Ichiro Kuriki

Ichiro KURIKI（栗木一郎）

Professor at Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University
Visiting scholar at RIKEN CBS ('17-), Visiting Professor at Advanced Institute of Yotta Informatics, Tohoku University ('22-23).

Society activities: Vision Society of Japan, Borard member (Editor of journal "VISION", 2012-2023; Treasurer, 2024-), Perception/i-Perception Action Editor, Frontiers (Perceptual Science) Action Editor, etc.

Contact (e-mail)
ikuriki_at_mail.saitama-u.ac.jp
Please replace '_at_' with '@'. thanks :)

Brief Bio:

born in Tokyo (near Shimokitazawa, Setagaya).
experienced early life at Chilton Primary School in England (Oxfordshire, U.K., 1974-75).
was a Visiting Graduate student at Department of Psychology, U.C. San Diego (1993-1994), with Prof. Donald I.A. MacLeod.
finished undergraduate (B.Eng.) at Univ. of Tokyo (1991),
obtained Ph.D. at Tokyo Institute of Technology (1996).
was working at Tohoku Univ. (in Sendai; 2006-2021)
and hosted Intl. Colour Vision Society 2015 in Sendai.

Banner image: Left hemisphere of my brain, seen from right back (Feb., 2023; FreeSurfer)．

CV (English), researchmap, ORCiD

Selected publications

All open access papers

Kuriki I, Sun P, Ueno K, Tanaka K, Cheng K. (2015) Hue selectivity of neurons in human visual cortex revealed by BOLD fMRI. Cerebral Cortex, 25, 4869-4884. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhv198.
Kuriki I, Lange R., Muto Y., Fukuda K., Tokunaga R, Lindsey D.T., Brown A.M., Uchikawa K., Shioiri S. (2017) The modern Japanese color lexicon. Journal of Vision, 17(3), 1, 1-18. doi: 10.1167/17.3.1
Yang J, Kanazawa S, Yamaguchi M, and Kuriki I. (2016) Cortical response to categorical color perception in infants investigated by near-infrared spectroscopy. Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of U.S.A. 113(9), 2370-2375. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1512044113
Kuriki I. (2015). Lightness dependence of achromatic point loci in color-appearance coordinates. Frontiers in Psychology, 6:67, pp.1-10. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00067
Kaneko S, Kuriki I, Andersen S (2020, New!) Steady-state visual evoked potentials elicited from early visual cortex reflect both perceptual color space and cone-opponent mechanisms. Cerebral Cortex Communications. doi: 10.1093/texcom/tgaa059

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Bio sketch

1991: Graduate from University of Tokyo (Dept of Mathematical Engineering & Information Physics)
1993: Master's degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology Graduate School
1993-1994: Visiting graduate student (via scholarship from Ministry of Education, Japan), Department of Psychology, U.C., San Diego w/ Prof. Donald I.A. MacLeod
1996: obtained Ph.D. degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology (Dept of Intelligence Science)

1995-1999: Assistant Professor, Tokyo Inst. Technology
1999-2001: Assistant Professor, University of Tokyo
2001-2005: NTT Communication Science Labs.
2006-2021: Associate Professor, Tohoku University

2021. Apr.-: Professor, Department of Information and Computer Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University.

Visiting Scholar (past)
2002 Apr. - 2005 Dec: Visiting Associate Professor, Tokyo Inst. Technology Graduate School
2010 Apr. - 2012 Mar: Visiting fellow at Center for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)

Visiting Scholar (now)
2017 Apr: Visiting scholar at RIKEN BSI (until 2019 Mar.), RIKEN CBS (from 2019. Apr.-)
2022 Apr.-: Visiting Professor at Advanced Institute of Yotta Informatics at Tohoku University

Interests:

Why do we "see" when we open our eyes? What does it mean to "see"? How do the sensors in our eyes react, and our nerve cells become active, and how do we see?
Slightly related questions: Do you know how images are displayed on computers and smartphones? I'd like to know the "eye version" of that in the reverse order (how are visual images reconstructed?).
Color vision is particularly mysterious and challenging. However, I'm not at all interested in how moods change depending on color (or rather, I can't find a convincing scientific approach to it).
What is the principle by which the brain handles information? What is the basic strategy that works?
If possible, I'd like to apply that to information and communication technology.
Is it possible to understand the human brain by the human brain?

Feel free to contact me about collaborations in research into color perception.

If you're interested in research using color, but find it difficult to get started.
If you're unsure which color coordinate system to choose because there are so many of them.
If you want to know how to collect psychophysical and brain function measurement data.
..., etc.
However, I have no interest in research on "mood / emotion" associated with colors.

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