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Hikaru Takeuchi

Hikaru Takeuchi

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Neuroscience

D-Index
48
Citations
9052
World Ranking
6181
National Ranking
200

Overview

Hikaru Takeuchi is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan, with a research focus primarily in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work encompasses various subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Genetics, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range including Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Creativity in Education and Neuroscience, Neuroscience and Music Perception, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, and Mind Wandering and Attention.

Recent publications by Hikaru Takeuchi include:

  • Disappearance and Re-Emergence of Influenza during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Association with Infection Control Measures (2023) in Viruses
  • Lead exposure is associated with functional and microstructural changes in the healthy human brain (2021) in Communications Biology
  • Loneliness inside of the brain: evidence from a large dataset of resting-state fMRI in young adult (2022) in Scientific Reports
  • Originality of divergent thinking is associated with working memory-related brain activity: Evidence from a large sample study (2020) in NeuroImage
  • Effects of Simultaneously Performed Dual-Task Training with Aerobic Exercise and Working Memory Training on Cognitive Functions and Neural Systems in the Elderly (2020) in Neural Plasticity

Hikaru Takeuchi frequently publishes in several venues, including:

  • Communications Biology
  • Nutrients
  • Scientific Reports
  • NeuroImage
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience

Collaborations have involved coauthors such as Ryuta Kawashima, Yasuyuki Taki, Rui Nouchi, Seishu Nakagawa, and Yuka Kotozaki, reflecting recurring cooperative research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Training of working memory impacts structural connectivity.

    Hikaru Takeuchi;Atsushi Sekiguchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Satoru Yokoyama

  • Brain Training Game Improves Executive Functions and Processing Speed in the Elderly: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Rui Nouchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Hikaru Takeuchi;Hiroshi Hashizume

  • Failing to deactivate: the association between brain activity during a working memory task and creativity.

    Hikaru Takeuchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Hiroshi Hashizume;Yuko Sassa

  • Brain training game boosts executive functions, working memory and processing speed in the young adults: a randomized controlled trial

    Rui Nouchi;Rui Nouchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Hikaru Takeuchi;Hiroshi Hashizume

  • Regional gray matter volume of dopaminergic system associate with creativity: evidence from voxel-based morphometry.

    Hikaru Takeuchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Yuko Sassa;Hiroshi Hashizume

  • The Association between Resting Functional Connectivity and Creativity

    Hikaru Takeuchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Hiroshi Hashizume;Yuko Sassa

  • White matter structures associated with creativity: evidence from diffusion tensor imaging.

    Hikaru Takeuchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Yuko Sassa;Hiroshi Hashizume

  • Topological organization of functional brain networks in healthy children: differences in relation to age, sex, and intelligence.

    Kai Wu;Kai Wu;Yasuyuki Taki;Kazunori Sato;Hiroshi Hashizume

  • Working memory training using mental calculation impacts regional gray matter of the frontal and parietal regions

    Hikaru Takeuchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Yuko Sassa;Hiroshi Hashizume

  • Effects of working memory training on functional connectivity and cerebral blood flow during rest.

    Hikaru Takeuchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Rui Nouchi;Hiroshi Hashizume

  • Effects of Training of Processing Speed on Neural Systems

    Hikaru Takeuchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Hiroshi Hashizume;Yuko Sassa

  • The Impact of Television Viewing on Brain Structures: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses

    Hikaru Takeuchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Hiroshi Hashizume;Kohei Asano

  • Brain structural changes as vulnerability factors and acquired signs of post-earthquake stress.

    A Sekiguchi;M Sugiura;Y Taki;Y Kotozaki

  • Regional gray matter density associated with emotional intelligence: Evidence from voxel‐based morphometry

    Hikaru Takeuchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Yuko Sassa;Hiroshi Hashizume

  • The neural basis of agency: an fMRI study

    Yukihito Yomogida;Motoaki Sugiura;Yuko Sassa;Keisuke Wakusawa

  • Brain structures associated with executive functions during everyday events in a non-clinical sample

    Hikaru Takeuchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Yuko Sassa;Hiroshi Hashizume

  • Sleep duration during weekdays affects hippocampal gray matter volume in healthy children

    Yasuyuki Taki;Hiroshi Hashizume;Benjamin Thyreau;Yuko Sassa

  • Four weeks of combination exercise training improved executive functions, episodic memory, and processing speed in healthy elderly people: evidence from a randomized controlled trial

    Rui Nouchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Hikaru Takeuchi;Atsushi Sekiguchi

  • Breakfast Staple Types Affect Brain Gray Matter Volume and Cognitive Function in Healthy Children

    Yasuyuki Taki;Hiroshi Hashizume;Yuko Sassa;Hikaru Takeuchi

  • Regional gray and white matter volume associated with Stroop interference: evidence from voxel-based morphometry.

    Hikaru Takeuchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Yuko Sassa;Hiroshi Hashizume

  • Regional gray matter density is associated with achievement motivation: evidence from voxel-based morphometry.

    Hikaru Takeuchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Rui Nouchi;Rui Nouchi;Atsushi Sekiguchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryuta Kawashima
Ryuta Kawashima Tohoku University
Yasuyuki Taki
Yasuyuki Taki Tohoku University
Rui Nouchi
Rui Nouchi University of Human Environments
Yuko Sassa
Yuko Sassa Tohoku University
Hiroshi Hashizume
Hiroshi Hashizume Tohoku University
Motoaki Sugiura
Motoaki Sugiura Tohoku University
Hiroshi Fukuda
Hiroshi Fukuda Tohoku University
Atsuo Takanishi
Atsuo Takanishi Waseda University
Akiyoshi Kakita
Akiyoshi Kakita Niigata University
Ryota Hashimoto
Ryota Hashimoto National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry

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