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写真a

 
HIRAI Masahiro
 
Organization
Graduate School of Informatics Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences 2 Associate Professor
Graduate School
Graduate School of Informatics
Undergraduate School
School of Informatics Department of Human and Social Informatics
Title
Associate Professor

Degree 1

  1. 博士(学術) ( 2005.3   東京大学 ) 

Research Interests 16

  1. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

  2. 顔認知

  3. 眼球運動計測

  4. 感情

  5. 心理物理実験

  6. 他者行為知覚

  7. モーションキャプチャ

  8. Atypical Development

  9. Typical Development

  10. Cross-cultural comparison

  11. cross-syndrome comparison

  12. Social-Cognitive Development

  13. Embodied Cognition

  14. Cognitive Science

  15. Experimental Psychology

  16. 神経多様性

Research Areas 6

  1. Humanities & Social Sciences / Cognitive science

  2. Humanities & Social Sciences / Experimental psychology

  3. Life Science / Neuroscience-general

  4. Informatics / Perceptual information processing

  5. Humanities & Social Sciences / Childhood and nursery/pre-school education

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Current Research Project and SDGs 3

  1. 非定型発達児における認知・学習メカニズムの解明

  2. 社会的学習メカニズムの解明

  3. Social Cognitive Development in Individuals with Atypical Development

Research History 9

  1. 国立大学法人東海国立機構 名古屋大学大学院   情報学研究科   准教授

    2020.4

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    Country:Japan

  2. Birkbeck College, University of London   Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development   Visiting Researcher

    2017.4 - 2018.3

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    Country:Japan

  3. Jichi Medical University

    2015.7 - 2020.3

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    Country:Japan

  4. Jichi Medical University   Associate Professor

    2013.4 - 2020.3

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    Country:Japan

  5. Central European University, HUNGARY   The Cognitive Development Center

    2012.9 - 2012.10

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    Country:Japan

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Professional Memberships 8

  1. 日本心理学会

    2012.4

  2. 日本小児神経学

    2011.9

  3. 日本臨床神経生理学会

    2010.6

  4. 日本認知科学会

    2004.7

  5. 日本神経科学学会

    2003.12

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Committee Memberships 8

  1. Scientific Reports   Editorial Board  

    2023.9   

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  2.   日本心理学会 国際賞選考委員  

    2023.11   

  3.   Scientific Reports Guest Editor (Neurodevelopment and neurodiversity)  

    2023.11   

  4.   Scientific Reports Editorial Boards Member  

    2023.9   

  5.   世界で活躍できる研究者戦略育成事業 学術メンター  

    2023.5   

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Awards 9

  1. 第87回大会 学術大会優秀発表賞

    2024.1   日本心理学会   話者交替判断時の視覚的注意配分パターンとASD傾向の関係

    杉山恵里奈,太田直斗,平井真洋,北神慎司

  2. 日本心理学会学術大会優秀発表賞

    2022.10   公益社団法人日本心理学会   子どもの読書頻度は感情語の習得に関係するか?

    杉山恵里奈, 成松宏美, 平井真洋, 小林哲生

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    Award type:Award from Japanese society, conference, symposium, etc. 

  3. 日本心理学会第14回国際賞奨励賞

    2019.4   日本心理学会  

    平井真洋

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    Award type:International academic award (Japan or overseas) 

  4. 発達科学研究教育奨励賞

    2014.9   財団法人 発達科学教育センター  

    平井真洋

  5. BIOMAG 2008 YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD

    2008.8   International Conference on Biomagnetism  

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    Award type:Award from international society, conference, symposium, etc.  Country:Japan

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Papers 60

  1. Electrophysiological mechanisms underlying the perception of biological motion: a systematic scoping review

    Maruo, K., Hirai, M.

    Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews     2025

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  2. Can Social Motivation Theory Explain the Socio-Cognitive Profile of Individuals with Williams Syndrome? A Cross-Syndrome Approach Reviewed

    Hirai, M, Asada, K

    Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders     2024.11

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  3. Autistic traits linked to anxiety and dichotomous thinking: sensory sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty as mediators in non-clinical population Reviewed

    Haoqian Shi, Masahiro Hirai

    Scientific Reports   Vol. 14 ( 1 )   2024.10

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    Authorship:Last author, Corresponding author   Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLC  

    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-73628-w

    Other Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-73628-w

  4. Developmental process of the understanding of linguistic register in children: A comparison of typically developing children, autistic children, and children with Williams syndrome Reviewed

    Ayaka Ikeda, Yoko Hakuno, Kosuke Asada, Takahiro Ikeda, Takanori Yamagata, Masahiro Hirai

    Autism Research     2024.8

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    Although the developmental process of linguistic register—the appropriate manner of speech as determined by the listener and social situation—has been gradually clarified in typically developing (TD) children, research on the mechanism and developmental process of register acquisition in atypically developing children are insufficient. This study compared the developmental process of understanding linguistic register among TD children, autistic children, and those with Williams syndrome (WS), and examined the contributions of social cognition and motivation to the acquisition of linguistic register. Two experiments were designed to assess the recognition of which linguistic register to use when communicating with different listeners and of the listener's feelings according to the speakers' use of register. The results revealed that the process of understanding register‐listener associations was nearly identical among all groups of children and their understanding improved with age. Conversely, their understanding of the effect of register selection on the listener's feelings varied. Importantly, as TD children mature, they become aware that adult listeners may feel negatively when spoken to in an inappropriate register, whereas autistic children and those with WS do not exhibit the same awareness. Thus, our results suggest that atypical social cognition and motivation do not disturb the understanding of register‐listener associations. However, social cognition and motivation play important roles in understanding the effect of register selection on the listener's feelings. These findings provide a significant contribution to clarifying the mechanism of linguistic register acquisition.

    DOI: 10.1002/aur.3219

  5. Defining key concepts for mental state attribution Reviewed

    François Quesque, Ian Apperly, Renée Baillargeon, Simon Baron-Cohen, Cristina Becchio, Harold Bekkering, Daniel Bernstein, Maxime Bertoux, Geoffrey Bird, Henryk Bukowski, Pascal Burgmer, Peter Carruthers, Caroline Catmur, Isabel Dziobek, Nicholas Epley, Thorsten Michael Erle, Chris Frith, Uta Frith, Carl Michael Galang, Vittorio Gallese, Delphine Grynberg, Francesca Happé, Masahiro Hirai, Sara D. Hodges, Philipp Kanske, Mariska Kret, Claus Lamm, Jean Louis Nandrino, Sukhvinder Obhi, Sally Olderbak, Josef Perner, Yves Rossetti, Dana Schneider, Matthias Schurz, Tobias Schuwerk, Natalie Sebanz, Simone Shamay-Tsoory, Giorgia Silani, Shannon Spaulding, Andrew R. Todd, Evan Westra, Dan Zahavi, Marcel Brass

    Communications Psychology   Vol. 2 ( 1 )   2024.4

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    DOI: 10.1038/s44271-024-00077-6

    Other Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-024-00077-6

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Books 7

  1. 図説 視覚の事典

    日本視覚学会( Role: Contributor)

    朝倉書店  2022.11  ( ISBN:4254102941

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    Total pages:360   Language:Japanese

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  2. 認知科学講座2 心と脳 (認知科学講座 2)

    川合, 伸幸( Role: Contributor ,  脳と社会的認知)

    東京大学出版会  2022.10  ( ISBN:4130152025

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    Total pages:264   Language:Japanese

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  3. 公認心理師基礎用語集 増補第3版──よくわかる国試対策キーワード

    松本, 真理子, 永田, 雅子( Role: Contributor)

    遠見書房  2022.5  ( ISBN:4866161418

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    Total pages:288   Language:Japanese

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  4. 社会的認知の発達科学(第二部3章)

