About the Nomura Lab
Whether
and how a wide range of factors such as developmental, genetic,
socio-environmental, and all of these interactive mechanisms are involved in
psychological processes underlying emotion and self-regulative process?
Nomura Laboratory addresses these questions employing a variety
of methods such as brain imaging (fMRI, NIRS), genotyping and behavioral
paradigms. In addition to bridge the gaps between psychology, neuroscience
and molecular biology, overall goal of the lab is to create a new research
field in human sciences. The lab runs the meeting for Social Life Science
(SLS) regularly in the late morning on Wednesday.
Graduate students
D3
Michihiro Kaneko, PhD
Waka Saeki, MS
D2
Kazuki Sawada, MS
Jinpei Hitsuwari, MS
Yushin Yun, MS
M2
Hiroko Awano, BS
Kota Syoji, BS
Mikihiro Shinohara, BS
M1
Hirohito Okano, BS
Hikaru Koike, BS
Takechika Hayashi, BS
Publications
- Hitsuwari, J., & Nomura, M. (in press) Ambiguity tolerance can improve through poetry appreciation and creation. The Journal of creative behavior,
- Ayabe, H., Emmanuel, M., Fujita, H., & Nomura, M. (2022) Brain imaging provides insights about the interaction between instruction and diagram use for mathematical word problem solving. Frontiers in Education, DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2022.893829.
- Hitsuwari, J. Ueda, Y., Yun, Y., & Nomura, M. (2023) Does human–AI collaboration lead to more creative art? Aesthetic evaluation of human-made and AI-generated haiku poetry. Computers in Human Behavior, 107502. doi. org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107502
- Shiota, S., & Nomura, M. (2022) Role of fantasy in emotional clarity and emotional regulation in empathy: A preliminary study. Frontiers in Psychology, section Personality and Social Psychology. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.912165
- Hitsuwari, J., & Nomura, M. (2022) Ambiguity and beauty: Japanese-German cross-cultural comparisons on aesthetic evaluation of Haiku poetry. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, doi.org/10.1037/aca0000497
- Sawada, K., & Nomura, M. (2022) Developing and validating the Japanese version of the Situational Awe Scale (SAS-J). Current Psychology.
- Sakata, C., Ueda, Y., & Nomura, M. (2022) The effect of topic importance on irritation toward audio- and video-presented communication in attitude persistence. Psychologia, 64,

- Takano, R., & Nomura, M. (2022) Relationships Between Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Spirituality in Japan. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality.
- Hitsuwari, J., & Nomura, M. (2022) Developing and validating a Japanese version of the multidimensional attitude toward ambiguity scale (MAAS). Psychology, 12, 477-497. doi: 10.4236/psych.2021.124030.
- Hiraoka, D., Nomura, M., & Kato, M. (2021) Effect of postpartum experience and infant temperament on maternal beliefs about infant crying. Frontiers in Psychology,
- Ooishi, Y., Fujino, M., Inoue, V., Nomura, M., & Kitagawa, N. (2021) Differential effects of focused attention and open monitoring meditation on autonomic cardiac modulation and cortisol secretion. Frontiers in Physiology, doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.675899.
- Himichi, T., Osanai, H., Goto, T., Fujita, H., Kawamura, Y., Smith, A. R., & Nomura, M. (2021) Exploring the Multidimensional Links between Trait Mindfulness and Trait Empathy. Frontiers in Psychiatry, doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.498614.

- Kashima E. S., Guggolz1, L., Bowden-Dodd1, J., Giummarra-Vocale, L., & Nomura, M. (2021) 5-HTTLPR Polymorphism and Impulsivity under Punishment: A Gene × Culture Interaction. Culture and Brain.
- Hitsuwari, J., & Nomura, M. (2021) How individual states and traits predict aesthetic appreciation of haiku poetry. Empirical Studies of the Arts.
- Takano, R., & Nomura, M. (2020) Awe liberates the feeling that “My body is mine”. Cognition and Emotion, doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2020.1862765

- Miyasaka, M., & Nomura, M. (2020) The effect of ADHD and ASD symptoms on the mental health of college students: A longitudinal study conducted in Japan. Journal of American College Health,
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Hiraoka, D., Ooishi, Y., Mugitani, R., & Nomura, M. (2020) Relationship between oxytocin and maternal approach behaviors to infants’ vocalizations.
Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, doi.org/10.1016/j.cpnec.2020.100010

- Takano, R., & Nomura, M. (2020). Neural representations of awe: Distinguishing common and distinct neural mechanisms. Emotion.

