PublicationsConference Presentations

This page presents conference presentations (oral and poster presentations) from the laboratory. Selected presentations at major international and domestic conferences are highlighted, together with a comprehensive listing of presentations since 2023. Please note that, because some entries were translated automatically, the spelling of names may occasionally differ. These will be corrected gradually.

I. International Conference Presentations (Selected)

2025: C. T. Q. Tran, S. Kinoshita, S. Fujita, T. Okamoto: Physiological activities in response to the impacts of essential oils on executive functions. The 54th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2025), San Diego, CA, USA. [Poster presentation (November 18)]
2022: H. Li, S. Li, K. Matsuo, *T. Okamoto: Quantitative evaluation of food preference using physiological and psychophysical measurements. The 51st Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2022), November 15, 2022, 4:00 PM–5:00 PM, in person. [Poster presentation (November 15)]
2021: Kaori Tamura, Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Quantitative analysis method of color-odor association using Bayesian estimation. The 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2021), November 11, 2021, fully virtual meeting. [Oral presentation]
2019: Kaori Tamura, Sayaka Matsumoto, YuHsuan Tseng, Takayuki Kobayashi, Jun’ichi Miwa, Toyotaka Hirao, Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Physiological activities in response to different airflows in an air-conditioned test room. The 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2019), Chicago, IL, USA, October 19–23, 2019. [Poster presentation (October 23)]; YuHsuan Tseng, Kaori Tamura, Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Presence of another person can affect neuronal responses and task performance. The 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2019), Chicago, IL, USA, October 19–23, 2019. [Poster presentation (October 20)]
2017: M. Hamakawa, K. Tamura, T. Okamoto: Perception of odor mixture is influenced by the molecular complexity of the odor components. The 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2017), Abst. 55.05/Z23, Washington, DC, USA, November 11–15, 2017. [Poster presentation (November 11)]
2016: M. Hamakawa, T. Okamoto: Molecular complexity influences olfaction to mixed odorants compared to component odorants. The 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2016), Abst. 842.25/KKK56, San Diego, USA, November 12–16, 2016. [Poster presentation (November 16)]; K. Tamura, T. Okamoto: Effect of an olfactory stimulus on color perception. The 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2016), Abst. 621.10/SS1, San Diego, USA, November 12–16, 2016. [Poster presentation (November 15)]
2015: A. Takeda, T. Maekawa, T. Urakawa, T. Okamoto, K. Ogata, N. Hironaga, S. Tobimatsu: Neural oscillations and illusory rotatory motion: spatiotemporal analysis of neuromagnetic activities related to unusual visual perception. Session Number: 251.14/U24. Neuroscience 2015, the 45th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, USA, October 17–21, 2015. [Poster presentation]; Manuel Schottdorf, Wolfgang Keil, Juan Daniel Florez Weidinger, David M. Coppola, Amiram Grinvald, Koji Ikezoe, Zoltan F. Kisvarday, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, David B. Omer, Leonard White, Fred Wolf: II-62. How did the evolution of color vision impact V1 functional architecture? Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) 2015, Hilton Salt Lake City Center, Salt Lake City, March 5–8, 2015. [Poster presentation]
2014: T. Okamoto, N. Miyamoto, T. Futaeda: Electrophysiological response to the thermal environment in human brain varies with season. Session Number: 132.03. Neuroscience 2014, the 44th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, USA, November 15–19, 2014. [Poster presentation]
2013: S. Matsumoto*, T. Okamoto*, A. Yamamoto* (*equally contributed), K. Ohnuki, T. Mitsudo, H. Ishikawa, R. Fukuda, K. Fujita, T. Nakashima, Y. Yamada, J. Nagano, S. Yasunari, Y. Watanabe, N. Fujimoto, K. Shimizu: Restorative effect of wooden materials on electrophysiological responses in humans. Session Number: 236.07. Neuroscience 2013, the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, California, USA, November 9–13, 2013. [Poster presentation (November 10)]; T. Okamoto, S. Tanaka, T. Futaeda: Evaluating human comfort using electrophysiological responses in different indoor thermal environments. Session Number: 176.05. Neuroscience 2013, the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, California, USA, November 9–13, 2013. [Poster presentation (November 10)]
