Ryota Kanai, PhD Contact Information Araya Brain Imaging, Inc. US Bldg. 301 1-6-15 Hirakawacho, Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo,102-0093, Japan Email:
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Current Positions April 2015 – Present
Founder and the CEO of Araya Brain Imaging, Tokyo, Japan
September 2015 – Present
Affiliated Scientist at Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), Tokyo Institute of Technology
Academic Post September 2015 – Present
Affiliated Scientist at Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), Tokyo Institute of Technology
September 2012 – August 2015 Reader in Psychology and Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, University of Sussex.
Education & Training 2010 – 2012
Postdoctoral fellow at Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London (Advisor: Prof. Geraint Rees). Project: Neuroimaging research on brain structure basis of individual differences in visual perception.
2007 – 2010
Human Frontier Science Program Fellow at Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London (Advisor: Prof. Vincent Walsh).
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Project: Transcranial brain stimulation research on visual and time perception.
2005 – 2007
Postdoctoral fellow at Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology (Advisor: Prof. Shinsuke Shimojo). Project: Psychophysics of visual and time perception.
2001 – 2005
PhD. Cum Laude, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. (PhD Advisor: Prof. Frans Verstraten). Project: Psychophysics of visual and time perception.
1996 – 2000
B.Sc. Kyoto University, Faculty of Sciences, Japan.
Bibliometrics My H-index is 34 and my work has received 3613 citations in total as of April 2016. http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zaAL6YEAAAAJ&hl
Selected Publications 1. Hayashi, M. J., Ditye, T., Harada, T., Hashiguchi, M., Sadato, N., Carlson, S., Walsh, V. & Kanai, R. (2015). Time adaptation shows duration selectivity in the human parietal cortex. PLoS Biology, 3(9):e1002262. 2. Franke, B., Stein, J.L., Ripke, S., Anttila, V.,., …, Neale, B.M., Medland, S.E., Sullivan, P.F., … Kanai, R., et al. (2016). Genetic influences on schizophrenia and subcortical brain volumes: large-scale proof of concept. Nature Neuroscience, 19, 420-431. doi: 10.1038/nn.4228 3. Kanai, R., Komura, Y., Shipp, S. & Friston, K. (2015). Precision engineered hierarchies in the brain. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London B: Biological Science. 4. Hibar, D., Stein, J., Renteria, M., …, Kanai, R., et al., the ENIGMA Consortium, Thompson, P.M., & Medland, S.E. (2015). Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures. Nature, 520, 224-229. doi:10.1038/nature14101 5. Song, C., Schwarzkopf, D.S., Kanai, R. & Rees, G. (2015). Neural population tuning links visual cortical anatomy to human visual perception. Neuron, 85, 641-656.
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6. Watanabe, T., Masuda, N., Megumi, F., Bahrami, B., Kanai, R., & Rees, G. (2014). Energy landscape and dynamics of brain activity during human bistable perception. Nature Communications, 5: 4765. 7. Kanai, R., Bahrami, B., Duchaine, B., Janik, A., Banissy, M.J. & Rees, G. (2012). Human brain structure links loneliness to social perception skills. Current Biology, 22, 1975-1979. 8. Sharot, T.*, Kanai, R.*, Marston, D., Korn, C., Rees, G. & Dolan, R. (2012). Selectively altering belief formation in the human brain. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences U.S.A.. ( * joint first author). 9. Kanai, R., & Tsuchiya, N. (2012). Primer: Qualia. Current Biology, 22, R392-R396. 10. Kanai, R., Dong, M., Bahrami, B. & Rees, G. (2011). Distractibility in daily life is reflected in the structure of human parietal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 31, 6620-6626. 11. Kanai, R. & Rees, G. (2011). The structural basis of inter-individual differences in human behaviour and cognition. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 12, 231-242. 12. Kanai, R., Feilden, T., Firth, C. & Rees, G. (2011). Political orientations are correlated with brain structure in young adults. Current Biology, 21, 677-680. 13. Kanai, R., Carmel, D., Bahrami, B. & Rees, G. (2011). Structural and functional fractionation of right superior parietal cortex in bistable perception. Current Biology, 21, R106-R107. 14. Kanai, R., Bahrami, B. & Rees, G. (2010). Human parietal cortex structure predicts individual differences in perceptual rivalry. Current Biology, 20, 1626-1630. 15. Cohen Kadosh, R. Soskic, S, Iuculano, T., Kanai, R. & Walsh, V. (2010). Modulating neuronal activity produces specific and long lasting changes in numerical competence. Current Biology, 20, 1626-1630. 16. Kanai, R., Chaieb, L., Antal, A., Walsh, V., & Paulus, W. (2008). Frequency-dependent electric stimulation of the visual cortex. Current Biology, 18, 1839-1843. 17. Kanai, R., Tsuchiya, N., & Verstraten, F.A.J. (2006). The scope and limits of top-down attention in unconscious visual processing. Current Biology, 16, 2332-2336. 18. Wu, D.-A., Kanai, R., & Shimojo S (2004). Steady-state misbinding of colour and motion. Nature, 429, 262.