- Sawada, K., & Nomura, M. (2020) Influence of positive and threatened Awe on the attitude toward norm violations. Frontiers in Psychology, 12,

- Hiraoka, D., & Nomura, M. (2020) The influence of cognitive load on maternal postural sway and heart rate response to infant vocalizations. Developmental Psychobiology.
- Nomura, M., Tsuda, A., Rappleye, J. (in press) Defining awe in East Asia: Cultural differences in describing the emotion and experience of awe. In Chiao, J, Shu-Chen, Rebecca, Bob (eds.), Handbook of Cultural Neuroscience: Cultural Neuroscience and Health. New York: Oxford University Press. pp.
- Miyasaka, M., & Nomura, M. (2019) Asymmetric developmental change regarding the effect of reward and punishment on response inhibition. Scientific Reports,9,

- Shiota, S., & Nomura, M. (2019) Short-term stress enhances individuals’ adaptive behaviors A near-infrared spectroscopy study. NeuroReport,
- Hiraoka, D., & Nomura, M. (2019) Maternal childhood adversity, OXTR
genotype and cognitive load impact on perceptual and behavioral responses to
infant crying. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 104, 195-202,
- Nomura, M(2019)Psychology of “MUSHIN” , Shinshin-henyo Gihou
Kenkyu. 8, 243-251.
- Hiraoka, D., Miyasaka, M., & Nomura, M. (2019) A possible mechanism
of stress-relieving effects of spousal presence and implications for future
infant crying research. Parenting, 19, 34-38.
- Hiraoka, D., Miyasaka, M., & Nomura, M. (2019) Spousal support
modulates saliva ɑ-amylase responses to infant crying in mothers with high
attachment insecurity. Parenting, 19, 5-21.
- Fujino, M., Ueda, Y., Mizuhara, H., Saiki, J., & Nomura, M. (2018). Open monitoring meditation reduces the involvement of brain regions related to memory function. Scientific Reports, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-28274-4

- Takano, R. & Nomura, M. (2018) Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of the right temporoparietal junction enhances the self-effacing bias in Japanese individuals, Culture and Brain.
- Kajimura, S., Kochiyama, T., Abe, N., & Nomura, M. (2018) Challenge to unity: Relationship between hemispheric asymmetry of the default mode network and mind wandering. Cerebral Cortex.
- Masuda, M., Gosselin, P., & Nomura, M. (2018) Japanese children’s knowledge
of the facial components of basic emotions, Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. 42, 253-266
- Miyasaka, M., Kajimura, S., & Nomura, M. (2018) Biases in understanding
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder in
Japan. Frontiers in Psychology: Cultural Psychology, doi:
10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00244.

- Ueda, Y., Nagoya, K., Yoshikawa S., & Nomura, M. (2017) Forming facial
expressions influences assessment of others’ dominance but not
trustworthiness. Frontiers in Psychology,

- Hiraoka, D., & Nomura, M. (2017) Would situational stress be harmful for anyone? The influence of situational factors and trait empathy on women’s response to infant crying. Infant Behavior and Development. 48, 147-156.
- Yanagisawa, K., Kashima E. S., Moriya, H., Masui, K., Furutani, K., Yoshida,
H., Ura, M., & Nomura, M. (2017) Tolerating dissimilar other when primed with death:
Neural evidence of self-control engaged by interdependent people in Japan
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 12, 910-917.
- Kajimura, S., & Nomura, M. (2016) When we cannot speak: Eye contact disrupts resources available to cognitive control processes during verb generation, Cognition, 157, 352-357.
- Hiraoka, D., & Nomura, M. (2016) The Influence of cognitive load on empathy and intention in response to infant crying. Scientific Reports.

