Research Projects 

Neural Mechanisms of Emotional Processing in Foreign Languages 

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Japan society for the promotion of science, Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2025

The Neural Basis of Second Language Acquisition through Interaction with Others: Commonalities and Specificities of Oral and Written Language Acquisition. 

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2025

A neurocognitive investigation of lexical processing in bilinguals: A cross-linguistic perspective 

Joint Research Program with NRF, Joint Research Program with NRF, Japan society for the promotion of science, Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2024

Tohoku-UCL Matching Fund 2023
"Exploring the neuro-cognitive demands of writing in a foreign language in crisis situations" with Andrea Révész (University College London)

Tohoku-UCL Matching Fund 2024  
"Sustaining multilingual children's well-being through AI-based brain and language training: a pathway to academic and business expansion" with Kazuya Saito (University College London), Takumi Uchihara (Tohoku), Hyeonjeong Jeong (Tohoku), Motoaki Sugiura (Tohoku)

Collaborative research and Collaborators

Motoaki Sugiura,  Department of Human Brain Science, Tohoku University,  Social Neuroscience 

Ping LiHong Kong Polytechnic University,   Social Brain of L2 

Wataru Suzuki, Miyagi University of Education,  L2 Output Hypothesis and Aptitude

Andrea Révész,   University College London,  Brain mechanism of L2 spontaneous speech production and L2 writing 

Kazuya Saito, University College London,  Brain mechanism of L2 sound perception and individual differences 

Yuichi Suzuki, Kanagawa University,  Explicit and implicit L2 knowledge 

Say Young Kim, Hanyang University (Korea),  Bilinguals language processing

Piia Astikainen, University of Jyväskylä (Finland),  Social interaction 

Shuhei Kadota,  Kwansei Gakuin University,   L2 Shadowing 

Norbert Maïonchi-PinoUniversité Clermont Auvergne, Social Pressure and Cultural Personality

Takumi Uchihara,  Tohoku University,  Vocabulary acquisition