2012: H. Honda*, T. Okamoto* (*equally contributed), Y. Hamamoto, H. Hamasaki, S. O. Suzuki, T. Iwaki: Computational morphological analyses of abnormal tau deposits in human brains. Session Number: 151. Neuroscience 2012, the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA, USA, October 13–17, 2012. [Poster presentation]
2009: T. Okamoto, K. Hagiwara, Y. Somehara, H. Shigeto, J.-I. Kira, S. Tobimatsu: Phase-locking analysis of somatosensory evoked magnetic fields in normal and pathological conditions. Neuroscience 2009, the 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL, USA, October 17–21, 2009. [Poster presentation]; Y. Miyagi, K. Morooka, T. Fukuda, T. Okamoto, X. Chen, T. Hayami, S. Tobimatsu, T. Yoshiura, K. Sunagawa: Three-dimensional reconstruction of human brain histological section: a novel computer graphic technique for the development of digitalized human brain atlas. Neuroscience 2009, the 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL, USA, October 17–21, 2009. [Poster presentation]; Kentaro Mizuno, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Takuro Ikeda, Yoshinobu Goto: Changes in visual evoked magnetic fields during mental arithmetic task. Neuroscience 2009, the 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL, USA, October 17–21, 2009. [Poster presentation]
2008: T. Okamoto, K. Hagiwara, H. Shigeto, S. Tobimatsu: Multivariate analyses for magnetoencephalography data. Session Number: 397.11. Neuroscience 2008, the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, USA, November 15–19, 2008. [Poster presentation]; Y. Miyagi, T. Fukuda, K. Morooka, T. Okamoto, X. Chen, T. Hayami, S. Tobimatsu: Development of the digitalized stereotactic brain tissue atlas for the Japanese: a preliminary study. Session Number: 495.1. Neuroscience 2008, the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, USA, November 15–19, 2008. [Poster presentation]; K. Ogata, T. Okamoto, T. Yamasaki, J.-I. Kira, S. Tobimatsu: Altered gating of somatosensory evoked potentials prior to self-paced movement in hand dystonia. Session Number: 858.10. Neuroscience 2008, the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, USA, November 15–19, 2008. [Poster presentation]
2007: T. Okamoto, Y. Miyagi, S. Tobimatsu, K. Aihara: A statistical analysis of neuronal firing patterns in the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease. Session Number: 319.8. Neuroscience 2007, the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, USA, November 3–7, 2007. [Poster presentation]; Y. Miyagi, T. Okamoto, S. Tobimatsu, K. Aihara: Do local field potentials in the subthalamic area work for electrode implantation surgery in Parkinson's disease? Session Number: 855.11. Neuroscience 2007, the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, USA, November 3–7, 2007. [Oral presentation]
2006: Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Koji Ikezoe, Hiroshi Tamura, Masataka Watanabe, Kazuyuki Aihara, Ichiro Fujita: Estimating the topography of contextual modulation from radial distribution of relative preferred orientation in macaque striate cortex. Session Number: f-10. Japan-Germany Symposium on Computational Neuroscience, Wako, Saitama, Japan, February 1–4, 2006. [Poster presentation]
2005: Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Koji Ikezoe, Hiroshi Tamura, Masataka Watanabe, Ichiro Fujita, Kazuyuki Aihara: Spatial organization of orientation preferences along radial direction from pinwheel centers in monkey striate cortex. Session Number: 742.2. Neuroscience 2005, the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, USA, November 12–16, 2005. [Poster presentation]
2003: Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Masataka Watanabe, Shunsuke Kondo: Computational prediction about localization of functions in primary visual cortex. Session Number: 910.18. Neuroscience 2003, the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA, USA, November 8–12, 2003. [Poster presentation]

II. Domestic Conference Presentations (Selected)