- Nomura, M. (2016) Genes, brain and culture through a 5-HTT lens. In Chiao, J, Shu-Chen, Rebecca, Bob (eds.), Handbook of Cultural Neuroscience: Cultural Neuroscience and Health. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 121-128.
- Kajimura, S., Kochiyama, T., Nakai, R., Abe, N., & Nomura, M. (2016) Causal relationship between effective connectivity within the default mode network and mind-wandering regulation and facilitation. Neuroimage. 133, 21-30.
- Yanagisawa, K., Kashima E. S., Abe, N., & Nomura, M. (2016) Self-esteem
modulates amygdala-ventrolateral prefrontal cortex connectivity in response
to mortality threats. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 145(3)
273-283.
- Kajimura, S., Kochiyama, T., Nakai, R., Abe, N., & Nomura, M. (2015) Fear of
negative evaluation is associated with altered brain function in nonclinical
subjects. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 234(3) 362-368
- Yanagisawa, K., Kashima E. S., Abe, N., & Nomura, M. (accepted) Self-esteem
modulates amygdala-VLPFC connectivity in response to mortality threats.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.
- Kajimura, S., & Nomura, M. (2015) Decreasing propensity to mind-wander with
transcranial direct current stimulation. Neuropsychologia, 75, 533-537.
- Kondo, H, M. Nomura, M., Kashino, M. (2015) Different roles of COMT and
HTR2A genotypes in working memory subprocesses. PLoS One.

- Himichi, T., & Nomura, M. (2015) Modulation of empathy in the left
ventrolateral prefrontal cortex facilitates altruistic behavior: An fNIRS
study. Journal of Integrative Neuroscience. 1-16.
- Nomura, M., Kaneko, M., Okuma, Y., Nomura, J., Kusumi, I., Koyama, T., Nomura, Y. (2015) Involvement of serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms (5-HTT) in impulsive behavior in the Japanese population. PLoS One.

