. 2018. 360. 6394. 1227-1231
Shehata, M, Abdou, K, Choko, K, Matsuo, M, Nishizono, H, Inokuchi, K. Autophagy Enhances Memory Erasure through Synaptic Destabilization. Journal of Neuroscience. 2018. 38. 15. 3809-3822
Mohammad Shehata, Miao Cheng, Angus Leung, Naotsugu Tsuchiya, Daw-An Wu, Chia-huei Tseng, Shigeki Nakauchi, Shinsuke Shimojo. Team flow is a unique brain state associated with enhanced information integration and neural synchrony. bioRxiv. 2020
Lectures and oral presentations (34):
Pondering over individual differences in depth, and on surface - general principles, local rules, and cases in hyper-scan data.
(The 80th Fujihara Seminar 2021)
Specific neural correlates integrate flow and social experience
(The Society for Neuroscience annual meeting 2019)
Team flow and its neuroscience
(Talk at Sony Computer Science Laboratory 2019)
Modeling, Monitoring and Modulating Team Flow Dynamics
(Future Harmonious Interaction, CREST Research Area Meeting, 2019, Osaka, Japan 2019)
Specific neural correlates integrate flow and social experience
(California Institute of Technology Biology and Biological Engineering Annual Retreat 2019)
2007 - 2011 University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences for Research Doctoral program
1996 - 2001 Cairo University School of Pharmacy Bachelor of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Professional career (1):
Ph.D. (Neuroscience) (University of Toyama)
Work history (1):
2016/05 - 現在 California Institute of Technology Biology and Biological Engineering Visiting Associate
Committee career (1):
2014/01 - 2016/12 Society for Arab Neuroscientist (SFAN) Executive Board. Role: secretary general
Awards (2):
2019/10 - The Society for Neuroscience Press conference award Specific neural correlates integrate flow and social experience
2011 - Association for the Study of Neurons and Diseases Poster award in the 6th International Conference of Neurons and Brain Diseases (ICNBD) Neuronal-stimulation transiently induces autophagy in hippocampal neurons.
Association Membership(s) (5):
Society for Neuroscience
, Vision Science Society
, Organization for Human Brain Mapping
, Japan Neuroscience Society
, Molecular Biology Society of Japan