    平井真洋( Role: Joint author ,  「生物知覚の脳内機構」)

    新曜社  2018 

  5. ソーシャルブレインズ

    平井真洋( Role: Joint author ,  第6章「動きに敏感な脳」)

    東京大学出版会  2009 

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MISC 15

  1. 赤ちゃんはどう学ぶ?乳児の学習メカニズムの解明 Invited

    平井真洋, 鹿子木康弘

    医学のあゆみ   Vol. 288 ( 3 ) page: 231 - 232   2024.1

  2. 評判操作の発達 : 比較症候群アプローチによる検討—Examination of development of reputation management by cross-syndrome approach

    池田 彩夏, 白野 陽子, 浅田 晃佑, 池田 尚広, 山形 崇倫, 平井 真洋

    発達研究 : 発達科学研究教育センター紀要 / 発達科学研究教育センター [編]   Vol. 35   page: 1 - 12   2021

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  3. The two-process theory of biological motion processing Reviewed

    Hirai Masahiro, Senju Atsushi

    NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS   Vol. 111   page: 114-124   2020.4

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  4. Developmental changes in orienting towards faces: A behavioral and eye-tracking study Reviewed

    Hirai Masahiro, Muramatsu Yukako, Nakamura Miho

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT   Vol. 44 ( 2 ) page: 157-165   2020.3

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    DOI: 10.1177/0165025419844031

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  5. Does culture shape face perception in autism? Cross-cultural evidence of the own-race advantage from the UK and Japan Reviewed

    Hanley Mary, Riby Deborah M., Derges Michael-John, Douligeri Anna, Philyaw Zackary, Ikeda Takahiro, Monden Yukifumi, Shimoizumi Hideo, Yamagata Takanori, Hirai Masahiro

    DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE     2020.2

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    DOI: 10.1111/desc.12942

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Presentations 7

  1. 自閉傾向と感覚特性,認知様式の関係:定型・非定型発達児者の研究から見えてきたこと Invited

    平井真洋

    東海国立大学機構発達障害支援コンソーシアム 連続セミナー 第9回  「発達障害児者のもつ感覚特性の理解と対応~メカニズムから日常生活での困りごと・支援まで~」  2024.10.31  東海国立大学機構発達障害支援コンソーシアム

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    Event date: 2024.10

    Language:Japanese   Presentation type:Public lecture, seminar, tutorial, course, or other speech  

    Venue:オンライン   Country:Japan  

  2. 社会的場面観察時のウィリアムズ症候群児者と自閉スペクトラム症児者の注視行動

    中村 まみ,池田 彩夏,浅田 晃佑,白野 陽子,池田 尚広,山形 崇倫,平井 真洋

    日本心理学会第88回大会  2024.9.7  日本心理学会

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    Event date: 2024.9

    Language:Japanese   Presentation type:Poster presentation  

    Venue:熊本城ホール   Country:Japan  

  3. 自閉傾向、感覚処理特性、不確実さ不耐性と二分法的思考、不安との関連

    史 昊千,平井 真洋

    日本心理学会第88回大会  2024.9.7  日本心理学会

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    Venue:熊本城ホール   Country:Japan  

  4. 身体に根ざした社会的認知発達 Invited

    平井真洋

    日本人間行動進化学会第13回大会  2020.12.13 

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    Event date: 2020.12

    Language:Japanese   Presentation type:Oral presentation (invited, special)  

  5. 社会的認知の定型・非定型発達:cross-syndromeアプローチに よる探求 Invited

    平井真洋

    発達障害コンソーシアム第3回セミナー  2022.12.6 

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Research Project for Joint Research, Competitive Funding, etc. 4

  1. ウィリアムズ症候群のライフステージに応じた支援に関する研究

    2020.10 - 2021.9

    社会福祉事業・研究助成 

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    Authorship:Coinvestigator(s)  Grant type:Competitive

    Grant amount:\1800000 ( Direct Cost: \1800000 )