2026: Rio Takahashi, Shuji Fujita, Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Psychophysiological study on the effects of seasonal plant fragrances on emotional responses. 2026 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, March 7, 2026, Fukuoka, Japan. [Oral presentation / Research Encouragement Award]
2025: Eriko Kiriyama, Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Future Design of the plastic problem. The 40th Anniversary Annual Conference of the Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management, November 8–9, 2025, online. [Oral presentation (November 8)]; Tsuyoshi Okamoto: An invitation to Future Design. 2025 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, March 3, 2025, Kumamoto University. [Oral presentation (overview session)]; Kai Kunitake, Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Relationship between EEG activity and the ease of imagining good and bad futures under positive and negative moods. 2025 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, March 3, 2025, Kumamoto University. [Oral presentation]
2024: Wang Rudai & Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Effects of lighting on emotional perception in late chronotypes. 2024 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, March 2, 2024, Saga University. [Oral presentation]
2022: Kaori Tamura, Li Siyao, YuHsuan Tseng, Tensei Furusawa, Taiki Nishimura, Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Behavioral and neurophysiological effects of citrus olfactory stimulation on color working memory. The 24th Annual Conference of the Japan Society of Kansei Engineering, August 31–September 2, 2022, online. [Oral presentation (September 1)]; Tsuyoshi Okamoto: We have launched the Bonfire Neuroscience Project. 2022 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, March 6, 2022, online. [Oral presentation]
2021: Li Hongjia & Tsuyoshi Okamoto: A basic study of language and memory processing in multilingual speakers. 2021 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, March 6, 2021, online. [Oral presentation]
2020: Li Hongjia, Cha Chosei, Yuta Inoue, Ryohei Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Psychophysiological investigation of the effects of different urethane odors on humans. The 54th Annual Meeting of the Japan Association on Odor Environment, October 21, 2020, online. [Oral presentation]; Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Cha Chosei: A basic study on neurofeedback with training strategies fixed to motor imagery. 2020 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, KKR Hotel Kumamoto. [Oral presentation]
2019: Kaori Tamura, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Misato OI, Atsushi Shimada, Kohei Hatano, Masahiro Yamada, Min Lu, Shinichi Konomi: Development of a simultaneous EEG and eye-tracking measurement/analysis system during self-directed learning. The 81st IPSJ National Convention, March 14, 2019, Fukuoka (Fukuoka University). [Oral presentation]; Min Lu, Kaori Tamura, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Misato OI, Atsushi Shimada, Kohei Hatano, Masahiro Yamada, Shinichi Konomi: Proposal and implementation of a dual-tablet user interface for a learning support system for older adults. The 81st IPSJ National Convention, March 14, 2019, Fukuoka (Fukuoka University). [Oral presentation]; Cha Chosei, Yuta Inoue, Ryohei Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Psychophysiological investigation of the effects of different urethane odors on humans. 2019 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, March 2, 2019, Fukuoka (Kyushu University Hospital Campus). [Oral presentation]; Kaori Tamura, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Misato OI, Atsushi Shimada, Kohei Hatano, Masahiro Yamada, Min Lu, Shinichi Konomi: Development of a system for estimating “learning stumbling points” using simultaneous EEG and eye-tracking measurements. 2019 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, March 2, 2019, Fukuoka (Kyushu University Hospital Campus). [Oral presentation]; YuHsuan Tseng, Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Effects of another person’s presence on motivation and brain activity during cognitive task performance. 2019 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, March 2, 2019, Fukuoka (Kyushu University Hospital Campus). [Oral presentation]; Sayaka Matsumoto, Takayuki Kobayashi, Jun’ichi Miwa, Toyotaka Hirao, Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Comfort evaluation of indirect airflow from air conditioners: a preliminary study based on subjective ratings and brain activity. 2019 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, March 2, 2019, Fukuoka (Kyushu University Hospital Campus). [Oral presentation]
