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Makoto Fukushima, Ph.D ( 福島誠 )

Experience

Honda Research Institute, Saitama, JAPAN (2025-current)Principal Scientist
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC, Tokyo, JAPAN (2020-2025)Deloitte Analytics R&D, Neurotechnology, Manager
RIKEN, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, JAPANVisiting Scientist (2021-2025)
The Nielsen Company, Tokyo, JAPAN (2017 – 2019)Neuroscientist, Senior Manager
RIKEN, Center for Brain Science (fka Brain Science Institute), Saitama, JAPANVisiting Scientist (2017– 2021)Research Scientist (2016 – 2017)
Keio University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, JAPANVisiting Scholar (2016 – 2020)
Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, MD, USASupervisors: Drs. Mortimer Mishkin and Bruno Averbeck Special Volunteer (2016 - 2021)Research Fellow (2013 – 2016)Postdoctoral Fellow (2008 – 2013)

Education

Stanford Graduate School of Business, CA, USA Stanford LEAD online program (2024) Credential
The University of Chicago, IL, USA (GPA: 3.76/4.0)Ph.D. (2008) Department of Psychology Thesis tile: Feedback learning in a sensorimotor systemIntegrative Neuroscience & Perception Program Thesis adviser: Prof. Daniel MargoliashM.A. (2003) Department of Psychology M.S. (2000) Division of the Physical Sciences, MS-PSD program
Waseda University, Tokyo, JAPAN (GPA: 3.56/4.0)B.S. (1997) Department of Physics Senior thesis adviser: Prof. Yoji Aizawa
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USANeuroinformatics (2006): summer courseCourse directors: Drs. Partha Mitra and Emery Brown

Awards and Fellowships

Fellows Award for Research Excellence 2014 (National Institutes of Health, 2013) Fellows Award for Research Excellence 2012 (National Institutes of Health, 2011) Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowship (National Institutes of Health, 2008-2013) University Gift Aid (University of Chicago, Division of Social Sciences, 2005 - 2008) Tuition Scholarship (Marine Biological Laboratory, 2006) Graduate Fellowship (University of Chicago, Division of Social Sciences, 2000 - 2004) Tuition Scholarship (University of Chicago, Division of Physical Sciences, 1999 - 2000)Azusa Ono Memorial Scholarship (Waseda University, 1997)

Selected publications

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Fukushima M, Eshita S, Fukuhara H (2025)

Advancements and limitations of LLMs in replicating human color-word associationsDiscover Artificial Intelligence, 5, 64 doi:10.1007/s44163-025-00323-8

Fukushima M, Saunders RC, Leopold DA, Mishkin M, Averbeck BB (2012)

Spontaneous high-gamma band activity reflects functional organization of auditory cortex in the awake macaqueNeuron, 74, 899-910. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2012.04.014, PMID:22681693

Fukushima M, Saunders RC, Leopold DA, Mishkin M, Averbeck BB (2014)

Differential coding of conspecific vocalizations in the ventral auditory cortical streamJournal of Neuroscience, 34 (13): 4655-4676. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3969-13.2014, PMID:24672012

Fukushima M, Chao ZC, Fujii N (2015)

Studying brain functions with mesoscopic measurements: advances in electrocorticography for non-human primatesCurrent Opinion in Neurobiology, 32:124-131. doi:10.1016/j.conb.2015.03.015, PMID:25889531

Fukushima M, Ichinohe N, Okano H (2019)

Neuroanatomy of the Marmosetin The Common Marmoset in Captivity and Biomedical Research Elsevier, ISBN: 9780128118290doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-811829-0.00003-0

Fukushima M, Doyle AM, Mullarkey MP, Mishkin M, Averbeck BB(2015)

Distributed acoustic cues for caller identity in macaque vocalizationRoyal Society Open Science, 2(12), 150432 doi:10.1098/rsos.150432, PMID:27019727

Fukushima M, Margoliash D (2015)

The effects of delayed auditory feedback revealed by bone conduction microphone in adult zebra finchesScientific Reports, 5, 8800. doi:10.1038/srep08800, PMID:25739659

Brain Rendezvous (2023)This system enables augmented communication between two people by visualizing their brainwaves simultaneously. (Controlling the shape of the blue object on the left with my EEG, while the shape of the orange object on the right is controlled by another's EEG—in real time.)Joint work by Sony Design Consulting and Deloitte Analytics

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