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Grants •
2015-2020 CREST from Japan Science and Technology Agency. PI: Ryota Kanai. 280,000,000 JPY (Approx. 2.5M USD) for 5.5 years (October 2015 – March 2020).
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2016-2021 Wellcome Trust: Dedicated MR equipment for optimised imaging of the Structure and Function of the Human Brain. PI: Mara Cercignani, Co-PIs: Nigel Leigh, Hugo Critchley, Neil Harrison, Ryota Kanai, Anil Seth, Chris Bird, John Atack. £568,000.
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2015-2016 The Impulsing Paradigm Change through disruptive Technologies (ImPACT) programme from the Cabinet of Japan. PI: Ryota Kanai. 34,000,000 JPY (Approx. 300K USD) for 1 year (April 2015 – March 2016).
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2011-2015 JST PRESTO (Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology). PI: Ryota Kanai. 40,000,000 JPY (Approx. 350K USD) for 3.5 years (October 2011 – March 2014).
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2008 Royal Society International Short Visits Scheme (2008) to collaborate with Prof. Walter Paulus at University of Goettingen, Germany to develop transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS). 3920 GBP (approx. 6,200 USD).
Journal Publications In Press 1. Wiener, M. & Kanai, R. (in press). Frequency tuning for temporal perception and prediction. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 2. Sherman, M.T., Kanai, R., Seth, A.K., & VanRullen, R. (in press). Rhythmic influence of top-down perceptual priors in the phase of pre-stimulus occipital alpha oscillations. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 3. Yamagishi, T., Takagishi, H., Fermin, A.S.R., Kanai, R., Li, Y., Matsumoto, Y. (in press). Cortical thickness of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex predicts strategic choices in economic games. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences U.S.A..
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2016 4. Loh, K.-K., & Kanai, R. (2016). How has the internet reshaped human cognition? The Neuroscientist. 5. Schauer, G., Kanai, R., & Brascamp, J. (2016). Parietal theta burst TMS: functional fractionation observed during bistable perception not evident in attention tasks. Consciousness & Cognition. 6. Franke, B., Stein, J.L., Ripke, S., Anttila, V.,., …, Neale, B.M., Medland, S.E., Sullivan, P.F., … Kanai, R., et al. (2016). Genetic influences on schizophrenia and subcortical brain volumes: large-scale proof of concept. Nature Neuroscience, 19, 420-431. doi: 10.1038/nn.4228
2015 7. Hayashi, M. J., Ditye, T., Harada, T., Hashiguchi, M., Sadato, N., Carlson, S., Walsh, V. & Kanai, R. (2015). Time adaptation shows duration selectivity in the human parietal cortex. PLoS Biology, 13(9): e1002262. 8. Chawke, C., & Kanai, R. (2015). Alteration of political belief by non- invasive brain stimulation. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 9:621. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00621.
9. Sherman, M.T., Seth, A.K., Barrett, A.B. & Kanai, R. (2015). Prior expectation facilitates metacognition for perceptual judgements. Consciousness & Cognition, 35, 53-65. 10. Javadi, A.H., Beyko, A., Walsh, V. & Kanai, R. (2015). Transcranial direct current stimulation of the primary motor cortex biases motion action choice in a perceptual decision task. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 27, 2174-2185. 11. Kanai, R., Komura, Y., Shipp, S. & Friston, K. (2015). Precision engineered hierarchies in the brain. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B. 370(1668). pii: 20140169. 12. Kanai, R. (2015). Open questions in conducting confirmatory replication studies: Commentary on "A purely confirmatory replication study of structural brain-behaviour correlations" by Boekel et al., 2015. Cortex. pii: S0010-9452(15)00078-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.02.020.
