Research
When Specialization Creates Exclusion: The Dangers of a Compartmentalized Medical System
Drawing on real-world cases, the study highlights the harms of compartmentalized healthcare and proposes three essential reforms
How comprehensive is our healthcare system, and who is being l ...
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General Anesthesia in Early Infancy Accelerates Brain Development
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Baby talk is real: Adults speak differently to babies in at least 10 different languages
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Supporting cognitive flexibility in autistic individuals, Exploring noninvasive brain stimulation as a tool to enhance cognitive adaptability
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AI overconfidence mirrors human brain condition A similarity between language models and aphasia points to diagnoses for both
Events
December 20-21, 2025: Commemorative Symposium for the 41st International Prize for Biology “Current Breakthrough Topics in Neurobiology”
[About the Symposium]
The International Prize for Biology was instituted in April of 1985 by the Committee on the International Prize for Biology. It aims to commemorate the sixty-year reign ...
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December 8, 2025: Symposium by WPI-IRCN UTokyo ✕ JEWEL Project "Infant Language Development Research in the 21st Century ーIntegrating Insights from Behavioral, Neuronal, and Computational Sciences"
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November 19, 2025: Commemorative Talk by Professor Dr. Shun-ichi Amari — In Honor of the TU Berlin Honorary Doctorate —
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July 2-5, 2025: [Call for Participants] IRCN and Chen Institute Joint Course on Neuro-inspired Computation
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October 29, 2024: The first Symposium for Alliance for Brain Science [UTokyo-Teikyo-RIKEN] "A Venture into the Universe of the Athlete's Brain from a Cognitive Neuroscience"
Outreach
February 10, 2026: The 6th International Symposium of the Institute for AI and Beyond (Dr. Kenichi Ohki, IRCN Deputy Director & Dr. Yukie Nagai, IRCN Project Professor)
The 6th International Symposium of the Institute for AI and Beyond, the University of Tokyo will be held on 14:30-18:30 (JST), Tuesday,10 February 2026.
We are pleased to announce that, from I ...
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February 1, 2026: Kavli IPMU / ELSI / IRCN Joint Public Lecture - "A Question of Origins"
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November 2–3, 2025: “Everyone’s Brain World 2025: Super Diversity” Exhibition of the ASD Sensory Experience Simulator and Multimodal Emotion Estimation System (The Cognitive Developmental Robotics Laboratory)
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October 18, 2025: Experiencing “Neurointelligence” – WPI-IRCN at the University of Tokyo Homecoming Day 2025
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August 27,2025: [NEWS] Conferment Ceremony for the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon Held in Boston for Dr. Takao Hensch
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