Competitive Funding and Other Methods
Lifestyle and Brain Function: Inquiry in Psychological Science into Successful Aging.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)
Project Period: June 2016 - March 2021 Principal Investigator: Kaoru Sekiyama
Books
Yokozawa K., Sekiyama K., Nishimura A. (2020). Representation of body and space. (pp. 1-27, 107-142, 169-174). Tokyo: Keiso Shoho, Ltd.
Sekiyama, K. (2014). Educational approach to strengthening the basis of super-aged society. In M. Koyasu, & M. Naka, (Eds.), Make the environment where mind grows: Recommendations from developmental psychology (pp. 213-234). Tokyo: Shin-yo-sha. (In Japanese, translated by the author of this article)
Sekiyama, K. (2014). Audiovisual integration processing of audio information. In Acoustical Society of Japan (Ed.), Science of audiovisual integration (pp. 31-61). Tokyo: CORONA PUBLISHING CO., LTD. (In Japanese, translated by the author of this article)
Sekiyama, K. (2012). Integration of multisensory information in speech perception. In E. Kawasaki (Ed.), New perspectives on cognitive psychology (pp. 3-22). Kyoto: Nakanishiya-Shuppan. (In Japanese, translated by the author of this article)
Burnham, D. & Sekiyama, K. (2012). Investigating auditory-visual speech perception development. In G. Bailly, P. Perrier, & E. Vatikiotis-Bateson (Eds.), Audiovisual Speech Processing. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 62-75 .
Sekiyama, K. (2010). Body image. In T. Inui, S. Yoshikawa, & J. Kawaguchi (Eds.), Accessible Cognitive Science (In Japanese, Yokuwakaru Ninchi kagaku), pp. 38-39. Kyoto: Minerva-Shobo.
Sekiyama, K. (1998). Body representation on intersensory harmony and behavioral adaptation. In T. Makino (Ed.), Retinal inversion (pp. 103-141). Tokyo: Buren-Shuppan. (In Japanese, translated by the author of this article)
Sekiyama, K. (1997). Body representation and spatial cognition. Kyoto: Nakanishiya-Shuppan. (In Japanese, translated by the author of this article)
Sekiyama, K. (1997). Integration of cross-modality information. In H. Naganawa, K. Shiina, & E. Kawasaki (Eds.), Perspectives on cognitive psychology: Theories and measurements (pp. 110-137). Kyoto: Nakanishiya-Shuppan. (In Japanese, translated by the author of this article)
Sekiyama, K. (1995). Development and disorder of spatial vision. In T. Inui (Ed.), Perception and motion (Cognitive psychology Vol. 2.) (pp. 193-216). Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. (In Japanese, translated by the author of this article)
Sekiyama, K. (1994). Reaction time. In T. Oyama, S. Imai, & T. Wake (Eds.), The handbook of sensory and perceptual psychology (new edition) (pp. 185-209). Tokyo: Seishin Shobo, Ltd. (In Japanese, translated by the author of this article)
Sekiyama, K. (1990). Formation of appearance by visuo-motor representations: Reversing prism spectacles experiment. In Y. Saeki, & M. Sasaki (Eds.), Active mind: Or reshaping human cognition and knowledge in move (pp. 25-54). Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. (In Japanese, translated by the author of this article)
Papers
Sekiyama, K, Hisanaga, S, Mugitani, R. (2021). Selective attention to the mouth of a talker in Japanese-learning infants and toddlers: Its relationship with vocabulary and compensation for noise. doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2021.03.02 External link
Soshi, T , Andersson, M , Kawagoe, T , Nishiguchi, S , Yamada, M , Otsuka, Y , Nakai, R , Abe, N , Aslah, A , Igasaki, T , Sekiyama, K(2021). Prefrontal plasticity after a three-month exercise intervention in older adults relates to enhanced cognitive performance External link
Guo X, Yamashita M, Suzuki M, Ohsawa C, Asano K, Abe N, Soshi T, Sekiyama K. (2020). Musical instrument training program improves verbal memory and neural efficiency in novice older adults. Human Brain Mapping. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25298 Pp.1-17. External link
Guo X, Yamashita M, Suzuki M, Ohsawa C, Asano K, Abe N, Soshi T, Sekiyama K. (2020). Musical instrument training program improves verbal memory and neural efficiency in novice older adults. Human Brain Mapping. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25298 Pp.1-17. External link
Sekiyama, K. (2020). Influence of language backgrounds on audiovisual speech perception across the lifespan. Acoustical Science and Technology, 41(1), 37-38. doi:10.1250/ast.41.37 PDF
Sekiyama K., & Suzuki M., (2019). Age-related increases of interindividual differences in cognitive/brain function and related factors: Considerations for research methods. Japanese Journal of Psychonomic Science, 38-11. doi:10.14947/psychono.38.11 PDF