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13. Song, C., Schwarzkopf, D.S., Kanai, R. & Rees, G. (2015). Neural population tuning links visual cortical anatomy to human visual perception. Neuron, 85, 641-654. 14. Hibar, D., Stein, J., Renteria, M., …, Kanai, R., et al., the ENIGMA Consortium, Thompson, P.M., & Medland, S.E. (2015). Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures. Nature, 520, 224-229. doi:10.1038/nature14101 15. Megumi, F., Bahrami, B., Kanai, R. & Rees, G. (2015). Brain activity dynamics in human parietal regions during spontaneous switches in bistable perception. NeuroImage, 107, 190-197.
2014 16. Chang, A. Y.-U., Kanai, R. & Seth, A. (2014). Crossmodal prediction changes the timing of conscious access during the motion-induced blindness. Consciousness & Cognition, 31, 139147. 17. Loh, K.-K., & Kanai, R. (2014). Higher media multi-tasking activity is associated with decreased gray-matter density in the anterior cingulate cortex. PLoS One, 9(9): e106698. 18. Getov, S., Kanai, R., Bahrami, B. & Rees, G. (2014). Human brain structure predicts individual differences in preconscious evaluation of facial dominance and trustworthiness. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10, 690-699. 19. Zacharopoulos, G., Binetti, N., Walsh, V. & Kanai, R. (2014). The effect of self-efficacy on visual discrimination sensitivity. PLoS One, 9(10): e109392. 20. Watanabe, T., Masuda, N., Megumi, F., Bahrami, B., Kanai, R., & Rees, G. (2014). Energy landscape and dynamics of brain activity during human bistable perception. Nature Communications, 5: 4765. 21. Gu, J. & Kanai, R. (2014). What contributes to individual differences in brain structure? Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8:262.
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22. Chamberlain, R., McManus, I.C., Brunswick, N., Rankin, Q., Riley H. & Kanai, R. (2014). Drawing on the right side of the brain: a voxel-based morphometry analysis of observational drawing. NeuroImage, 96, 167-173. 23. Sandberg, K., Barnes, G.R., Bahrami, B., Kanai, R., Overgaard, M. & Rees, G. (2014). Distinct MEG correlates of conscious experience, perceptual reversals and stabilization during binocular rivalry. NeuroImage, 100, 161-175. 24. Hayashi, M.J., Kantele, M., Walsh, V., Carlson, S., & Kanai, R. (2014). Dissociable neuroanatomical correlates of subsecond and suprasecond time perception. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 26, 1685-1693. 25. Cappelletti, M., Chamberlain, R., Freeman, E.D., Kanai, R., Butterworth, B., Price, C.J. & Rees, G. (2014). Commonalities for numerical and continuous quantity skills at temporo-parietal junction. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 26, 986-999. 26. Soto, D., Rotshtein, P. & Kanai, R. (2014). Parietal structure and function explains human variation in working memory biases of visual attention. NeuroImage, 89, 289-296. 27. Sandberg, K., Blicher, J.U., Dong, M., Rees, G., Near, J. & Kanai, R. (2014). Occipital GABA concentration predicts cognitive failures in daily life. Neuroimage, 87, 55-60. 28. Lewis, G., Kanai, R., Rees, G. & Bates, T. (2014). Neural correlates of the “good life”: eudaimonic well-being is associated with insular cortex volume. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9, 615-618. 29. Cullen, H., Kanai, R., Bahrami, B. & Rees, G. (2014). Individual differences in anthropomorphic judgements and human brain structure. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9, 1276-1280.
2013 30. Song, C., Schwarzkopf, D., Lutti, A., Li, B., Kanai, R. & Rees, G. (2013). Effective connectivity within human primary visual cortex predicts inter-individual diversity in illusory perception. Journal of Neuroscience, 33, 18781-18791.
