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Motomi Toichi

Motomi Toichi

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
37
Citations
5382
World Ranking
6260
National Ranking
18

Overview

Motomi Toichi is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in neuroscience and psychology. Their primary focus lies in cognitive neuroscience and clinical psychology, with additional work in social and experimental cognitive psychology as well as cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The main research topics they have explored include:

  • Face recognition and perception
  • Neural and behavioral psychology studies
  • Autism spectrum disorder research
  • Heart rate variability and autonomic control
  • Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders
  • Neuroscience and music perception
  • Music therapy and health

Motomi Toichi has published in several well-known academic venues, including:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Royal Society Open Science

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Motomi Toichi are:

  • "The Effect of Music Intervention on Attention in Children: Experimental Evidence," 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • "Atypical Multisensory Integration and the Temporal Binding Window in Autism Spectrum Disorder," 2020, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • "Changes in Electroencephalography and Cardiac Autonomic Function During Craft Activities: Experimental Evidence for the Effectiveness of Occupational Therapy," 2020, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • "Impairment of emotional expression detection after unilateral medial temporal structure resection," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Schizotypy is associated with difficulties detecting emotional facial expressions," 2021, Royal Society Open Science

Frequent collaborators in their scientific work include:

  • Shota Uono
  • Sayaka Yoshimura
  • Wataru Sato
  • Reiko Sawada
  • Shuo Zhao

The scope of Motomi Toichi's research reflects interdisciplinary approaches, integrating neuroscience with psychological theories and clinical applications. Their investigation of topics such as multisensory integration in autism spectrum disorder, emotional facial expression recognition, and the physiological effects of occupational therapy highlight a focus on both neural mechanisms and behavior. Additionally, work on music intervention and autonomic function points to an interest in therapeutic strategies and health-related outcomes.

The range of publications and consistent collaborations suggest an active engagement in advancing understanding within neuroscience and psychology fields, with a regional base at Kyoto University supporting their academic endeavors.

Best Publications

  • Frontal midline theta rhythm is correlated with cardiac autonomic activities during the performance of an attention demanding meditation procedure.

    Yasutaka Kubota;Wataru Sato;Motomi Toichi;Toshiya Murai

  • A new method of assessing cardiac autonomic function and its comparison with spectral analysis and coefficient of variation of R-R interval.

    Motomi Toichi;Takeshi Sugiura;Toshiya Murai;Akira Sengoku

  • A lack of self-consciousness in autism.

    Motomi Toichi;Yoko Kamio;Takashi Okada;Morimitsu Sakihama

  • Impaired social brain network for processing dynamic facial expressions in autism spectrum disorders.

    Wataru Sato;Motomi Toichi;Shota Uono;Takanori Kochiyama

  • The influence of psychotic states on the autonomic nervous system in schizophrenia.

    Motomi Toichi;Yasutaka Kubota;Toshiya Murai;Yoko Kamio

  • Paradoxical Autonomic Response to Mental Tasks in Autism

    Motomi Toichi;Yoko Kamio

  • Attentional shift by gaze is triggered without awareness

    Wataru Sato;Takashi Okada;Motomi Toichi

  • Prefrontal activation during verbal fluency tests in schizophrenia--a near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) study.

    Yasutaka Kubota;Yasutaka Kubota;Motomi Toichi;Motomi Toichi;Mitsue Shimizu;Mitsue Shimizu;Richard A. Mason

  • Dual Access to Semantics in Autism: Is Pictorial Access Superior to Verbal Access?

    Yoko Kamio;Motomi Toichi

  • Long-term memory and levels-of-processing in autism.

    Motomi Toichi;Yoko Kamio

  • The structural neural substrate of subjective happiness.

    Wataru Sato;Takanori Kochiyama;Shota Uono;Yasutaka Kubota

  • Rapid amygdala gamma oscillations in response to fearful facial expressions

    Wataru Sato;Takanori Kochiyama;Shota Uono;Kazumi Matsuda

  • Long-term memory in high-functioning autism: controversy on episodic memory in autism reconsidered.

    Motomi Toichi;Yoko Kamio

  • Verbal association for simple common words in high-functioning autism.

    Motomi Toichi;Yoko Kamio

  • Misrecognition of facial expressions in delinquents

    Wataru Sato;Shota Uono;Naomi Matsuura;Motomi Toichi

  • Correlations among self-esteem, aggression, adverse childhood experiences and depression in inmates of a female juvenile correctional facility in Japan.

    Naomi Matsuura;Toshiaki Hashimoto;Motomi Toichi

  • Prefrontal hemodynamic activity predicts false memory—A near-infrared spectroscopy study

    Yasutaka Kubota;Motomi Toichi;Motomi Toichi;Mitsue Shimizu;Mitsue Shimizu;Richard A. Mason

  • Impaired overt facial mimicry in response to dynamic facial expressions in high-functioning autism spectrum disorders.

    Sayaka Yoshimura;Wataru Sato;Shota Uono;Motomi Toichi

  • Dynamic fearful gaze does not enhance attention orienting in individuals with Asperger's disorder.

    Shota Uono;Wataru Sato;Motomi Toichi

  • Hemodynamic differences in the activation of the prefrontal cortex: attention vs. higher cognitive processing.

    Motomi Toichi;Robert L. Findling;Yasutaka Kubota;Joseph R. Calabrese

  • Reduced Gray Matter Volume in the Social Brain Network in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

    Wataru Sato;Takanori Kochiyama;Shota Uono;Sayaka Yoshimura

  • Increased putamen volume in adults with autism spectrum disorder.

    Wataru Sato;Yasutaka Kubota;Takanori Kochiyama;Shota Uono

Frequent Co-Authors

Wataru Sato
Wataru Sato Kyoto University
Takanori Kochiyama
Takanori Kochiyama Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
Toshiya Murai
Toshiya Murai Kyoto University
Yushi Inoue
Yushi Inoue RMIT University
Sakiko Yoshikawa
Sakiko Yoshikawa Kyoto University
Nobuo Masataka
Nobuo Masataka Kyoto University
Akihiko Kondo
Akihiko Kondo Kobe University
Eric A. Youngstrom
Eric A. Youngstrom University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Akio Ikeda
Akio Ikeda Kyoto University

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