- Ueda, Y., Tominaga, A., Kajimura S., & Nomura, M. (2015) Spontaneous eye blinks during creative task correlate to divergent processing. Psychological Research.
- Himichi, T., Fujita, H., & Nomura, M. (2015) Negative emotions impacts lateral prefrontal cortex activation during Theory of Mind: An fNIRS study. Social Neuroscience.
- Nakano, T., Kuriyama, C., Himichi R., & Nomura, M. (2015)
Association of a nicotinic receptor gene polymorphism with spontaneous
eyeblink rates. Scientific Reports.
8, 1-3.
- Kajimura S., Himichi T., & Nomura, M. (2014) Beautiful Faces Enhance
Verbal Working Memory Performance: An NIRS Study. Psychologia: An International Journal of
Psychological Sciences. 57, 49-57.
- Yanagisawa, K., Kashima E. S., Moriya, H., Masui, K., Furutani,
K., Nomura, M., Yoshida, H., Ura, M. (2013) Non-conscious neural
regulation against mortality concerns. Neuroscience Letters, 552, 35-39.
DOI:10.1016/j.neulet. 2013.07.027
- Ogawa, T., & Nomura, M. (2012) Using NIRS to investigate social
relationship in empathic process. “Infrared Spectroscopy - Life and
Biomedical Sciences” Pp67-78, InTech.
- Masui, K., Nomura, M., Ura, M. (2012) Psychopathy, Reward, and
Punishment. (Eds.) Michela Balconi. "The Psychology of Reward"
Nova Science Publishers. pp.55-86.
- Himichi, T., Kaneko, M., Nomura, J., Okuma, Y., Nomura, Y., & Nomura, M. (2012) COMT Val 158 Met influences the perception of other's
pain. Psychology Research, 2,
185-195.
- Yanagisawa, K., Masui, K., Furutani, K., Nomura, M., Yoshida, H.,
Ura, M. (2012) Family socioeconomic status modulates the coping-related
neural response of offspring. Social
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience,
doi:10.1093/scan/nss039
- Masui, K., Iriguchi, S., Terada, M., Nomura, M., Ura, M. (2012)
Lack of family support and psychopathy facilitates antisocial punishment
behavior in college students.
Psychology, 284-288.
- Demoto, Y., Okada, G., Okamoto, Y., Kunisato, Y., Aoyama, S.,
Onoda, K., Munakata, A., Nomura, M., Saori, T., Schweighofer, N., Doya,
K., Yamawaki, S. (2012) Neural and personality correlates of individual
differences related to the effects of acute tryptophan depletion on
future reward evaluation. Neuropsychobiology,
65, 55-64.
- Nomura, M. (2011) The interplay of genetic and environmental
influences on prefrontal function and self-regulation of impulsivity. Psychologia: An International Journal of Psychological
Sciences, 54, 241-151.
- Masui, K., & Nomura, M. (2011) The effects of reward and punishment on response inhibition in non-clinical psychopathy. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 69-73.
- Kondo, M. H., Kitagawa, N., Kitamura, M. S., Koizumi, A., Nomura,
M., Kashino, M. (2011) Separability and commonality of auditory and
visual bistable perception. Cerebral
Cortex, doi:
10.1093/cercor/bhr266.
- Masui, K., Iriguchi, S., Nomura, M., Ura, M. (2011) Amount of
Altruistic Punishment Accounts for Subsequent Satisfaction in
Participants with Primary Psychopathy. Personality and Individual Differences. , 51, 823-828.
- Yanagisawa, K., Masui, K., Furutani, K., Nomura, M., Ura, M.,
Yoshida, H. (2011) Imagining the distant future insulates against
immediate social pain. Social
Neuroscience, 6, 190-197.
- Yanagisawa, K., Masui, K., Onoda, K., Furutani, K., Nomura, M.,
Ura, M., Yoshida, H. (2011) The effects of the behavioral inhibition and
activation systems on social inclusion and exclusion. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,
47, 502-505.
- Kunisato, Y., Okamoto, Y., Okada, G., Aoyama, S., Demoto, Y.,
Munakata, A., Nomura, M., Onoda, K., Yamawaki, S. (2011) Modulation of
default-mode network activity by acute tryptophan depletion are
associated with mood change:A resting fMRI study. Neuroscience Research, 6, 129-134.
- Yanagisawa, K., Masui, K., Furutani, K., Nomura, M., Ura, M.,
Yoshida, H. (2011) Does higher general trust serve as a psychosocial
buffer against social pain? : A NIRS study of social exclusion. Social Neuroscience, 6, 190-197
- Ohira, H., Ichikawa, N., Nomura, M., Isowa, T., Kimura, K.,
Kanayama, N., Fukuyama, S., Shinoda, J., Yamada, J. (2010) Brain and
autonomic association accompanying stochastic decision-making.
Neuroimage, 49, 1024-1037, Neuroimage,
1024-1037.
- Nomura, Y., Ogawa, T., & Nomura, M. (2010) Perspective taking
associated with social relationships: A NIRS study. Neuroreport, 21, 1100-1105.
- Ohira, H., Matsunaga,M., Isowa, T., Nomura, M., Ichikawa, N.,
Kimura, K., Kanayama, N., Murakami,H., Osumi, T., Konagaya,T., Nogimori,
T., Fukuyama, S., Shinoda, J., Yamada, J. (2009) Polymorphism
of the serotonin transporter gene modulates brain and physiological
responses to acute stress in Japanese men. Stress, 533–543.
