Young Faculty : Associate Professor Tomoyo Isoguchi Shiramatsu

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Associate Professor Tomoyo Isoguchi Shiramatsu, Biointelligent systems lab, Department of Mechano-Informatics & Department of Mechano-Informatics

< Biography >

Mar. 2009 : B.S., Department of Mechano-Informatics, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Mar. 2011 : M.S., Department of Mechano-Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

Mar. 2014 : Ph.D., Department of Mechano-Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

Apr. 2014 - Sep. 2016 : Project Researcher, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

Oct. 2016 - May 2019 : Project Research Associate, Project Researcher, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

Jun. 2019 - Mar. 2020 : Project Research Associate, Department of Mechano-Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2023 : Research Associate, Department of Mechano-Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

Apr. 2023 - Present : Associate Professor, Department of Mechano-Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology & Department of Mechano-Informatics, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

< About the research >

I am trying to clarify how sensory information is represented in the brain, mainly focusing on the auditory system. Of particular interest is the mechanism of information processing in the auditory system related to music. In addition to the structural features acquired during evolution, our brains are said to acquire specific structures during development that are suitable for information processing of auditory input received during the sensitive period (critical period). By clarifying how much of the information processing mechanisms for chords and rhythms of music are innate and how much is acquired during development, I hope to explain the characteristics of music and acoustic information from the viewpoint of the properties of our brain as a system.

It is also believed that social bonding is strengthened when several people synchronize their body movements by listening to the same music. By elucidating the mechanism by which synchronized movements strengthen social bonding through the measurement of various biological information related to the autonomic nervous system, we believe that we can explore techniques for online communication that is comparable to that of the real world.

< Future Aspirations >

Sound is not only the primary information carrier in our daily lives, but also has a significant influence on our emotions and behavior in the form of music. Recent advances in recording technology have made it possible to record large-scale neural activity from the brain. In the future, I would like to contribute to the creation of new auditory content by clarifying not only the sensory cortex but also the entire brain mechanism, including changes in emotion and autonomic nervous system derived from auditory perception.

< URL >

Biointelligent systems lab : http://www.ne.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index-e.html