(Last updated : 2025-12-14 14:22:50)
  MORISHIMA, Yasunori

   Tokunin Kyoju (Professor by Special Appointment)

   Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
■ Academic Background
1. 1996/05
Degree Acquisition
University of Colorado, Ph.D
2. 1992/05
Degree Acquisition
University of Colorado, M.A.
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■ Professional Background
1. 2024/04~2027/03 Tokunin Kyoju (Professor by Special Appointment), Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
2. 2015/04~2019/03 Director, Admissions Center, International Christian University
3. 2014/04~2024/03 Professor, Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
4. 2014/04~2015/03 Chair, Admissions Center, International Christian University
5. 2010/04~2012/03 Director, Academic Planning Center, International Christian University
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■ Present Specialized Fields
Experimental psychology (Key Word:Psychology of Language,Text Comprehension, specifically Second Language Processing,Cognitive Psychology) 
■ Main Course Titles
Cognitive Science, Cognitive Psychology, Psychology of Language
■ Books and Articles
1. Book Bilingual Brain: and what it tells us about the science of language   (Single) 2024/07
2. Book Am I just My Brain?   (Single) 2024/05
3. Book Can science explain everything?   (Single) 2020/12
4. Book Introduction to Contemporary Psychology   (Collaboration) 2020/05
5. Book where is God in a Coronavirus World?   (Collaboration) 2020/05
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■ Academic Conference Presentation
1. 2025/09/03 Dilemmas and Language: Observing the decision-making process between first and second language using fNIRS (Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing Conference (AMLaP, 2025))
2. 2025/05/30 The relationship between first and second language moral dilemma decision making using fNIRS (23rd Annual Conference of Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology)
3. 2025/03/01 The Influence of Second Language on Moral Dilemmas through the Use of fNIRS. (26th Japan Optical Functional Brain Imaging Society (JOFBIS) Conference)
4. 2024/03/01 Cognitive Engagement of Japanese High School Students During an Immersive English Language Program (The English Language Education Society of Japan (JELES-52 2024) Conference)
5. 2023/12/02 Moral Dilemmas and Mental Imagery in a Second Language (Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP Asia 2023) Conference)
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■ Lectures
1. 2006 An implementation of socially-intelligent agents providing emotional support and its application.
2. 2006 Elaboration processes for causal bridging inferences in text comprehension.
3. 2004 The role of affect and sociality in the agent-based collaborative learning system.
4. 2004 Toward an actualization of social intelligence in human and robot collaborative systems.
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■ Academic Society Memberships
1. 2004~ Society for Text and Discourse
2. 2002~ Cognitive Science Society
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■ Educational Achievements
● Matter that should be mentioned specially in others educational activity
1. 2007/09~2009/03 "Director, Academic Planning Center, 2007/9-2009/3. Established the foundational structure of the Center, including advising methods and policies and annual activities."
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■ Research Topics, Funded Research, and Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
1. 2021/04~  The effects of cognitive workload on inference processes during comprehension in a second language  (Key Word : )
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■ Committees and Societies
1. 2018/04/01~2019/03/31 National Personnel Authority Specialist
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■ Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research Researcher Number
20365521