Publications

Refereed papers (corresponded)

• Saito T., Nouchi R., Ishibashi R., Motoki K., Matsuzaki, Y., Kobayashi, A., Sugiura M., & Kawashima R. (2024). Perceiving Humanness Across Ages: Neural Correlates and Behavioral Patterns. Frontiers in Psychology

• Saito, T., Hugenberg, K., Motoki, K., & Nouchi, R. (2023). Ageism Hinders Mental Attribution to Older Adults:  Translation and Validation of the Japanese version of the Mind Attribution Scale. Japanese Psychological Research

• Saito, T., Motoki, K., Nouchi, R. & Sugiura, M. (2023). Facilitating animacy perception by manipulating stimuli exposure time. Frontiers in Psychology

• Saito T., Motoki K., and Takano Y. (2022) Cultural Differences in Recognizing Emotions of Masked Faces. Emotion

• Saito T., Almaraz S., and Hugenberg K. (2022) Happy = Human: A Feeling of Belonging Modulates the "Expression- to-Mind" Effect. Social Cognition

• Saito T., Sudo R., and Takano Y. (2020) The Gaze Bias Effect in Toddlers: The Preliminary Evidence for Developmental Study of Visual Decision Making. Developmental Science

• Saito T., Motoki K., Nouchi R., Kawashima R., and Sugiura M. (2020). Loneliness modulates automatic attention to warm and competent faces: Preliminary evidence from an eye-tracking study. Frontiers in Psychology

• Saito T., Motoki K., Nouchi R., Kawashima R., Sugiura M. (2019). Does incidental pride increase competency evaluation of others who appear careless? Discrete positive emotions and impression formation. PLOS ONE

• Motoki K.*, Saito T.*, Nouchi R., Sugiura M., Kawashima R. (2018). Tastiness but not healthfulness captures automatic visual attention: Preliminary evidence from an eye-tracking study. Food Quality and Preference (*equal contribution)

• Saito T., Nouchi R. Kinjo H., Kawashima R. (2017). Gaze Bias in Preference Judgments by Younger and Older Adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

•  齊藤俊樹・大谷昌也・金城光 (2015). 判断と意思決定の認知科学 視線のカスケード現象は選好判断以外でも起きるのか.  認知科学 

Refereed papers (collaborated)

• Dalmaso, M., Vicovaro, M., Saito, T., & Watanabe, K. (2025). We are what we eat: Cross-cultural self-prioritisation effects for food stimuli, British Journal of Psychology

• Kinjo, H. & Saito, T. (2025). Comparisons between processing linguistic and mathematical negations from the perspective of the practice effect and working memory, Language and Cognition

• Doell, K., Todorova, B., ..., Saito, T. et al. (2024). The International Climate Psychology Collaboration: Climate change-related data collected from 63 countries, Scientific data

• Motoki K., & Saito T. (2024). Thinking fast, not slow: Intuitive nutrition labels increase healthier food preferences under time pressure, British Food Journal

• Tsujimoto, M., Saito, T., Matsuzaki, Y., & Kawashima, R. (2023). Role of positive and negative emotion regulation in well-being and health: The interplay between positive and negative emotion regulation abilities is linked to mental and physical health, Journal of Happiness Studies

• Vlasceanu, M., Doell, K., ..., Saito, T. et al. (2023). Addressing Climate Change with Behavioral Science: A Global Intervention Tournament in 63 Countries, Science Advances

• Hirano, K., Oba, K., Saito, T., Kawashima, R. & Sugiura, M. (2023). Social-coalitional trait is related to coping capacity with mortality threat: Association with leadership and a reduced parietal response to mortality salience. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

• Motoki, K. & Saito, T. (2023). Global judgments of caloric information in younger and older adults. Visual Cognition

• Motoki, K., Saito, T., & Takano, Y. (2023). Imagine distant-future outcome: Mental simulation of COVID-19 vaccinations. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied.

