Neural mechanisms of TMS (see Neural Comput, 16(2))

Selected publications

Yoichi Miyawaki, Takashi Shinozaki, and Masato Okada, ``Spike suppression in a local cortical circuit induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation'' Journal of Computational Neuroscience (in press).

Yusuke Fujiwara, Yoichi Miyawaki, Yukiyasu Kamitani, ``Estimating image bases for visual image reconstruction from human brain activity,'' Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 22, 576-584 (2010).

Naruse Yasushi, Ayumu Matani, Yoichi Miyawaki, Masato Okada, ``Influence of coherence between multiple cortical columns on alpha rhythm: A computational modeling study,'' Human Brain Mapping, 31, 703-715 (2010).

Yoichi Miyawaki, Hajime Uchida, Okito Yamashita, Masa-aki Sato, Yusuke Morito, Hiroki C. Tanabe, Norihiro Sadato, Yukiyasu Kamitani, ``Visual image reconstruction from human brain activity using a combination of multi-scale local image decoders,'' Neuron, 60, 915-929 (2008).
*Selected for cover image
*Commented by Kay and Gallant, Nat Neurosci, 12, 245-246 (2009)
*Links to a movie of visual image reconstruction results ( YouTube / Cell Press )

Yoichi Miyawaki and Masato Okada, ``Mechanism of neural interference by transcranial magnetic stimulation: network or single neuron?,'' Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 16, 1295-1302 (2004).

Yoichi Miyawaki, and Masato Okada, ``A Network Model of Perceptual Suppression Induced by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation,'' Neural Computation, 16, 309-331 (2004).
*Selected for cover image

Ryusuke Hayashi, Yoichi Miyawaki, Taro Maeda, Susumu Tachi, ``Unconscious adaptation: a new illusion of depth induced by stimulus features without depth,'' Vision Research, 43, 2773-2782 (2003).

Full publication list (Japanese/English)

Career

April 2006 - present
Researcher of NICT and ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan

April 2005 - March 2006
Research Scientist of RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan.

April 2004 - March 2005
JST Postdoctoral fellow/Research Scientist (visiting) of RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan.

April 2001 - March 2004
Special Postdoctoral Researcher of RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan

During these period,
April 2006 - March 2007
Visiting researcher of RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan.

Academic Background

April 1998 - March 2001
Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies,
Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
PhD Dissertation: Study of visual information processing in the early- and mid-level vision using visual evoked potentials
The University of Tokyo, March 2001. Advisor: Prof. Susumu Tachi.

April 1996 - March 1998
Department of Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics,
Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
MSc Dissertation: Study of visual information processing involved in binocular stereopsis using visual evoked potentials
The University of Tokyo, March 1998. Advisor: Prof. Susumu Tachi.

April 1992 - March 1996
Department of Applied Physics,
School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
BSc Dissertation: Responses of FRC plasmas by fast magnetic pulse
Osaka University, March 1996. Advisor: Prof. Seiichi Goto.

Awards

Best paper award of Japanese Neural Network Society (2009).

ATR excellent research award (2009).

RIKEN testimonial award (2005).

Research promotion award for young scientists of Japanese Neural Network Society (2004).

RIKEN testimonial award (2004).

Research promotion award for young scientists of Biological and Physiological Engineering Society (2003).

Research promotion award for young scientists of Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (2000).

Research Funds

FY2011 - FY2012
Brain and Information Science on Material Perception,
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas,
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
Title: Study of neural information representation for material perception using neural decoding and data mining techniques
Principal Investigator: Yoichi Miyawaki

FY2007 - FY2009
Grants for young investigators of ICT research,
Strategic Information and Communications R&D Promotion Programme (SCOPE),
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (SOUMU)
Title: Development of Visual Image Reconstruction Technology
Principal Investigator: Yoichi Miyawaki

FY2005 - FY2007
Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B),
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Title: Theoretical analysis of spike inhibition mechanisms induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation
Principal Investigator: Yoichi Miyawaki

Fellowship

FY2001 - FY2004
RIKEN special postdoctoral researcher (with research grant)
Title: Hierarchical information processing and neural networks in early- and mid-level vision

Societies

Society for Neuroscience (SFN)

Vision Sciences Society (VSS)

The Japan Neuroscience Society

Japanese Neural Network Society

The Vision Society of Japan

The Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering

The Virtual Reality Society of Japan

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