Kotegawa K., Teramoto W,, & Sekiyama K., (2019). Motor imagery in older adults: A coparison between the questionaire method (JMIQ-R) and the imagery pointing task., Japanese Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 17(1), 27-36. doi:10.5265/jcogpsy.17.27 External link
Teramoto, W., Kawano, S., Mori, S., & Sekiyama, K. (2019). Word scanning in native and non-native languages: insights into reading with declined accommodation. Experimental brain research, 237(9), 2411-2421. doi:10.1007/s00221-019-05588-x External link
Suzuki, M., Kawagoe, T., Nishiguchi, S., Abe, N., Otsuka, Y., Nakai, R., Asao, K., Yamada, M., Yoshikawa, S., Sekiyama, K. (2018). Neural Correlates of Working Memory Maintenance in Advanced Aging: Evidence From fMRI. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 10: 358, 14 pages. doi:10.3389/fnagi.2018.00358 External link
Guo, X., Ohsawa, C., Suzuk, A., & Sekiyama, K. (2018). Improved Digit Span in Children after a 6-Week Intervention of Playing a Musical Instrument: An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Trial. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 02303. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02303 External link
Kawagoe, T., Matsushita, M., Hashimoto, M., Ikeda, M., & Sekiyama, K. (2017). Face-specific memory deficits and changes in eye scanning patterns among patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Scientific Reports, 7, 14344. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-14585-5 External link
Teramoto W, Honda K, Furuta K, Sekiyama K (2017). Visuotactile interaction even in far sagittal space in older adults with decreased gait and balance functions. Experimental brain research, 235, 2391-2405. doi:10.1007/s00221-017-4975-7 PDF
Hisanaga, S., Sekiyama, K., Igasaki, T., & Murayama, N. (2016). Culture/language modulates brain and gaze processes in audiovisual speech perception. Scientific Reports, 6:35265, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/srep35265 External link
Shinozaki, J., Hiroe, N., Sato, M-A., Nagamine, T., & Sekiyama, K. (2016). Impact of language on functional connectivity for audiovisual speech integration. Scientific Reports, 6:31388, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/srep31388 External link
Meng, S. Oi, M. Sekiyama, K. Saito, H. (2016). The neural mechanism of biomechanical constraints in the hand laterality judgment task: A near-infrared spectroscopy study. Neuroscience Letters, 627, 211-215. doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2016.05.069
Teramoto, W., Nakazaki, Takuyuki., Sekiyama, K., and Mori, S. (2016). Effects of word width and word length on optimal character size for reading of horizontally scrolling Japanese words. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, Article 127 (8 pages). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00127. External link
Kawagoe, T., Suzuki, M., Nishiguchi, S., Abe, N., Otsuka, Y., Nakai, R., Yamada, M., Yoshikawa, S., & Sekiyama, K. (2015). Brain activation during visual working memory correlates with behavioral mobility performance in older adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 7, Article 186 (9 pages). doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00186. External link
Nishiguchi, S., Yamada, M., Tanigawa, T., Sekiyama, K., Kawagoe, T., Suzuki, M., Yoshikawa, S., Abe N., Otsuka, Y., Nakai, R., Aoyama, T., & Tsuboyama, T. (2015). A 12-Week Physical and Cognitive Exercise Program Can Improve Cognitive Function and Neural Efficiency in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 63, 1355-1363, July 2015. doi:10.1111/jgs.13481
Sadakata, M., Shingai, M., Brandmeyer, A., Sulpizio, S., & Sekiyama, K. (2014). Language Specific Listening of Japanese Geminate Consonants: Cross-linguistic study. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, Article 1422 (8 pages). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01422. External link
Sekiyama, K., Kinoshita, T., & Sohi, T. (2014). Strong biomechanical constraints on young children's mental imagery of hands. Royal Society Open Science, 1: 140118 (14 pages). doi: 10.1098/rsos.140118. External link
Soshi, T., Hisanaga, S., Kodama, N., Kanekama, Y., Samejima, Y., Yumoto, E., & Sekiyama, K. (2014). Event-related potentials for better speech perception in noise by cochlear implant users. Hearing Research, 316, 110-121. doi:10.1016/j.heares.2014.08.001 PDF
