Research Opportunities for Prospective SSP Applicants

Prospective SSP applicants who are interested in social cognitive neuroscience are welcome to contact Izuma Lab. The research areas listed below illustrate the kinds of doctoral research that can be supervised in our lab; they are not a fixed list of projects. Applicants are encouraged to develop and propose their own research plan, provided that it is broadly aligned with our lab’s research interests, methodological expertise, and available resources.

Our lab currently works on topics including;

• Social decision-making

• Social and cognitive influences on attitudes

• Prejudice and stereotypes

• Self

Depending on the research question, doctoral research may involve behavioral experiments, computational/statistical analyses, and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Because the SSP is a three-year doctoral program, prior experience with neuroimaging methods, especially fMRI data acquisition and/or analysis, is strongly recommended for applicants who wish to conduct neuroimaging research.

Applicants are also encouraged to review our publication pages to better understand the types of research questions, methods, and approaches that have been used in our lab.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me (izuma.keise[at]kochi-tech.ac.jp)