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31. Goh, C., Kano, Y. & Kanai, R. (2013). The brain as a mirror of health and wellbeing. Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 28. 32. Sumioka, H., Nakae, A., Kanai, R. & Ishiguro, H. (2013). Huggable communication medium decreases cortisol levels. Scientific Reports, 3:3034. 33. Cappelletti, M., Gessaroli, E., Hithersay, R., Mitolo, M., Didino, D., Kanai, R., Cohen Kadosh, R. & Walsh, V. (2013). Transfer of cognitive training across magnitude dimensions achieved with concurrent brain stimulation of the parietal lobe. Journal of Neuroscience, 33, 14899-14907. 34. den Braber, A., Bohlken, M.M., Brouwer, R.M., van ‘t Ent, D., Kanai, R., Kahn, R.S., de Geus, E.J., Hulshoff Pol, H.E. & Boomsma, D.I. (2013). Heritability of subcortical brain measures: a perspective for future genome-wide association studies. NeuroImage, 83C, 98-102. 35. Ditye, T., Kanai, R., Bahrami, B., Muggleton, N.G., Rees, G. & Walsh, V. (2013). Rapid changes in brain structure predict improvements induced by perceptual learning. NeuroImage, 81, 205-212. 36. Sandberg, K., Bahrami, B., Kanai, R., Barnes, G.R., Overgaard, M., & Rees, G. (2013). Early visual responses predict conscious face perception within and between subjects during binocular rivalry. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 25, 969-985. 37. Gilaie-Dotan, S., Kanai, R., Bahrami, B., Rees, G., & Saygin, A.P. (2013). Neuroanatomical correlates of biological motion detection. Neuropsychologia, 51, 457-463. 38. Hayashi, M.J., Kanai, R., Tanabe, H., Yoshida, Y., Carlson, S., Walsh, V. & Sadato, N. (2013). Interaction of numerosity and time in prefrontal and parietal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 33, 883-893. 39. Bardi, L., Kanai, R., Mapelli, D. & Walsh, V. (2013). Hemispheric asymmetry in local/global and salience-based selection as revealed by transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of the posterior parietal cortex. Cortex, 49, 850-860.
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2012 40. Kanai, R., Bahrami, B., Duchaine, B., Janik, A., Banissy, M.J. & Rees, G. (2012). Human brain structure links loneliness to social perception skills. Current Biology, 22, 1975-1979. 41. de Haas, B., Kanai, R., Jalkanen, L. & Rees, G. (2012). Grey matter volume in early human visual cortex predicts proneness to the sound induced flash illusion. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279, 4955-4961. 42. Sharot, T., Kanai, R., Marston, D., Korn, C., Rees, G. & Dolan, R. (2012). Selectively altering belief formation in the human brain. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 109, 17058-17062. 43. Hagura, N., Kanai, R., Orgs, G. & Haggard, P. (2012). Ready steady slow – action preparation slows down subjective passage of time. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279, 4399-4406. 44. Banissy, M.J., Kanai, R., Walsh, V. & Rees, G. (2012). Inter-individual differences in empathy are reflected in human brain structure. NeuroImage, 62, 2034-2039. 45. Gilaie-Dotan, S., Harel, A., Bentin, S., Kanai, R. & Rees, G. (2012). Structural correlates of visual object expertise. NeuroImage, 62, 147-153. 46. Kanai, R., Muggleton, N.G., & Walsh, V. (2012). Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of the frontal eye fields during pro- and antisaccade tasks. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 3:45. 47. Kanai, R., & Tsuchiya, N. (2012). Primer: Qualia. Current Biology, 22, R392-R396. 48. Bardi, L., Kanai, R., Mapelli, D. & Walsh, V. (2012). Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the frontal eye fields interferes with spatial conflict. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 24, 13051313. 49. Lewis, G., Kanai, R., Bates, T. & Rees, G. (2012). Moral values are associated with individual differences in regional brain volume. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 24, 1657-1663.
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50. Campbell-Meiklejohn, D.K., Kanai, R., Bahrami, B., Bach, D.R., Dolan, R., Roepstorff, A. & Frith, C.D. (2012). Structure of orbitofrontal cortex predicts social influence. Current Biology, 20, 1165-1170. 51. Banissy, M.J., Stewart, L., Muggleton, N. Griffiths, T., Walsh, V., Ward, J. & Kanai, R. (2012). Colour synaesthesia is associated with increased brain volume in left posterior fusiform gyrus, but a decrease in left anterior fusiform gyrus and left V5/MT. Cognitive Neuroscience, 3, 29-35.
