Workshop on Novel Approaches of Systems Neuroscience to Sports and Rehabilitation

In the Workshop on Novel Approaches of Systems Neuroscience to Sports and Rehabilitation, an invited speaker and other selected speakers will provide the opportunity to discuss their latest and forthcoming studies in systems neuroscience and related research fields. Research topics include neural systems, behavioral neuroscience, sensing techniques, and applications in sports and rehabilitation.

20th Oct (Thu) 13:00-16:40, International Conference Hall I

• 13:20 Special talk
• Understanding complex sports behavior: interpersonal competition and cooperation
• Yuji Yamamoto (Nagoya University)
• 14:00 Talk 1
• Evaluation of sports performances with novel measurement techniques
• Toshitaka Kimura (NTT Communication Science Laboratories)
• 14:20 Talk 2
• Bilateral interactions between action choice learning and motor learning by humans
• Ganesh Gowrishankar (CNRS-AIST Joint Robotics Laboratory)
• 14:40 Talk 3
• Induction of embodiment of a prosthesis into the body
• Noritaka Kawashima (National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities)
• 15:00 Break
• 15:20 Talk 4
• Imaging human central motor system in children
• Eiichi Naito (Center for Information and Neural Networks:CiNet / National Institute of Information and Communications Technology:NICT)
• 15:40 Talk 5
• Development of VR platform for cloud-based neurorehabilitation
• Tetsunari Inamura (National Institute of Informatics / The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
• 16:00 Talk 6
• Function of the meso-limbic system in motor control
• Michiaki Suzuki (Graduate school of Medicine, Kyoto University / School of Life Science, SOKENDAI)
• 16:20 Talk 7
• Brain plasticity in artificial leg athletes
• Kento Nakagawa (The University of Tokyo)
• 16:40 Talk 8
• Muscle synergy analysis for motor control
• Yasuharu Koike (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
* Notice（17th Oct）
・The title of Talk 2 has been changed.
・The order of Talk 3 and 7 has been changed.

・Yasuharu Koike (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
・Eiichi Naito (CiNet/NICT)
・Toshitaka Kimura (NTT Communication Science Laboratories)