  2. 日英非定型発達児への科学的証拠に基づくケアにかんする研究

    2015.11 - 2016.10

    ファイザーヘルスリサーチ振興財団助成 

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  3. 定型・非定型発達児を対象とした他者視点取得に関する神経基盤の解明

    2014.10 - 2016.3

    発達科学研究教育奨励賞 

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    Grant type:Competitive

  4. 発達障害の早期検出を目指したアイトラッカーによる「コミュニケーションへの関心」を評価する指標の開発

    2012.10 - 2013.3

    大幸財団助成 

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KAKENHI (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research) 14

  1. How Do Babies Learn? Elucidating the principles of human infant learning based on predictive coding theory

    Grant number:24H00719  2024.4 - 2028.3

    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

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    Grant amount:\47970000 ( Direct Cost: \36900000 、 Indirect Cost:\11070000 )

  2. 社会的動機づけ理論は自閉スペクトラム症児者の社会的認知特性を説明可能か?

    Grant number:23K17638  2023.6 - 2025.3

    科学研究費助成事業  挑戦的研究(萌芽)

    平井 真洋

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    Grant amount:\6370000 ( Direct Cost: \4900000 、 Indirect Cost:\1470000 )

  3. エピゲノム変化に着目したライフステージに応じた社会認知特性の評価

    Grant number:22H00986  2022.4 - 2025.3

    科学研究費助成事業  基盤研究(B)

    木村 亮, 平井 真洋, 井上 亮, 加藤 寿宏

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    本研究の目的は、腸内細菌叢を介したDNAメチル化変化から「生物学的年齢」を算出し、自閉スペクトラム症やそれとは逆の高い社交性を呈するウィリアムズ症候群について、発達段階に応じた社会性や認知行動特性を精密に評価することである。これら神経発達症では、症状の個人差が大きく、発達に応じた社会性や認知特性との関係は明らかになっていない。本研究では、被検者検体を使って、腸内細菌叢に関連したDNAメチル化変化を基に「生物学的年齢」を算出し、問診や質問紙、視線・身体活動計測を組み合わせ、発達と社会認知行動特性との関係を明らかにする。本研究の結果は、介入や支援の客観化による特性改善へ発展することが期待される。

  4. Elucidation of environmental factors of social cognitive characteristics in groups with different human social characteristics.

    Grant number:21KK0041  2021.10 - 2026.3

    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B))

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    Grant amount:\17810000 ( Direct Cost: \13700000 、 Indirect Cost:\4110000 )

  5. 感覚過敏と他者視点取得能力の関係解明:cross-syndrome比較からの洞察

    Grant number:21K18554  2021.7 - 2023.3

    挑戦的研究(萌芽)

    平井 真洋

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    Grant amount:\6500000 ( Direct Cost: \5000000 、 Indirect Cost:\1500000 )

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Teaching Experience (Off-campus) 3

  1. 発達臨床心理学(障害者・障害児心理学)

    2024.9 Osaka University)

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  2. 発達臨床心理学(障害者・障害児心理学)

    2022.9 Osaka University)

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    Level:Undergraduate (specialized) 

  3. 認知心理学特論IX

    2020.9 Kyoto University)

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    Level:Postgraduate 

 

Social Contribution 3

  1. 脳・こころ・ジェンダー:発達認知神経科学的な視座から

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    進化生物学による女性間の関係の理解-持続可能なジェンダーパリティにむけて  2021.3

  2. 社会と文化を創り上げる脳の仕組みとその発達

    Role(s):Appearance

    岐阜県立岐阜北高等学校  2020.10

  3. 他者の動きの認知発達から探る社会脳の発達

    Role(s):Appearance

    第6回赤ちゃん学コロキウム「心の尺度〜生理学的指標を用いた赤ちゃん研究〜」  2020.9

Academic Activities 1

  1. 世界で活躍できる研究者戦略育成事業 学術メンター

    2023.5