2011 52. Gilaie-Dotan, S., Kanai, R., & Rees, G. (2011). Anatomy of human sensory cortices reflects interindividual variability in time estimation. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 5:76. doi:10.3389/fnint.2011.00076. 53. Kanai, R., Bahrami, B., Roylance, R. & Rees, G. (2011). Online social network size is reflected in human brain structure. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279, 13271334. 54. Carlson, T., Hogendoorn, H., Kanai, R., Mesik, J. & Turret, J. (2011). High temporal resolution decoding of object position and category. Journal of Vision, 11(10): article 9. 55. Song, C., Schwarzkopf, D.S., Kanai, R., & Rees, G. (2011). Reciprocal anatomical relationship between primary sensory and prefrontal cortices in the human brain. Journal of Neuroscience, 31, 9472-9480. 56. Kanai, R., Dong, M., Bahrami, B. & Rees, G. (2011). Distractibility in daily life is reflected in the structure of human parietal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 31, 6620-6626. 57. Kanai, R. & Rees, G. (2011). The structural basis of inter-individual differences in human behaviour and cognition. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 12, 231-242. 58. Paffen, C.L.E., Plukaard, S. & Kanai, R. (2011). Symbolic magnitude modulates perceptual strength in binocular rivalry. Cognition, 119, 468-475.
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59. Kanai, R., Feilden, T., Firth, C. & Rees, G. (2011). Political orientations are correlated with brain structure in young adults. Current Biology, 21, 677-680. 60. Feurra, M., Paulus, W., Walsh, V. & Kanai, R. (2011). Frequency specific modulation of human somatosensory cortex. Frontiers in Psychology, 2: 13. 61. Song, C., Kanai, R., Fleming, S., Weil, R., Schwarzkopf. D.S., & Rees, G. (2011). Relating interindividual differences in metacognitive performance on different perceptual tasks. Consciousness & Cognition, 20, 1787-1792. 62. Kanai, R., Lloyd, H., Bueti, D. & Walsh, V. (2011). Modality independent role of the primary auditory cortex in time perception. Experimental Brain Research, 209, 465-471. 63. Kanai, R., Carmel, D., Bahrami, B. & Rees, G. (2011). Structural and functional fractionation of right superior parietal cortex in bistable perception. Current Biology, 21, R106-R107.
2010 64. Kanai, R., Bahrami, B. & Rees, G. (2010). Human parietal cortex structure predicts individual differences in perceptual rivalry. Current Biology, 20, 1626-1630. 65. Cohen Kadosh, R. Soskic, S, Iuculano, T., Kanai, R. & Walsh, V. (2010). Modulating neuronal activity produces specific and long lasting changes in numerical competence. Current Biology, 20, 1626-1630.
66. Kanai, R., Walsh, V. & Tseng, C.-H. (2010). Subjective discriminability of invisibility: A framework for distinguishing perceptual and attentional failures of awareness. Consciousness & Cognition, 19, 1045-1057. 67. Kanai, R., Paulus, P. & Walsh, V. (2010). Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) modulates cortical excitability as assessed by TMS-induced phosphene thresholds. Clinical Neurophysiology, 121, 1551-1559. 68. Brascamp, J.W., Kanai, R., Walsh, V. & van Ee, R. (2010). Human MT+ is involved in perceptual memory for 3D ambiguous motion. Journal of Neuroscience, 30, 760-766.
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2009 69. Kanai, R., Carlson, T.A., Verstraten, F.A.J., & Walsh, V. (2009). Perceived timings of new objects and feature changes. Journal of Vision, 9(7):5, 1-13. 70. Yamakawa, Y., Kanai, R., Matsumura, M., & Naito, E. (2009). Social distance evaluation in human parietal cortex. PLoS ONE, 4(2): e4360.
2008 71. Kanai, R., Muggleton, N., & Walsh, V. (2008). TMS over intraparietal sulcus triggers perceptual disappearance. Journal of Neurophysiology, 100, 3343-3350. 72. Kanai, R., Chaieb, L., Antal, A., Walsh, V., & Paulus, W. (2008). Frequency-dependent electric stimulation of the visual cortex. Current Biology, 18, 1839-1843. 73. Brascamp, J.W., Knapen, T.H.J., Kanai, R., Noest, A. J., van Ee, R., & van den Berg, A. V. (2008). Multi-timescale perceptual history resolves visual ambiguity. PLoS ONE, 3(1): e1497. 74. Kanai, R. (2008). Resetting mechanisms in vision. Japanese Psychological Review, 51, 264275. 75. Changizi, M., Hsieh, A., Nijhawan, R., Kanai, R., & Shimojo, S. (2008). Perceiving-the-present and a systematization of illusions. Cognitive Science, 32, 459-503.