- Nomura, M. (2009) Psychological and biological basis of
impulsive behavior. Nova Science Publishers, 207-215.
- Masui, K., Kashino, M., & Nomura, M. (2009) Ventrolateral prefrontal
cortex activity during reward-punishment Go/Nogo task: A near-infrared
spectroscopy study. Psychologia,
52, 137–146.
- Ohira, H., Fukuyama, S., Kimura, K., Nomura, M., Isowa, T.,
Ichikawa, N., Matsunaga, M., Shinoda, J., Yamada, J. (2009) Regulation
of natural killer cell redistribution by prefrontal cortex during
stochastic learning. Neuroimage,
47, 897-907.
- Miyakoshi, M., Kanayama, N., Nomura, M., Iidaka, T., Ohira, H.
(2008) ERP Study of Viewpoint-independence in Familiar-face Recognition.
International Journal of
Psychophysiology, 69, 119-126.
- Ohira, H., Isowa, T., Nomura, M., Ichikawa, N., Kimura, K.,
Miyakoshi, M., Iidaka, T., Fukuyama, S., Nakajima, T., Yamada, J. (2007)
Imaging brain and immune association accompanying cognitive appraisal of
an acute stressor. Neuroimage,
39, 500-514.
- Miyakoshi, M., Nomura, M., Ohira, H. (2007) An ERP study on
self-relevant object recognition. Brain
and Cognition, 63, 182-189.
- Nomura, M., Kusumi, T., Kaneko, M., Masui, T., Daiguji, M., Ueno,
T., Koyama, T., Nomura, Y. (2006) Involvement of a polymorphism in the
5-HT2A receptor gene in impulsive behavior. Psychopharmacology, 187, 30-35.
- Nomura, M., Nomura, Y. (2006) Psychological, neuroimaging and
biochemical studies on functional association between impulsive behavior
and the 5-HT2A receptor gene polymorphism in humans. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences,
1086,134-143.
- Tohda, M., Nomura, M., Nomura, Y. (2006) Molecular pathopharmacology
of 5-HT2C receptors and the RNA editing in the brain. Journal of Pharmacological Sciences,
100, 427-432.
- Ohira, H., Nomura, M., Ichikawa, N., Isowa, T., Iidaka, T., Sato,
A., Fukuyama, S., Nakajima, T., Yamada, J. (2006) Association of neural
and physiological activities during voluntary emotion suppression. Neuroimage, 29, 721-733.
- Inaba, M., Nomura, M., Ohira, H. (2005) Neural evidence of effects
of emotional valence on word recognition. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 57,
165-173.
- Matsumoto, A., Ohira, H., Nomura, M., Iidaka, T. (2005)
Dissociation of conscious and unconscious repetition priming effect on
event-related potentials. Neuropsychologia,
43, 1168-1176.
- Nomura, M., Ohira, H., Haneda, K., Iidaka, T., Sadato, N., Okada,
T., Yonekura, Y. (2004) Functional association of the amygdala and
ventral prefrontal cortex during cognitive evaluation of facial
expressions primed by masked angry faces: An event related fMRI study. Neuroimage, 21, 352-363.
- Nomura, M., Iidaka, T., Kakehi, K., Tsukiura, T., Hasegawa, T.,
Maeda, Y., Matsue, T. (2003) Frontal lobe networks for effective
processing of ambiguously expressed emotions in humans. Neuroscience Letters, 348,
113-116.
- Haneda, K., Nomura, M., Iidaka, T., Ohira, H. (2003) Interaction
of prime and target in the subliminal affective priming effect. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 96,
695-702.
Editorial Board
Membership(Academic Journals):
- Molecular Psychology(Advisory Board) 2022-
- Scientific Reports (Editorial Board) 2021-
- Frontiers in Psychology: Emotion Science (Review editor) 2021-
- Interdisciplinary Education and Psychology (Editorial Board) 2017-
- Frontiers in Psychology: Cultural Psychology(Associate editor) 2016-
- Japanese Journal of Clinical Psychology (Review editor) 2013-
- Frontiers in Integrative Physiology(Review editor) 2011-
- Japanese Psychological Research(Editorial board) 2011-2015
- The Open Neuroimaging Journal (Editorial board) 2007-
Research
and professional experience:
- 2010-present Associate Professor, Graduate School of
Education, Kyoto University.
- 2008-2010 Associate Professor, Graduate
School of Integrated Arts and Science, Hiroshima University.
- 2007-2008 Associate Professor,
Department of Psychology, Tokai Gakuin University.
- 2004-2007 Associate Professor (Lecturer),
Department of Psychology, Tokai Women’s
University.
- 2002-2004 Post Doctoral Fellow of Japan
Society for the Promotion of Science
Awards:
- 2011 AsCNP Presentation Award from the JSNP
- 2010 CINP Presentation Award from the JSNP
- 2007 The Japanese Brain science Society Young
Investigator Award
- 2006 The Japanese Society of Neuropsychopharmacology
Presentation Award
Membership of academic societies:
- American psychological society
- Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologia(CINP)(Fellow member)
- Society for Neuroscience
- The Japanese Psychological Association
- The Japanese Society of Neuropsychopharmacology (Councilor)
- The Japanese Society of Neuroscience
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