About

Laboratory Overview

The laboratory develops implementation-oriented research that connects education, industry, and social design. Our work is grounded in experimental studies of human sensation, cognition, emotion, thinking, and decision-making, together with the measurement and analysis of brain activity in real-life environments.

Based on neuroscience, biomedical engineering, and data science, we have expanded our research by moving back and forth between fundamental and applied studies, seeking approaches that are not confined to laboratory settings. In recent years, we have increasingly integrated the perspective of the future through Future Design, and since February 2026, we position our field as Future Brain Science.

About This Website

This website presents our research, publications, educational activities, laboratory members, and collaborative projects in a structured and interconnected manner. It is designed to help prospective students, as well as researchers, companies, and public organizations interested in collaboration, access relevant information efficiently.

The site is not merely a publicity page, but a platform that supports the record of research activities and the accumulation of knowledge. In addition to presenting research outcomes, it aims to make visible the underlying ideas, laboratory principles, and the structure of information itself as part of the research environment.

Main Pages

This website is composed of the following main sections:

• Research Philosophy and Background: Explains the conceptual foundations and motivations underlying our research.
• Laboratory Identity: Introduces the name, logo, visual identity, and the ideas behind them.
• Research: Provides an overview of our research and how students and collaborators can be involved.
• Overview: Summarizes main research themes and methodological approaches.
• Publications: Lists journal articles, books, awards, talks, press releases, and media coverage.
• Funding: Outlines the main sources of research funding, including competitive grants and collaborative research support.
• Education: Describes teaching philosophy, seminars, and guidance for prospective students.
• Members: Presents current and past members of the laboratory.
• Contact: Provides contact details, access information, privacy policy, and participation guidelines.

Laboratory Principles

We believe that research is not merely the accumulation of results, but an ongoing effort to cultivate questions for the future. For this reason, while we emphasize rigorous experimentation and theoretical examination, we also consider how research can connect to society and institutional design by reconsidering present issues and decisions from the perspective of the future.

The laboratory is a place where researchers, graduate students, and undergraduate students learn from one another and grow together. We value integrity and autonomy, and we place importance on sustaining research in a calm and focused environment.

Participation and Admission

We welcome researchers and graduate students who have enthusiasm, intellectual curiosity, and the basic abilities required for research. We also welcome early-career faculty who wish to take an active role in laboratory operations and in advancing the laboratory’s broader vision.

Graduate students are accepted only after passing the official entrance examinations. We do not accept non-degree research students. For details, please see Prospective Students.

Contact

For inquiries regarding joining the laboratory, research collaboration, invited talks, writing, or other forms of academic and social collaboration, please refer to the Contact page and contact Tsuyoshi Okamoto by email.

Copyright and Linking

Copyright for this website belongs to Tsuyoshi Okamoto and the Tsuyoshi Okamoto Laboratory. For content whose copyright is held by third parties, rights remain with the respective owners. Please use materials from this site only within the scope permitted by applicable copyright law.

Linking to this website is generally permitted. However, direct linking to image or PDF files, as well as linking in misleading contexts, is discouraged.

Website Design Philosophy

This website has been planned, structured, designed, implemented, and maintained entirely by Tsuyoshi Okamoto. It is continuously developed to accurately reflect the laboratory’s principles and operational policies.

As in our research activities, we emphasize structural coherence and long-term sustainability. Built on a simple HTML and CSS foundation, the site prioritizes readability, stability, and maintainability.

Its design draws inspiration from paper-based media such as museum reports and academic books, with the aim of preserving research records as a long-term archive.