2007 76. Kanai, R., Sheth, B.R. & Shimojo, S. (2007). Transition of subjective crossmodal simultaneity. PLoS ONE, 2(12): e1253. 77. Nijboer, T., Kanai, R., de Haan, E.H.F., & van der Smagt, M.J. (2007). Remembering the forest, but not the trees: the influence of colour information on memory for scenes. Consciousness & Cognition, 17(3), 741-752.
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78. Kanai, R., Knapen, T., van Ee, R., & Verstraten, F.A.J. (2007). Disruption of implicit perceptual memory by intervening neutral stimuli. Vision Research, 20, 2675-2683. 79. Brascamp, J.W., Knapen, T.H.J, Kanai, R., van Ee, R., van den Berg, A. V. (2007). Flash suppression and flash facilitation in binocular rivalry. Journal of Vision, 7(12), 1-12. 80. Kanai, R., Sheth, B. R., & Shimojo, S. (2007). Dynamical evolution of motion perception. Vision Research, 47, 937-945. 81. Knapen, T., Kanai, R., Brascamp, J., van Boxtel, J., & van Ee, R. (2007). Distance in feature space determines exclusivity in visual rivalry. Vision Research, 47, 3269-3275. 82. Knapen, T., Paffen, C., Kanai, R., van Ee, R. (2007). Stimulus flicker alters interocular grouping during binocular rivalry. Vision Research, 47, 1-7. 83. Nieuwenstein, M.R., Johnson, A., Kanai, R., & Martens, S. (2007). Cross-task repetition amnesia: Impaired recall of RSVP targets held in memory for a secondary task. Acta Psychologica, 125, 319-333.
2006 84. Kanai, R., Paffen, C.L.E., Hogendoorn, H., & Verstraten, F.A.J. (2006). Time dilation in dynamic visual display. Journal of Vision, 6, 1421-1430. 85. Kanai, R., Tsuchiya, N., & Verstraten, F.A.J. (2006). The scope and limits of top-down attention in unconscious visual processing. Current Biology, 16, 2332-2336. 86. Kanai, R., Wu, D.-A., Verstraten, F.A.J., & Shimojo, S. (2006). Color filling-out beyond luminance gaps along perceptual surfaces. Journal of Vision, 6, 1380-1395. 87. Brouwer, A.-M., Kanai R., & Vuong, Q.C. (2006). Planning and online control of goal directed movements when the eyes are ‘relocated’. Experimental Brain Research, 175, 499-513. 88. Kanai, R., & Watanabe, M (2006) Visual onset expands subjective time. Perception & Psychophysics, 68, 1113-1123.
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89. Kanai, R., & Verstraten, F.A.J. (2006). Attentional modulation of perceptual stabilization. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 273, 1217-1222. 90. Kanai, R., & Verstraten, F.A.J. (2006) Visual transients reveal the veridical position of a moving object. Perception, 35, 453-460.
2005 (PhD obtained in September) 91. Kanai, R., & Verstraten, F. A. J. (2005). Perceptual manifestation of rapid plasticity: motion priming, rapid motion aftereffect and perceptual sensitization. Vision Research, 45, 3109-3116.
92. Kanai, R., Moradi, F., Shimojo, S. & Verstraten, F.A.J. (2005). Perceptual alternation induced by visual transients. Perception, 34, 803-822.
2004 93. Maeda, F., Kanai R., & Shimojo, S. (2004). Changing pitch induced visual motion illusion. Current Biology, 14, R990-991. 94. Kanai, R., Sheth, B. R. & Shimojo, S. (2004). Stopping the motion and sleuthing the flash-lag effect: Spatial uncertainty is the key to positional mislocalization Vision Research, 44, 26052619. 95. Kanai, R., Paffen, C.L.E., Gerbino, W. & Verstraten, F.A.J. (2004). Blindness to inconsistent local signals in motion transparency from oscillating dots. Vision Research, 44, 2207-2212. 96. Kanai, R., & Verstraten, F.A.J. (2004). Visual transients without feature changes are sufficient for the percept of a change. Vision Research, 44, 2233-2240. 97. Wu, D.-A., Kanai, R., & Shimojo S (2004). Steady-state misbinding of colour and motion. Nature, 429, 262. 98. Paffen, C. L. E., te Pas, S., Kanai, R., van der Smagt, M. & Verstraten, F. A. J. (2004). Centersurround interactions in motion processing during binocular rivalry. Vision Research, 44,16351639.