• Tsujimoto M., Saito T., Matsuzaki, Y., & Kawashima R. (2022) Common and distinct neural basis of multiple positive emotion regulation strategies: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study NeuroImage

• 辻本将之・齊藤俊樹・松﨑泰 (2022). 日本語版パース感情制御能力尺度（PERCI）の作成と信頼性・妥当性の検討  感情心理学研究

• Motoki, K., Saito, T., & Velasco C. (2022). Spontaneous crossmodal correspondences grounded in contexts, Food Quality and Preference

• Motoki, K., Saito, T., & Takano Y. (2021). Scientific Literacy Linked to Attitudes Toward COVID-19 Vaccinations: A Pre-Registered Study, Frontiers in Communication

• Motoki, K., Saito, T., & Onuma, T. (2021). Eye-tracking research on sensory and consumer science: A review, pitfalls and future directions. Food Research International, Food Research International

• Motoki K., Saito T., Suzuki S., & Sugiura M. (2021). Evaluation of energy density and macronutrients after extremely brief time exposure. Appetite

• Sakaki, K., Nouchi, R., Matsuzaki, Y., Saito, T., Dinet, J., & Kawashima, R. (2021). Benefits of VR Physical Exercise on Cognition in Older Adults with and without Mild Cognitive Decline: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Healthcare

• Kawata, N. Y., Nouchi, R., Saito, T., & Kawashima, R. (2021). Subjective hearing handicap is associated with processing speed and visuospatial performance in older adults without severe hearing handicap. Experimental Gerontology

• Hirano K., Oba K., Saito T., Yamazaki S., Kawashima R., & Sugiura M. (2021). An fMRI study of thoughts of one’s own death and its relation with fear of death in the elderly. Cerebral Cortex Communications

• Motoki K., Saito T., Nouchi R., & Sugiura M. (2020). Cross-modal correspondences between temperature and taste attributes. Frontiers in Psychology

• Motoki, K., Saito, T., Park, J., Velasco, C., Spence, C., & Sugiura, M. (2020). Tasting names: Systematic investigations of taste-speech sounds associations. Food Quality and Preference

• Motoki K., Saito T., Nouchi R., Kawashima R., and Sugiura M. (2019). A sweet voice: The influence of crossmodal correspondences between taste and vocal pitch on advertising effectiveness. Mutisensory Research

• Motoki K, Saito T, Nouchi R, Kawashima R, and Sugiura M. (2019). Round faces are associated with sweet foods: The role of crossmodal correspondence in social perception. Foods

• Motoki K., Saito T., Nouchi R., Kawashima R., and Sugiura M. (2019). Anxiety increases visual attention to hedonic foods: A preliminary eye-tracking study on the impact of the interplay of integral and incidental affect on foods. Appetite

• Motoki K., Saito T., Nouchi R., Kawashima R., and Sugiura M. (2019). Light colors and comfortable warmth: Crossmodal correspondences between thermal sensations and color lightness influence consumer behavior. Food Quality and Preference

• 金城光・齊藤俊樹・濱田明日也・酒井彩 (2019).  質問紙場面での高齢者と若者の否定文の判断の比較ー客観的事実と「私」についての判断からの検討ー  明治学院大学心理学紀要

• Himmelmeier R., Nouchi R., Saito T., Burin D., Wiltfang J., and Kawashima R. (2019). Study Protocol: Does an Acute Intervention of High-Intensity Physical Exercise Followed by a Brain Training Video Game Have Immediate Effects on Brain Activity of Older People During Stroop Task in fMRI?-A Randomized Controlled Trial With Crossover Design. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

• Motoki K., Saito T., Nouchi R., Kawashima R., and Sugiura M. (2018). The paradox of warmth: Ambient warm temperature decreases preference for savory foods. Food Quality and Preference

• 金城 光・石井 国雄・齊藤 俊樹・野村 信威・濱田 明日也 (2017).  高齢者の医療・健康情報の入手状況と課題  老年社会科学 

• Nouchi R., Saito T., Nouchi H., Kawashima R. (2016). Small Acute Benefits of 4 Weeks Processing Speed Training Games on Processing Speed and Inhibition Performance and Depressive Mood in the Healthy Elderly People: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience