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Norihiro Sadato publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Norihiro Sadato sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 514 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Norihiro Sadato D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Norihiro Sadato sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 107 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Norihiro Sadato is affiliated with the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and psychology, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, experimental and cognitive psychology, and developmental and educational psychology.

The scientist's work encompasses a variety of topics, including:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Motor Control and Adaptation

They have contributed to multiple publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • NeuroImage
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Cerebral Cortex Communications

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Recommendations for Responsible Development and Application of Neurotechnologies," 2021, Neuroethics
  • "Brain/MINDS beyond human brain MRI project: A protocol for multi-level harmonization across brain disorders throughout the lifespan," 2021, NeuroImage Clinical
  • "Comparative connectomics of the primate social brain," 2021, NeuroImage
  • "Achieving affective human-virtual agent communication by enabling virtual agents to imitate positive expressions," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Cognitive control affects motor learning through local variations in GABA within the primary motor cortex," 2021, Scientific Reports

Norihiro Sadato frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their most common coauthors include:

  • Masaki Fukunaga
  • Takahiko Koike
  • Motofumi Sumiya
  • Eri Nakagawa
  • Tetsuya Yamamoto

Best Publications

  • Activation of the primary visual cortex by Braille reading in blind subjects.

    Norihiro Sadato;Alvaro Pascual-Leone;Jordan Grafman;Vicente Ibañez

  • Functional relevance of cross-modal plasticity in blind humans

    Leonardo G. Cohen;Pablo Celnik;Alvaro Pascual-Leone;Alvaro Pascual-Leone;Brian Corwell

  • Processing of Social and Monetary Rewards in the Human Striatum

    Keise Izuma;Daisuke N. Saito;Norihiro Sadato

  • Modeling other minds.

    Vinod Goel;Jordan Grafman;Norihiro Sadato;Mark Hallett

  • Visual Image Reconstruction from Human Brain Activity using a Combination of Multiscale Local Image Decoders

    Yoichi Miyawaki;Hajime Uchida;Okito Yamashita;Masa-aki Sato

  • Both primary motor cortex and supplementary motor area play an important role in complex finger movement

    Hiroshi Shibasaki;Norihiro Sadato;Hugh Lyshkow;Yoshiharu Yonekura

  • Cerebral structures participating in motor preparation in humans: a positron emission tomography study.

    M. P. Deiber;V. Ibanez;N. Sadato;M. Hallett

  • Four ethical priorities for neurotechnologies and AI

    Rafael Yuste;Sara Goering;Blaise Agüera y Arcas;Guoqiang Bi

  • Neural networks for Braille reading by the blind.

    Norihiro Sadato;Alvaro Pascual-Leone;Alvaro Pascual-Leone;Jordan Grafman;Marie Pierre Deiber

  • Mesial Motor Areas in Self-Initiated Versus Externally Triggered Movements Examined With fMRI: Effect of Movement Type and Rate

    Marie Pierre Deiber;Manabu Honda;Vicente Ibañez;Norihiro Sadato

  • Attention to emotion modulates fMRI activity in human right superior temporal sulcus.

    Jin Narumoto;Tomohisa Okada;Norihiro Sadato;Kenji Fukui

  • Listening to rhythms activates motor and premotor cortices

    Sara L. Bengtsson;Fredrik Ullén;H. Henrik Ehrsson;Toshihiro Hashimoto

  • Role of the Supplementary Motor Area and the Right Premotor Cortex in the Coordination of Bimanual Finger Movements

    Norihiro Sadato;Yoshiharu Yonekura;Atsuo Waki;Hiroki Yamada

  • Critical period for cross-modal plasticity in blind humans: a functional MRI study.

    Norihiro Sadato;Tomohisa Okada;Manabu Honda;Yoshiharu Yonekura

  • 11C-Acetate PET Imaging of Prostate Cancer

    Nobuyuki Oyama;Hironobu Akino;Hiroshi Kanamaru;Yuji Suzuki

  • Cerebral processes related to visuomotor imagery and generation of simple finger movements studied with positron emission tomography.

    Marie-Pierre Deiber;Marie-Pierre Deiber;Vicente Ibañez;Manabu Honda;Norihiro Sadato

  • Period of susceptibility for cross-modal plasticity in the blind

    Leonardo G. Cohen;Robert A. Weeks;Norihiro Sadato;Pablo Celnik

  • Complexity affects regional cerebral blood flow change during sequential finger movements

    Norihiro Sadato;Gregory Campbell;Vicente Ibáñez;Marie Pierre Deiber

  • Neural basis of individualistic and collectivistic views of self

    Joan Y. Chiao;Tokiko Harada;Hidetsugu Komeda;Zhang Li

  • Internally simulated movement sensations during motor imagery activate cortical motor areas and the cerebellum.

    Eiichi Naito;Takanori Kochiyama;Ryo Kitada;Satoshi Nakamura

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshiharu Yonekura
Yoshiharu Yonekura Osaka University
Tomohisa Okada
Tomohisa Okada Kyoto University
Takanori Kochiyama
Takanori Kochiyama Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
Tetsuya Iidaka
Tetsuya Iidaka Nagoya University
Manabu Honda
Manabu Honda National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Ryusuke Kakigi
Ryusuke Kakigi National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Mark Hallett
Mark Hallett National Institutes of Health
Junji Konishi
Junji Konishi Kyoto University
Hiroshi Shibasaki
Hiroshi Shibasaki Kyoto University
Eiichi Naito
Eiichi Naito National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

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