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<2003 (published work before I started my PhD) 99. Kanai, R., & Kamitani, Y. (2003). Time-locked perceptual fading induced by visual transients. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 15(5), 664-672. 100. Kanai, R., van der Geest, J. N. & Frens, M. A. (2003). Inhibition of saccade initiation induced by pursuit. Experimental Brain Research, 148, 300-307. 101. van der Steen, J, & Kanai, R. (2002). Binocular eye movement responses to dichoptically presented horizontal and/or vertical stimulus steps. Annals of New York Academy of Science, 959. 102. Iwashita, M., Kanai, R., Funabiki, K., Matsuda, K. & Hirano, T. (2001). Dynamic properties, interactions and adaptive modifications of vestibulo-ocular reflex and optokinetic response in mice. Neuroscience Research, 39(3): 299-311.
Proceedings and technical reports 103. Yamakawa, Y., Kanai, R., Oka, H. & Hara, Y. (2013). Applied neuroscience for open service innovation. Society of Global Business. 104. Goh, C., Kano, Y. & Kanai, R. (2013). Neuroprofiling: Personalised brain visualisation. AAAI Technical Report. 105. Loh, K.K. & Kanai, R. (2013). Individual differences in social media use are reflected in brain structure. AAAI Technical Report. 106. Kanai, R. (2012). Brain structure and individual differences in social behaviors. AAAI Technical Report. 107. Bardi, L., Kanai, R., & Walsh, V. (2010). Parietal asymmetry in local/global and salience-based selection: a tDCS study. Neuropsychological Trends, 8, 107-109.
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Book Chapters 108. Sherman, M., Barrett, A.B. & Kanai, R. (in press). Inferences about consciousness using subjective reports of confidence. In M. Overgaard (Eds) Behavioural Methods in Consciousness Research. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 109. Rees, G. & Kanai, R. (2012). Brain structure and mental privacy. In S. Edwards, W. Richmond & G. Rees (eds.) I Know What You Are Thinking: Brain Imaging and Mental Privacy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
110. Kanai, R. (2014). Illusory distortion of subjective time perception. In V. Arstila & D. Lloyd (Eds.), “Subjective Time: the philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience of temporality”. MIT Press. 111. Changizi MA, Hsieh A, Nijhawan R, Kanai, R. & Shimojo S. Perceiving-the-present and a unified theory of illusions. In R. Nijhawan & B. Khurana (Eds.), “Problems of Space and Time in Perception and Action”. Cambridge University Press.
112. Kanai, R., & Wu, D.-A. “Latent learning” in Encyclopedia of Neuroscience.
Books 113. Kanai, R. (2012). “The origin of morality in the brain” (Essays in Japanese, published from the Iwanami Shoten publisher, Tokyo, Japan). 114. Kanai, R. (2010). “Brain sciences on individual differences” (Essays in Japanese, published from the Iwanami Shoten publisher, Tokyo, Japan). 115. Tsuchiya N. & Kanai, R. (2006). Koch, C “The Quest for Consciousness”. (Translation from English to Japanese, published from the Iwanami Shoten publisher, Tokyo, Japan).
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Teaching Experience •
Convener for a postgraduate level module ‘Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience’ at University of Sussex (Autumn Term 2014).
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Convener for a postgraduate level module ‘Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience’ at University of Sussex (Autumn Term 2013).
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Module lecture on third year undergraduate course “Attention and Awareness” at University College London (March 2011):
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Module lecture for the undergraduate course “Cognitive Neuroscience” at University College London (March 2010).
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Module lecture for the undergraduate course “Cognitive Neuroscience” at University College London (March 2009).
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Guest lecture for the undergraduate course “Behavior and Learning” at California State University, Fullerton (September 2006).
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Module lecture for the Artificial Intelligence course in the Master’s program in Utrecht University. (Autumn, 2003).