Sekiyama, K., Soshi, T., & Sakamoto, S. (2014). Enhanced audiovisual integration with aging in speech perception: A heightened McGurk effect in older adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, Article 322 (12 pages). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00323 External link
Kawagoe, T., & Sekiyama, K. (2014). Visually encoded working memory is closely associated with mobility in older adults. Experimental Brain Research, 232, 2035-2043. doi:10.1007/s00221-014-3893-1 PDF
Teramoto, W., Nozoe, Y., & Sekiyama, K. (2013). Audiotactile interactions beyond the space and body parts around the head. Experimental Brain Research, 228, 427-436. doi:10.1007/s00221-013-3574-5 PDF
Sekiyama, K. Hashimioto, K., & Sugita, Y. (2012). Visuo-somatosensory reorganization in perceptual adaptation to reversed vision. Acta Psychologica,141, 1-12. doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.05.011 PDF
Teramoto, W., Tao, K., Sekiyama, K., & Mori, S. (2012). Reading performance in middle-aged adults with declined accommodation. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 74, 1722-1731. doi: 10.3758/s13414-012-0360-6 PDF
Sekiyama, K. (2011). Speech perception through auditory and visual modalities: linguistic/cultural differences and their developmental change. Cognitive Studies, 18, 387-401. (In Japanese with English abstract, translated by the author of this article)
Sekiyama, K. (2011). Reversing prism spectacles and body image. Clinical Neuroscience, 29, 881-884. (In Japanese, translated by the author of this article)
Sadakata, M. & Sekiyama, K. (2011). Enhanced perception of various linguistic features by musicians: A cross-linguistic study. Acta Psychologica, 138, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.03.007 PDF
Sekiyama, K. & Burnham, D. (2008). Impact of language on development of auditory-visual speech perception. Developmental Science, 11, 303-317. PDF
Sekiyama, K. (2006). Dynamic spatial cognition: Components, functions, and modifiability of body schema. Japanese Psychological Research, 48, 141-157. PDF
Sekiyama, K. (2005). Spatial cognition with reversed visual input. Shinkei Kenkyu no Shinpo (Progress of Neurological Science), 49(2), 261-271. (In Japanese with English abstract)
Miyauchi, S., Egusa, H., Amagase, H., Sekiyama, K, Imaruoka, T., & Tashiro, T. (2004). Adaptation to left-right reversed vision rapidly activates ipsilateral visual cortex in humans. Journal of Physiology Paris, 98, 207-219.
Sekiyama, K., Kanno.I., Miura, S. & Sugita, Y. (2003). Auditory-visual speech perception examined by fMRI and PET. Neuroscience Research, 47, 277-287. PDF
Sekiyama, K. Miyauchi, S., Imaruoka,T., Egusa, H. & Tashiro, T. (2000). Body image as a visuomotor transformation device revealed in adaptation to reversed vision. Nature, 407, 374-377. PDF
Sekiyama, K. (1997). Cultural and linguistic factors in audiovisual speech processing: The McGurk effect in Chinese subjects. Perception & Psychophysics, 59 , 73-80. PDF
Sekiyama, K. (1994). Difference in auditory-visual speech perception between Japanese and Americans: McGurk effect as a function of incompatibility. Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan (E),15,143-158. PDF
Sekiyama, K. & Tohkura, Y. (1993). Inter-language differences in the influence of visual cues in speech perception. Journal of Phonetics, 21, 427-444. PDF
Sekiyama, K. & Tohkura, Y. (1991). McGurk effect in non-English listeners: Few visual effects for Japanese subjects hearing Japanese syllables of high auditory intelligibility. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 90, 1797-1805. PDF
Sekiyama, K. (1991). Importance of head axes in perception of cutaneous patterns drawn on vertical body surfaces. Perception & Psychophysics, 49, 481-492. PDF
Sekiyama, K. (1987). Mental rotation of kinesthetic hand images and modes of stimulus presentation. The Japanese Journal of Psychology, 57, 342-349. (In Japanese with English abstract) PDF
Sekiyama, K., Takemura, Y., Fukuda, K., Kakisaka, M., & Ishimoto, M. (1984). Mental operations of spatial representations in block-design tests: An analysis of performance of some cerebral palsied children. Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology, 32, 110-116. (In Japanese with English abstract)
Sekiyama, K. (1983). Mental and physical movements of hands: Kinesthetic information preserved in representational systems. Japanese Psychological Research, 25, 95-102. PDF
Sekiyama, K. (1982). Kinesthetic aspects of mental representations in the identification of left and right hands. Perception & Psychophysics, 32, 89-95. PDF
