Quantum Cognitive Neuroscience Team

Just as quantum mechanics has described a microscopic world, there is growing interest in the possibility that the mathematical framework of quantum mechanics can explain the liquidity of human thought. This has been proposed as “quantum cognition”, which can be expected as a new framework for the phenomena that have been treated as irrationality of human thought in cognitive science. Brain activities that produce thoughts are also understood as classical physical phenomena so far, but if the “superposition” state of the mind and the “quantum entanglement” state can be explained by the mathematical model of quantum mechanics, there may be days when the quantum cognitive state is proved by the brain function.

Team Leader, Makiko Yamada

Recent Publications

1. Jitoku D, Kobayashi N, Fujimoto Y, Qian C, Okuzumi S, Tei S, Matsuyoshi D, Tamura T, Takahashi H, Ueno T, Yamada M, Fujino J. Explicit and implicit effects of gaming content on social media on the behavior of young adults. Front. Psychol., vol 15, 2024.
2. Zeleznikow-Johnston A, Aizawa Y, Yamada M, Tsuchiya N. Are Color Experiences the Same across the Visual Field? J Cogn Neurosci. 2023 Apr 1;35(4):509-542. 
3. Son S, Arai M, Toriumi K, Christina A, Matsuyoshi D, Kamagata K, Aoki S, Kawashima T, Hayashi T, Okada T, Kobayashi Y, Murai T, Itokawa M, Miyata J (2023) Association between enhanced carbonyl stress and decreased axonal density in schizophrenia using multimodal white matter imaging. Sci Rep 13:12220. 
4. Suzuki M, Hirano S, Otte K, Schmitz-Hübsch T, Izumi M, Tamura M, Kuroiwa R, Sugiyama A, Mori M, Röhling HM, Brandt AU, Murata A, Paul F, Kuwabara S. Digital Motor Biomarkers of Cerebellar Ataxia Using an RGB-Depth Camera-Based Motion Analysis System. Cerebellum. 2023 Sep 18.
5. Isato, A., Aizawa, Y., Miyamae, M., & Yamada, M. Development of Contextual-dependent Optimism Task: A Longitudinal Study of Influences of the Pandemic on Optimistic Predictions. PsyArxiv. 2023. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/2dv96
6. Tsuchiya N, Bruza P, Yamada M, Saigo H, Pothos E. Quantum Qualia Hypothesis: from Quantum Cognition to Quantum Perception. PsyArxiv. 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/9m5yp.
7. Zeleznikow-Johnston A, Aizawa Y, Yamada M, Tsuchiya N. Are Color Experiences the Same across the Visual Field? J Cogn Neurosci. 2023 Apr 1;35(4):509-542.
8. Matsuyoshi D, Isato A, Yamada M. Overlapping Yet Dissociable Contributions of Superiority Illusion Features to Ponzo Illusion Strength and Metacognitive Performance. SSRN 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4427049. 
9. Yahata N, Isato A, Kimura Y, Yokokawa K, Zhang MR, Ito H, Suhara T, Higuchi M, Yamada M. Neural network of superiority illusion predicts the level of dopamine in striatum. bioRxiv. 2022 Feb 2. doi:10.1101/2022.02.01.478593.
10. Ikoma Y, Kimura Y, Yamada M, Obata T, Suhara T, Ito H. Measurement of Striatal Dopamine Release Induced by Neuropsychological Stimulation in Positron Emission Tomography With Dual Injections of [11C]Raclopride. Front Psychiatry. 2022 Jul 12;13:811136.
11. Isato A, Yokokawa K, Higuchi M, Suhara T, Yamada M. Resting-state functional connectivity relates to interindividual variations in positive memory. Behav Brain Res 419, 2022 Feb 15: 113663.
12. Kojima K, Hirano S, Kimura Y, Seki C, Ikoma Y, Takahata K, Ito T, Yokokawa K, Hashimoto H, Kawamura K, Zhang MR, Ito H, Higuchi M, Kuwabara S, Suhara T, Yamada M. Brain 5-HT2A receptor binding and its neural network related to behavioral inhibition system.  Brain Imaging Behav, 16, 1337–1348 (2022).