2026 Sakiko Yoshikawa: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	32	10748	10064	35	34	149	7649

Overview

Sakiko Yoshikawa is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and conducts research primarily in the fields of neuroscience and psychology. Their work spans several subfields, notably cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, clinical psychology, and human-computer interaction.

The research topics covered by Yoshikawa include face recognition and perception, action observation and synchronization, neural and behavioral psychology studies, multisensory perception and integration, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, tactile and sensory interactions, and the psychology of moral and emotional judgment.

Yoshikawa has published in several frequent venues including Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Psychology, Nutrients, The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, and Cognition & Emotion.

Their recent papers include the following:

Physiological correlates of subjective emotional valence and arousal dynamics while viewing films, 2020, Biological Psychology
Emotional valence sensing using a wearable facial EMG device, 2021, Scientific Reports
Amygdala activity related to perceived social support, 2020, Scientific Reports
Survey report on damage caused by 2019 Typhoon Hagibis in Marumori Town, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, 2021, SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS
Enhanced emotional and motor responses to live versus videotaped dynamic facial expressions, 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Yoshikawa include:

Wataru Sato
Akie Saito
Takanori Kochiyama
Nobuhito Abe
Ryusuke Nakai

Best Publications

Effects of sexual dimorphism on facial attractiveness

David I. Perrett;Kieran J Lee;Kieran J Lee;Ian S. Penton-Voak;Duncan Rowland

1772
Citations
Cross-cultural reading the mind in the eyes: An fmri investigation

Reginald B. Adams;Nicholas O. Rule;Robert G. Franklin;Elsie Wang

546
Citations
Enhanced neural activity in response to dynamic facial expressions of emotion: an fMRI study

Wataru Sato;Takanori Kochiyama;Sakiko Yoshikawa;Eiichi Naito

534
Citations
Attractiveness of Facial Averageness and Symmetry in Non-Western Cultures: In Search of Biologically Based Standards of Beauty

Gillian Rhodes;Sakiko Yoshikawa;Alison Clark;Kieran Lee

490
Citations
Spontaneous facial mimicry in response to dynamic facial expressions.

Wataru Sato;Sakiko Yoshikawa

341
Citations
Dynamic Properties Influence the Perception of Facial Expressions

Miyuki Kamachi;Vicki Bruce;Shigeru Mukaida;Jiro Gyoba

328
Citations
Emotional expression boosts early visual processing of the face: ERP recording and its decomposition by independent component analysis.

Wataru Sato;Takanori Kochiyama;Sakiko Yoshikawa;Michikazu Matsumura

296
Citations
The amygdala processes the emotional significance of facial expressions: an fMRI investigation using the interaction between expression and face direction.

Wataru Sato;Sakiko Yoshikawa;Takanori Kochiyama;Michikazu Matsumura

257
Citations
Polling the Face: Prediction and Consensus Across Cultures

Nicholas O. Rule;Nalini Ambady;Reginald B. Adams;Hiroki Ozono

252
Citations
A 12‐Week Physical and Cognitive Exercise Program Can Improve Cognitive Function and Neural Efficiency in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Shu Nishiguchi;Shu Nishiguchi;Minoru Yamada;Takanori Tanigawa;Kaoru Sekiyama

229
Citations
Perceived health contributes to the attractiveness of facial symmetry, averageness, and sexual dimorphism.

Gillian Rhodes;Sakiko Yoshikawa;Romina Palermo;Leigh W. Simmons

216
Citations
The dynamic aspects of emotional facial expressions

Wataru Sato;Sakiko Yoshikawa

213
Citations
Enhanced Experience of Emotional Arousal in Response to Dynamic Facial Expressions

Wataru Sato;Sakiko Yoshikawa

156
Citations
Attractiveness of own-race, other-race, and mixed-race faces

Gillian Rhodes;Kieran Lee;Romina Palermo;Mahi Weiss

137
Citations
Seeing happy emotion in fearful and angry faces: qualitative analysis of facial expression recognition in a bilateral amygdala-damaged patient.

Wataru Sato;Yasutaka Kubota;Takashi Okada;Toshiya Murai

127
Citations
Dynamic facial expressions of emotion induce representational momentum

Sakiko Yoshikawa;Wataru Sato

107
Citations
Commonalities in the neural mechanisms underlying automatic attentional shifts by gaze, gestures, and symbols.

Wataru Sato;Takanori Kochiyama;Shota Uono;Sakiko Yoshikawa

103
Citations
Emotion Elicitation EffEct of films in a JapanEsE samplE

Wataru Sato;Motoko Noguchi;Sakiko Yoshikawa

85
Citations
Farming cultivates a community-level shared culture through collective activities: Examining contextual effects with multilevel analyses.

Yukiko Uchida;Kosuke Takemura;Shintaro Fukushima;Izuru Saizen

83
Citations
Culture, gaze and the neural processing of fear expressions

Reginald B. Adams;Robert G. Franklin;Nicholas O. Rule;Jonathan B. Freeman

79
Citations
Facial Expressions of Basic Emotions in Japanese Laypeople.

Wataru Sato;Sylwia Hyniewska;Kazusa Minemoto;Sakiko Yoshikawa

75
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Wataru Sato Kyoto University

Gillian Rhodes University of Western Australia

Reginald B. Adams Pennsylvania State University

Nicholas O. Rule University of Toronto

Rob Jenkins University of York

Nalini Ambady Stanford University

Toshiya Murai Kyoto University

Romina Palermo University of Western Australia

John Robertson Crawford University of Aberdeen

Masaki Tomonaga University of Human Environments

External Links

Personal website of Sakiko Yoshikawa

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