2017: Masayuki Hamakawa, Ryohei Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Perceptual characteristics of odors in which valence and preference do not match. The 51st Annual Meeting of the Japan Association on Odor Environment, September 25–27, 2017, Kobe International Conference Center. [Oral presentation (September 25)]; Hideomi Hamasaki, Hiroyuki Honda, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Satoshi Suzuki, Toru Iwaki: Neuropathological findings associated with increased abnormal tau accumulation in the hippocampus of elderly residents. The 58th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology, June 1–3, 2017, Chiyoda, Tokyo. [Oral presentation (June 2)]
2016: Hideomi Hamasaki, Hiroyuki Honda, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Yutaka Kiyohara, Toru Iwaki: Mathematical morphology analysis of abnormal phosphorylated tau accumulation in the hippocampus: recent findings from the Hisayama Study. The 57th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology, June 1–3, 2016, Hotel New Castle, Hirosaki. [Oral presentation (June 2)]; Kaori Tamura, Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Effects of olfactory stimulation on color working memory. 2016 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, March 5, 2016, Saga University. [Oral presentation]
2015: Takanori Takeda, Toshihiko Maekawa, Tomokazu Urakawa, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Katsuya Ogata, Naruhito Hironaga, Shozo Tobimatsu: Neural mechanisms of the rotating snakes illusion: exploration of neuromagnetic activity and temporal dynamics of neural oscillations. The 17th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Human Brain Mapping, July 2–3, 2015, Osaka. [Oral presentation]; Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Naoyuki Miyamoto, Takaharu Futaeda: Comfort evaluation of air conditioning using EEG. FY2015 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, March 7, 2015, Kyushu University. [Oral presentation]; Eri Tsuruha, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Shozo Tobimatsu: A neuroscientific study of loss aversion in a face-name memory task. FY2015 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, March 7, 2015, Kyushu University. [Oral presentation]; Maki Shigyo, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Shozo Tobimatsu: Neural basis of perceptual learning of faces: an event-related potential study. FY2015 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, March 7, 2015, Kyushu University. [Oral presentation]
2014: Atsushi Nagaike, Sayaka Matsumoto, Atsushi Yamamoto, Tatsuhiro Fukuda, Yuko Yamabe, Kayo Terui, Yuri Yoshimura, Toshinori Nakagawa, Hiroki Fujita, Akie Kawasaki, Nobuko Sato, Noboru Fujimoto, Kuniyoshi Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Yuki Yamada, Jun Nagano, Takako Mitsudo, Koichiro Ohnuki, Hiroya Ishikawa, Taisuke Nakashima, Shinji Yasunari, Hisanori Shimazu, Yuichiro Watanabe, Nobufumi Inoue: Psychophysiological analysis of humans in living spaces using solid wood and engineered wood materials. The 21st Kyushu Regional Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, September 11–12, 2014, Kumamoto Kenmin Koryukan Parea. [Oral presentation]; Yuko Yamabe, Sayaka Matsumoto, Atsushi Yamamoto, Toshinori Nakagawa, Takako Mitsudo, Hiroto Suhara, Hiroya Ishikawa, Koichiro Ohnuki, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Kuniyoshi Shimizu: Psychophysiological responses to the scent of Japanese cedar essential oil. The 64th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, March 13–15, 2014, Ehime University. [Oral presentation]; Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Yuki Yamada, Jun Nagano, Sayaka Matsumoto, Atsushi Yamamoto, Yuko Yamabe, Toshinori Nakagawa, Kayo Terui, Hiroki Fujita, Akie Kawasaki, Nobuko Sato, Noboru Fujimoto, Kuniyoshi Shimizu, Takako Mitsudo, Hiroya Ishikawa, Koichiro Ohnuki, Taisuke Nakashima, Yuichiro Watanabe, Hisanori Shimazu, Shinji Yasunari: Neuroscientific quantification of comfort in wooden spaces. The 64th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, March 13–15, 2014, Ehime University. [Oral presentation]
