Moriguchi Child Development Lab

The Moriguchi Child Development Lab is located at Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, Kyoto, and is under the direction of Dr. Yusuke Moriguchi. We examine infants and children's cognitive, social, and brain development, mainly focusing on self-control (executive function)  and imagination (imaginary companion, theory of mind, communicative skills). We utilize behavioral observations, behavioral experiments, eye-tracking methods, physiological indices, neuroimaging (mainly NIRS, and sometimes fMRI), and cross-cultural comparisons.

Our lab is quite new and has started at 1st, April 2016 (April Fools' Day, but its's true). We are very welcome to anyone who is interested in our lab from all over the world. 

If you are interested in joining our lab as a graduate student, please contact to takahashi.yuko.5r@kyoto-u.ac.jp .  

We can offer a 2-year master program for Master students, and a 5-year Ph.D. program for Ph.D. students. Visit an admission page of our department for more information and pages for scholarship options.  You have to pass an entrance exam consisting of a paper test and an interview. Please also visit this page.  

For postdocs, we currently have no grants to support postdocs, but the Japanese government offers 2-year-fellowships for young foreign researchers. Please visit the pages. 

First of all, please send us your CV and a short description of what you have done and why you are interested in our research.

If you have any questions, please contact to takahashi.yuko.5r@kyoto-u.ac.jp .