Supervisory Experience Primary PhD supervision • Maxine Sherman (2012-present) with Prof. Anil Seth (University of Sussex) PhD co-supervision •
Acer Chang (2012-present) (together with Prof. Anil Seth)
• Crystal Goh for her PhD research (together with Prof. Walsh). • Lara Bardi for her PhD research (together with Prof. Walsh and Prof. Simion). • Matteo Feurra for his PhD research (together with Prof. Walsh). • Thomas Ditye for his PhD research (together with Prof. Walsh). Postgraduate mentoring • Supervised Ms. Daniela Tramontano for her MSc dissertation (2013-2014). • Supervised Ms. Caroline Chawke for her MSc dissertation (2013-2014). • Supervised Ms. Heather Iriye for her MSc dissertation (2013-2014). • Supervised Mr. Edward William Burke Wilson Eames for his MSc dissertation (2013-2014).
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• Supervised Mr. Alessandro Scoccia Pappagallo for his MSc dissertation (2012-2013). • Supervised Mr. Kep Kee Loh for his master’s thesis (2011-2012). • Supervised Mr. Aiqing Ling for his master’s thesis (2010-2011). • Supervised Ms. Cassandra Gould for her master’s thesis. • Supervised Ms. Rebecca Chamberlain for her master’s thesis (together with Dr. Cappelletti). • Co-supervised Dr. Harriet Cullen for her academic placement (together with Prof. Rees). • Co-supervised Ms. Adrianna Zybura for her master’s thesis (together with Dr. Tcheang). Undergraduate thesis project supervision • Supervised Ms. Mia Dong for her undergraduate thesis. • Supervised Mr. David Marston for his undergraduate research. • Supervised Ms. Harriet Lloyd, for her summer research placement.
Postdoctoral Fellowships •
JSPS Fellowship, 2010-2012. 72,600 GBP (approx. 114,000 USD).
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Long-term fellowship from Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP), 2007-2010. 84,500 GBP (approx. 133,000 USD)
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Della Martin Fellowship from Caltech 2005-2007. 80,000 USD.
Awards and Honors •
Tech Planter: Bioscience Grand Prix (Tokyo) Nihon Unisys Award (2015) for Araya Brain Imaging
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The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: The Young Scientists’ Prize
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Best PhD dissertation award during the period of 2005-2007 from the Netherlands Psychonomics Society NVP (2007).
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Top Ten Finalists: Best Visual Illusion of the Year (2005).
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Huygens Scholarship 2000 – 2001.
Professional Society Memberships •
Member of Society for Neuroscience (SfN).
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Member of Association for Scientific Studies of Consciousness (ASSC).
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Professional Services Board memberships •
Editorial Board for Neuroscience of Consciousness (2015-present)
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Associate Editor for Frontiers in Consciousness Research (2015-present).
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Review Editor for Frontiers in Perception Science (2010-present).
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Review Editor for Frontiers in Consciousness Research (2010-2015).
Internal examiner •
Internal examiner for Dr. Cassandra Gould for her PhD viva (January 2014).
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Internal examiner for Dr. Anna Armstrong for her PhD viva (February 2014).
External examiner •
External examiner for Anouk den Brabar’s PhD thesis defense (October 2012).
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External examiner for Björn Vlaskamp’s PhD thesis defense (April 2006).
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Served as a Judge in “Science and Engineering Fair” at Imperial College London organized by Exscitec (26/October/2009).
Grant refereeing •
Ad hoc referee for funding organizations: Medical Research Council (MRC), ERC Consolidator grant, Veni grant from The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Review Panel for the Priority Programme (DFG), The Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF), COST/ State Secretariat for Education and Research.
Journal referee •
Ad hoc referee for academic journals: Neuron, Nature Methods, Brain, Current Biology, Proceedings of National Academy of Science, PLoS Biology, Journal of Neuroscience, Molecular Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, Biological Psychology, Cerebral Cortex, NeuroImage, Human Brain Mapping, Journal of Neurophysiology, Psychological Science, Public Library of Science One, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Vision Research, Journal of Vision, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, Perception & Psychophysics, Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Experimental Brain Research, Brain Research, Brain Stimulation, Behavioral Brain Research, Consciousness & Cognition, Cortex, International Journal of Psychology, Acta Psychologica, Neuroscience Letters, Perception, Perceptual and Motor Skills, Journal of Research in Personality, Frontiers in Perception Science, Frontiers in Consciousness Research.
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