2013: Atsushi Yamamoto, Sayaka Matsumoto, Yuko Yamabe, Tatsuhiro Fukuda, Hiroki Fujita, Akie Kawasaki, Nobuko Sato, Kuniyoshi Shimizu, Noboru Fujimoto, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Yuki Yamada, Jun Nagano, Takako Mitsudo, Hiroya Ishikawa, Koichiro Ohnuki, Taisuke Nakashima, Shinji Yasunari, Hisanori Shimazu, Yuichiro Watanabe: Psychophysiological responses in wooden spaces: comparison between solid wood and engineered wood materials. The 20th Kyushu Regional Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Fukuoka, September 2–3, 2013. [Oral presentation (September 3)]; Sayaka Matsumoto, Atsushi Yamamoto, Tatsuhiro Fukuda, Yuko Yamabe, Hiroki Fujita, Akie Kawasaki, Nobuko Sato, Noboru Fujimoto, Kuniyoshi Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Yuki Yamada, Jun Nagano, Takako Mitsudo, Koichiro Ohnuki, Hiroya Ishikawa, Taisuke Nakashima, Shinji Yasunari, Hisanori Shimazu, Yuichiro Watanabe: Comparison of temperature and humidity regulation functions between naturally/low-temperature dried wood and engineered wood materials: based on temporal changes in bedroom environments. The 20th Kyushu Regional Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Fukuoka, September 2–3, 2013. [Oral presentation (September 3)]; Kuniyoshi Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Introduction to the “Olfaction Kyushu Project”: advanced interdisciplinary research on smell through collaboration across medicine, agriculture, science, engineering, and the humanities. The 63rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, March 27–29, 2013, Iwate University, Morioka (Extractives Research Group Lecture). [Oral presentation]; Ryosei Goda, Ayaka Iwamoto, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Mitsuhiro Furuse, Shinobu Yasuo: Effects of day length and illuminance on activity and deep body temperature rhythms in mice. The 116th Meeting of the Japanese Society of Animal Science, Hiroshima, March 27–30, 2013. [Oral presentation]
2012: Takashi Yoshiura, Akio Hiwatashi, Osamu Togao, Koji Yamashita, Kazufumi Kikuchi, Satoshi Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Hiroshi Honda: Evaluation of intracortical myelinated fibers using high-resolution diffusion tensor imaging. The 71st Annual Meeting of the Japan Radiological Society, Yokohama, April 13, 2012. [Oral presentation]
2011: Yasushi Miyagi, Koichi Fukuda, Kenichi Morooka, Kazuhiro Samura, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Kenji Sunagawa, Xian Chen, Takehito Hayami, Takashi Yoshiura, Shozo Tobimatsu: Development of a new human brain atlas for safe and accurate stereotactic brain surgery. The 70th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neurosurgical Society, Tokyo, October 13, 2011. [Oral presentation]; Kazuhiro Samura, Yasushi Miyagi, Kazufumi Kamikaseda, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Takehito Hayami: Diagnosis, clinical significance, and management of short circuit in the long-term prognosis after deep brain stimulation surgery. The 70th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neurosurgical Society, Tokyo, October 13, 2011. [Oral presentation]; Yasushi Miyagi, Kenichi Morooka, Koichi Fukuda, Akio Kuraoka, Kenji Sunagawa, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Takashi Yoshiura, Xian Chen, Takehito Hayami, Shozo Tobimatsu: A brain coordinate atlas for stereotactic brain surgery support in dystonia and Parkinson’s disease. Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, Fukuoka, January 8, 2011. [Oral presentation]
2010: Koichi Hagiwara, Hiroshi Shigeto, Jun-ichi Kira, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Katsuya Ogata, Shozo Tobimatsu: Different age-related changes in primary and secondary somatosensory cortex responses. The 51st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Neurology, Tokyo, May 20–22, 2010. [Oral presentation]

III. Conference Presentations since 2023

2026: Rio Takahashi, Shuji Fujita, Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Psychophysiological study on the effects of seasonal plant fragrances on emotional responses. 2026 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, March 7, 2026, Fukuoka, Japan. [Oral presentation / Research Encouragement Award]; Tran T. Q. Chi, Shuji Fujita, Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Effects of Executive Function on EEG Activity under Essential Oil Exposure. 2026 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, March 7, 2026, Fukuoka, Japan. [Oral presentation]
