Publications

• International journals
1. The effects of feature attention on pre-stimulus cortical activity in the human visual system, Kazuhisa Shibata, Noriko Yamagishi, Naokazu Goda, Taku Yoshioka, Okito Yamashita, Masa-aki Sato, and Mitsuo Kawato, Cerebral Cortex, 2008, 18(7):1664-1675 [pdf].
2. Boosting perceptual learning by fake feedback, Kazuhisa Shibata, Noriko Yamagishi, Shin Ishii, and Mitsuo Kawato, Vision Research, 2009, 49(21):2574-2585. (Evaluated by Faculty of 1000 Biology)
3. Perceptual learning incepted by decoded fMRI neurofeedback without stimulus presentation, Kazuhisa Shibata, Takeo Watanabe, Yuka Sasaki, and Mitsuo Kawato, Science, 2011, 334(6061):1413-1415.

4. Monocular deprivation boosts long-term visual plasticity, Kazuhisa Shibata, Mitsuo Kawato, Takeo Watanabe, and Yuka Sasaki, Current Biology, 2012, 22(9):R291-292.

• International conferences
1. Kazuhisa Shibata, Noriko Yamagishi, Naokazu Goda, Taku Yoshioka, Okito Yamashita, Masa-aki Sato, and Mitsuo Kawato, Feature attention modulates activity within feature-sensitive visual areas before stimulus onset: An fMRI constrained MEG study, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Oct. 2006, Atlanta, USA (Poster presentation).
2. Okito Yamashita, Kazuhisa Shibata, Noriko Yamagishi, Masa-aki Sato, Applying a sparse classifier method to MEG data decoding of attention experiment, International Conference on Biomagnetism, Aug. 2006, Vancouver, Canada (Poster presentation).
3. Kazuhisa Shibata, Shin Ishii, Noriko Yamagishi, and Mitsuo Kawato, Boosting perceptual learning by feedback manipulation [presentation file], Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, May 2008, Florida, USA (Talk presentation).
4. Kazuhisa Shibata, Takeo Watanabe, Preference bias is induced by task-irrelevant motion only if it is weak, Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, May 2010, Florida, USA (Poster presentation).
5. Kazuhisa Shibata, Li-Hung Chang, Yuka Sasaki, Dongho Kim, Jose E. Nanez, Sr., Yukiyasu Kamitani, Takeo Watanabe, Decoding reveals sensory plasticity in V3A with motion perceptual learning,  Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Nov. 2010, San Diego, USA (Poster presentation).
6. Kazuhisa Shibata, Takeo Watanabe, Misattribution of unconscious visuo-motor conflict to preferential decision, Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, May 2011, Florida, USA (Poster presentation).
7. Shigeaki Nishina, Dongho Kim, Kazuhisa Shibata, Ji-Won Bang, Gojko Zaric, José Náñez, Yuka Sasaki, Takeo Watanabe, Ventral lateral prefrontal areas reflect an influence of past experiences of weak signals on perceptual decision making, Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, May 2011, Florida, USA (Poster presentation).
8. Shigeaki Nishina, Dongho Kim, Kazuhisa Shibata, Yuka Sasaki, Takeo Watanabe, Greater effect of less visible signals on implicit probability learning in perceptual decision making, The 15th annual meeting of the ASSC, June 2011, Kyoto, Japan (Poster presentation).
• Awards
1. Kazuhisa Shibata, Efficient learning method utilizing nature of human cognitive reaction to performance feedback, Uehara Memorial Foundation, Postdoctal Fellowship, 2009.
• Other publications (Reviews)
1. Kazuhisa Shibata, Reinforcement learning and reward system in the brain, Bussei Kenkyu, 2006, 87(3):467-72.
2. Kazuhisa Shibata, Computational neuroscience and computational biology, Bussei Kenkyu, 2006, 87(3):473-77.
3. Kazuhisa Shibata, Lecture by Yukiyasu Kamitani in ASCONE - The Bayesian perception, Japanese Neural networks, 2007, 14(4):313-8.
4. Kazuhisa Shibata, Takeo Watanabe, Perceptual learning, consciousness, and psychiatry, Japanese Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2011, 40(4).
• Other presentations
1. Kazuhisa Shibata, When imprecise feedback leads to learning with higher precision, Mar. 2008, University College London, UK (Talk presentation).
2. Kazuhisa Shibata, Shin Ishii, Noriko Yamagishi, and Mitsuo Kawato, Boosting perceptual learning by fake feedback, 1st International Conference of Perceptual Learning, Oct. 2008, Beijin, China (Invited talk presentation).
3. Kazuhisa Shibata, Preferential decision making is influenced by weak and task-irrelevant visual motion, Meeting for Memory and Cognition, Hosei University, Apr. 2010, Tokyo, Japan（Invited talk presentation）
4. Kazuhisa Shibata, Misattribution of unconscious visuo-motor conflict to preferential decision, Experimental Psychology Meering for Young researchers in Kansai, Dec. 2010, Osaka, Japan (Invited talk presentation)