{"id":28263,"date":"2024-09-17T10:52:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T01:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ircn.jp\/?p=28263"},"modified":"2024-11-08T15:42:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T06:42:04","slug":"alliance-for-brain-science2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ircn.jp\/en\/events\/alliance-for-brain-science2024","title":{"rendered":"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\""},"content":{"rendered":"

\u3000\u3000The UTokyo International Research Center for Neurointelligence (WPI-IRCN), Teikyo University Advanced Comprehensive Research Organization (ACRO), and RIKEN Center for Brain Science (RIKEN CBS) have recently joined forces to establish the \u201cAlliance for Brain Science\u201d to promote a comprehensive collaborative scheme between these three leading institutes.
\n\u3000\u3000As the first flagship project, the \u201cAthlete Cognitive Neuroscience Program\u201d will be launched in 2024. This program aims to cultivate a new field of research by exploring the relationship between consciousness and performance in skilled athletes from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience and, in particular, deepening our biological understanding of the yips, which often damages elite athletes\u2019careers. Moreover, future findings will be applied to develop new ways of supporting para-athletes and senior athletes, as well as to advance novel rehabilitation methods and unique AI development. The program is expected to encompass various future projects involving the comprehensive collaboration between the University of Tokyo, Teikyo University, and RIKEN.
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\nDate: October 29th [Tuesday], 2024\u300013:00 \u2014 17:20
\nVenue: Fukutake Hall, UTokyo Hongo Campus
\nCapacity: 150 people
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Program<\/strong><\/font size=\"4\">\u3000
\nModerator: KIMURA Mayumi
\nAdministrative Director, UTokyo WPI-IRCN<\/p>\n

Opening remarks on the establishment of the Alliance for Brain Science<\/strong><\/font size=\"4\">
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13:00<\/td>\nSAITO Nobuhito (Executive Vice President, UTokyo)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:05<\/td>\nOKINAGA Hiroko (Executive Vice President, Teikyo U)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:10<\/td>\nMIYAZONO Kohei (Executive Director, RIKEN)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tr>\n13:15<\/td>\nSigning of the Alliance for Brain Science MOU
\n\u3000ASASHIMA Makoto (Director, Teikyo U ACRO)
\n\u3000KAGEYAMA Ryoichiro (Director, RIKEN CBS)
\n\u3000HENSCH Takao (Director, UTokyo WPI-IRCN)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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\nPART 1\u3000Language: English (simultaneous interpretation available)
\nResearch Presentations<\/strong><\/font size=\"4\">
\nChairs: OHKI Kenichi and GOTOH Yukiko
\nDeputy Directors, UTokyo WPI-IRCN
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13:30<\/td>\nLecture 1\u3000Motor control and auditory feedback in birdsong
\nOKANOYA Kazuo Professor, Teikyo U ACRO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:10<\/td>\nLecture 2\u3000Brain mechanisms for stabilization and development of acquired skills
\nSHIBATA Kazuhisa Team leader, RIKEN CBS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:50<\/td>\nLecture 3\u3000Neuroscientific strategy to overcome yips
\nWATANABE Takamitsu PI & Associate Professor, UTokyo WPI-IRCN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tr>\n		15:30<\/td>\nCoffee Break\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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PART 2\u3000Language: Japanese (simultaneous interpretation available)
\nSpecial Dialogue and Lecture<\/strong><\/font size=\"4\">
\nChair: IINO Masamitsu
\nSpecial Advisor to Director, UTokyo WPI-IRCN
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15:50<\/td>\nSpecial Dialogue\u3000How we have struggled over yips: cases of professional golfers
\nOHE Kaori (Professional golfer) and NAKAJIMA Kazuya (Professional golfer)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:30<\/td>\nBreak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:35<\/td>\nSpecial Lecture\u3000Approach to the diversifying student consciousness
\nIWADE Masayuki Director of the Sports Bureau & Former Head Coach of Rugby FC, Teikyo U<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tr>\n		17:15<\/td>\nClosing remarks\u3000AIHARA Kazuyuki
\nExecutive Director, UTokyo WPI-IRCN\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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\nPART 1\u300013:00\u201315:30<\/font size=\"4\"><\/b><\/p>\n

\nScientists from the three research institutes, each with its own specialized approach to the mysteries of the brain, will explore how the brain works and how yips can develop.
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Motor control and auditory feedback in birdsong<\/b> <\/font size=\"5\"><\/font><\/p>\n

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OKANOYA Kazuo<\/strong><\/font size=\"4\">
\nProfessor, Division of Complex System and Cognitive Sciences, Teikyo U ACRO<\/p>\n

Birds learn courtship songs from their parents. Auditory feedback is always required for Bengalese finches to sing accurately. In this respect, the learning and maintenance of song by Bengalese finches resembles the control processes required in human sports. The role of auditory feedback and its electrophysiologicaland histochemical analysis will be described and discussed in relation to the sequential motor control.
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\nAfter graduating from Keio University, Dr. Okanoya earned a PhD in Biopsychology from the Graduate School of Psychology, University of Maryland, USA. He subsequently became an associate professor at Chiba University in 1994, a team leader at RIKEN in 2004, and a professor at the University of Tokyo in 2011. Since 2022, he has been a professor at ACRO, Teikyo University. He enjoys the music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
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SHIBATA Kazuhisa<\/strong><\/font size=\"4\">
\nTeam leader, Lab for Human Cognition and Learning, RIKEN CBS<\/p>\n