2025: C. T. Q. Tran, S. Kinoshita, S. Fujita, T. Okamoto: Physiological activities in response to the impacts of essential oils on executive functions. The 54th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2025), San Diego, CA, USA. [Poster presentation (November 18)]; Yuichi Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Hiroshi Hoshino, Yoko Ishikawa, Yoshiro Inoue, Takeyasu Kakamu, Shuntaro Aoki, Shinya Fujii, Kazuko Kanno, Yoko Suzuki, Takatomo Matsumoto, Yuhei Mori, Hirooki Yabe, Itaru Miura: A preliminary randomized controlled trial on the effects of observing flames on mental and physical states in healthy participants: interim report. The 55th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, November 13–15, 2025, Okinawa Convention Center. [Poster presentation (P1–90, November 13)]; Eriko Kiriyama, Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Future Design of the plastic problem. The 40th Anniversary Annual Conference of the Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management, November 8–9, 2025, online. [Oral presentation (November 8)]; Rio Takahashi, Sayaka Kinoshita, Shuji Fujita, Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Psychophysiological study of emotions induced by seasonal plant fragrances. The 59th Annual Meeting of the Japan Association on Odor Environment, September 8–10, 2025, Osaka University. [Poster presentation (September 9)]; Tsuyoshi Okamoto: An invitation to Future Design. 2025 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, March 3, 2025, Kumamoto University. [Oral presentation (overview session)]; Zhang Jingna, Sayaka Kinoshita, Shuji Fujita, Tsuyoshi Okamoto: A Study of Exploring the Fundamentals of Food Odor-Color Cross-modal Correspondence from Source-based And Emotion-based Perspective. 2025 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, March 3, 2025, Kumamoto University. [Oral presentation / Research Encouragement Award]; Kai Kunitake, Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Relationship between EEG activity and the ease of imagining good and bad futures under positive and negative moods. 2025 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, March 3, 2025, Kumamoto University. [Oral presentation]; Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Fostering young people’s future-oriented perspective through Future Design. Online Seminar: “Introduction to Future Design: Learning from Practices in Municipalities and Educational Institutions,” January 29, 2025, online. [Invited oral presentation]; Tsuyoshi Okamoto: A new experience of “bonfire × science × nature”: unraveling the appeal of bonfires through the five senses and neuroscience with Associate Professor Tsuyoshi Okamoto of Kyushu University. Hosted by GRANDOOR, January 25, 2025, Karadomari VILLAGE Campsite, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka. [Invited oral presentation]
2024: Hongjia Li, Siyao Li, Kenji Matsuo, Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Quantitative evaluation of food palatability using physiological and psychophysical measurements. The 63rd Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, Kagoshima, May 23–25, 2024. [Poster presentation (May 25)]; Wang Rudai & Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Effects of lighting on emotional perception in late chronotypes. 2024 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, March 2, 2024, Saga University. [Oral presentation]; Zhang Zhihan & Tsuyoshi Okamoto: A Physiological and Psychological Study on the Context Before and After the Accusation of Liars. 2024 Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, March 2, 2024, Saga University. [Oral presentation / Research Encouragement Award]
2023: Tsuyoshi Okamoto: Causal network analysis of ultra-multidimensional data from the “Bonfire Neuroscience” project. Research Results Presentation Meeting of the FY2022 Education and Research Support Program on Mathematics and Data Science, Center for Mathematics and Data Science Education and Research, Kyushu University, January 6, 2023, Inamori Foundation Memorial Hall, Kyushu University. [Oral presentation]

First published: August 13, 2014.
Major revision: February 19, 2026.
Last updated: April 6, 2026.