Learning evolves beyond the period of training on a skill. Even after training, acquired skills undergo various states including stabilization, enhancement, and reactivation in the brain. These state transitions support further developments of the acquired skills. In this talk, taking visual and motor learning as examples, I will introduce our research on the brain mechanisms underlying the stabilization and enhancement of acquired skills.<\/p>\n

\nDr. Shibata obtained a PhD in Science from Nara Institute of Science and Technology in 2008. He subsequently worked at the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR), Boston University, and Brown University as a postdoctoralresearcher; Nagoya University as an associate professor; and the National Institute for Quantum Science and Technology as a principalresearcher. He currently leads the Lab for Human Cognition and Learning at RIKEN Center for Brain Science as a team leader.
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WATANABE Takamitsu<\/strong><\/font size=\"4\">
\nPrincipal Investigator & Associate Professor, UTokyo WPI-IRCN<\/p>\n

The yips are seemingly sudden loss of capability to conduct a specific\u2013usually easy\u2013movement. The symptoms of the yips are mainly observed in experienced athletes and often severely damage their lives as athletes. Here, I would like to present how we can tackle this serious problem from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience. In particular, I will talk about how our collective brain dynamics affect our intelligence and atypical brain dynamics can change our way of thinking. In addition, based on recent findings, I will propose a neurobiological strategy to investigate and control the yips.<\/p>\n

\nAfter graduating with an MD from the University of Tokyo and a PhD from the Graduate School of Medicine in the same university, Dr.Watanabe researched brain mechanisms underpinning typical and atypical human intelligence at University College London and RIKEN CBS. In 2020, he launched his own laboratory at the WPI-IRCN at the University of Tokyo as an associate professor, and is currently tackling a wide range of problems in cognitive neuroscience and psychiatry.
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\nDialogue will be held with professional golfers who have experienced yips, while a master rugby coach who has led his team to 9 consecutive National University Rugby Championship victories will give a special lecture.
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\nHow we have struggled over yips: cases of professional golfers<\/b> <\/font size=\"5\"><\/font>
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\nOHE Kaori<\/strong><\/font size=\"4\">\u3000Professional golfer
\nMs. Ohe, born in Yamagata in 1990, won the Tohoku Amateur and Tohoku Junior Championships as an amateur, and was subsequently selected to represent Japan in the Women's Amateur Championship. Suffering from the yips beginning at the age of 18, Ms. Ohe started using a long putter. She turned professional in 2009, was seeded for the first time in 2011, and won her first Tour title in 2012. After 2013, when anchoring was set to be banned,
\nshe overcame and developed a new putting style. She won her second Tour title in 2016 and her third in 2018 before retiring from the Tour in 2019. She currently works as a golf tournament commentator and instructor.<\/p>\n


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\nNAKAJIMA Kazuya<\/strong><\/font size=\"4\">\u3000Professional golfer
\nBorn in 1963 in Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture, Mr. Nakajima began playing golf at the age of two, and went on to represent Japan as both a junior and amateur. In the autumn of 1987, Mr.Nakajima achieved first place in the PGA of Japan Qualification Pro Test for Tournament Players. He made his professional debut in 1988, winning the Daiichi Real Estate Tournament. From 2006 to 2019, he served as Tour Director for the Japan Golf Tour Organization's tournaments.
\nSince 2020, he has been managing his own golf courses.
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\nApproach to the diversifying student consciousness<\/b> <\/font size=\"5\"><\/font>
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\nIWADE Masayuki<\/b> <\/font size=\"4\">
\nDirector of the Sports Bureau, Deputy Director & Professor of Institute of Sports Science and Medicine
\nFormer Head Coach of the Rugby FC, Teikyo U<\/p>\n

I introduced a new management approach in university sports to replace strict hierarchies, focusing on autonomy, personal growth, and psychological safety. This lecture will explore how educators can adapt to students' diverse needs<\/p>\n

\nAfter graduating from Wakayama Prefectural Shingu High School in 1976 and Nippon Sport Science University in 1980, Prof. Iwade served as a public-school teacher in Shiga Prefecture from 1980 to 1996 and contributed to Teikyo U Rugby Football Club as Head coach from 1996 to 2022. From 1996 to the present, Mr. Iwade has devoted himself to Teikyo University, acting as the Director & Professor of the Sports Bureau, and Deputy Director of the Institute of Sports Science and Medicine.
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\n\u201cThe yips\u201d is a movement disorder in which a person who has previously mastered a particular skill becomes unable to perform the movement, such as golf putting, baseball pitching, or rugby placekicking. The yips can be regarded as a manifestation of a conflict between awareness and body movement, and most commonly develops in long-term trained athletes. Understanding the biological mechanisms behind the yips will open up the possibility of overcoming them, and bring us closer to unraveling the fundamental mystery of how our minds and bodies interact with each other.
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\nRegistration is now closed as we have reached the maximum number of participants.
\nThank you very much for your interest.<\/strong>
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\nVenue: Fukutake Hall, UTokyo Hongo Campus
\n7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 JAPAN<\/p>\n