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NAOI, Nozomi

Senior Associate Professor

Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University

■ Academic Background

1.	2009/05/20 Degree Acquisition	Keio University, Ph.D.
2.	2004/03/31 Degree Acquisition	Keio University, M.A.

■ #Professional Background

1.	2015/04～2016/03	Assistant Professor (non-tenured), Keio Advanced Research Centers, Keio University
2.	2014/12～2016/03	Research Fellow, Keio Advanced Research Centers, Keio University, JST, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST)
3.	2013/04～2014/11	Research Fellow, Faculty of Letters, Keio University, MEXT-Supported Program for the Strategic Research Foundation at Private Universities
4.	2009/04～2013/03	Research Fellow, Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University, JST, Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO), “Okanoya Emotional Information” Project,
5.	2007/04～2009/03	Research Fellow, Graduate School of Human Relations, Keio University, Japan Agency of Science and Technology (JST), Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST)
6.	2004/04～2007/03	Research Fellow (DC1), The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC1)
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■ #Present Specialized Fields

Basic / Social brain science, Experimental psychology, Childhood science (childhood environment science) (Key Word：Near-Infrared Spectroscopy)

■ #Main Course Titles

Psychology

■ #Books and Articles

1.	Book	Introduction to Contemporary Psychology (Collaboration) 2020
2.	Book	CARLS Series of Advanced Study of Logic and Sensibility. (Collaboration) 2011
3.	Book	International Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders. (Collaboration) 2011
4.	Book	Applied behavior analysis for children with autism spectrum disorders. (Collaboration) 2009
5.	Book	Reasoning and Cognition: Interdisciplinary Conference Series on Reasoning Studies (vol.2). (Collaboration) 2006
6.	Book	Comparative Analysis of Mind. (Collaboration) 2003
7.	Article	Interactive live fNIRS reveals engagement of the temporoparietal junction in response to social contingency in infants. NeuroImage 218 (Collaboration) 2020
8.	Article	Prefrontal responses to odors in individuals with autism spectrum disorders: functional NIRS measurement combined with a fragrance pulse ejection system. Frontier Human Neuroscience 14 (Collaboration) 2020
9.	Article	Infant word segmentation recruits the cerebral network of phonological short-term memory. Brain and Language 170,pp.39-49 (Collaboration) 2017
10.	Article	Decreased right temporal activation and increased interhemispheric connectivity in response to speech in preterm infants at term-equivalent age. Frontiers in Language Sciences 4,pp.94 (Collaboration) 2013
11.	Article	Effects of preterm birth on intrinsic fluctuations in neonatal cerebral activity examined using optical imaging. PLoS ONE 8,pp.e67432 (Collaboration) 2013
12.	Article	Broad cortical activation in response to tactile stimulation in newborns. Neuroreport 23,pp.373-377 (Collaboration) 2012
13.	Article	Cerebral responses to infant-directed speech and the effect of talker familiarity. NeuroImage 59,pp.1735-1744 (Collaboration) 2012
14.	Article	Prosody discrimination by songbirds (Padda oryzivora). PLoS One 7,pp.e47446 (Collaboration) 2012
15.	Article	The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on the Evolution of Language (Collaboration) 2012
16.	Article	Cerebral laterality for phonemic and prosodic cue decoding in children with autism. Neuroreport 20,pp.1219-1224 (Collaboration) 2009
17.	Article	Functional training for initiating joint attention in children with autism. Research in Developmental Disabilities 29,pp.595-609 (Collaboration) 2008
18.	Article	Intervention for tact as reporting in children with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders 1,pp.174-184 (Collaboration) 2007
19.	Article	Neural attunement processes in infants during the acquisition of a language-specific phonemic contrast. Journal of Neuroscience 27,pp.331-340 (Collaboration) 2007
20.	Article	Matrix training for expressive and receptive two-word utterances in children with autism. Japanese Journal of Special Education 43,pp.467-480 (Collaboration) 2006
21.	Article	Teaching verbal behavior using the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) with children with autistic disorders. Japanese Journal of Special Education 43,pp.485-503 (Collaboration) 2006
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■ #Academic Conference Presentation

1.	2019	Effects of a 'joint attention' intervention for young children with autism spectrum disorders. (The 30th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Developmental Psychology)
2.	2019	Frontal and temporal brain activity during a second language reasoning task. (The 22nd Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society of Optical Brain Imaging)
3.	2019	The relationship between joint attention deficits and intellectual development associated with autism spectrum disorders using live eye tracking (The 19th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science)
4.	2018	A NIRS study of the effect of language proficiency on reasoning tasks. (The 21st Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society of Optical Brain Imaging)
5.	2018	Effects of intervention for joint attention in young children with autism spectrum disorders: An investigation using live eye-tracking measurement. (The 18th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science)
6.	2017	The effect of reasoning difficulty in second language processing on frontal brain activity . (The 20th Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society of Optical Brain Imaging)
7.	2016	A study of olfactory function using NIRS. (The 19th Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society of Optical Brain Imaging)
8.	2015	Effects of early behavioral intervention on the gaze of children with autism spectrum disorders in live face-to-face interaction: A study using an eye-tracking system. (Association for Behavior Analysis 8th International Conference)
9.	2015	(The 15th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science)
10.	2014	Neural substrates of initiating joint attention in infants. (International Society on Infant Studies)
11.	2012/03	Cerebral laterality for prosody processing in human neonates: Evidence from multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy. (The 9th International Conference on the Evolution of Language (Evolang IX))
12.	2012/03	Cerebral responses to emotional and prosodic modifications of speech in human full-term neonates and preterm infants. (The 9th International Conference on the Evolution of Language (Evolang IX))
13.	2010/11	Assessing cortical response to infant-directed speech in neonates using NIRS. (Neuroscience 2010)
14.	2010/01	Assessing cortical response to speech in high-risk neonates: Evidence from near-infrared spectroscopy. (International GCOE symposium on neurocognitive development “Shedding light on developing brain”)
15.	2009/12	Assessing cortical response to infant-directed speech in high-risk neonates. (The 5th International Inuyama Symposium on Comparative Social Cognition (i-CSCS))
16.	2008/11	Cerebral responses to joint attention in infants. (Neuroscience 2008)
17.	2007/05	Can children with autism be taught to respond to and initiate joint attention? (The 33rd Annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis.)
18.	2007/02	Training ‘initiating joint attention’ in children with autism. (2007 Autism Conference)
19.	2005/12	Behavioral intervention for children with autism and its effects on brain plasticity. (REASONING and COGNITION (ReasoningCog 05))
20.	2005/11	Effects of early intervention program on the mother-child interactions of children with autism. (The 2005 ABA International Conference)
21.	2003/05	Vocal imitation and counter-imitation of rhythm promoted the acquisition of verbal behavior in children with autistic behavior. (The 29th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis)
22.	2002/12	Cognition of prosody in songbirds. (International Symposium on Comparative Cognition)
23.	2002/02	Prosody discrimination in Java sparrows. (The 2nd International Symposium on Comparative Cognitive Science, Social transmission of knowledge)
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■ #Academic Society Memberships

2019～

The Society for functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy

■ #Teaching Experience

1.	Biological Foundations of Mind and Behaviour（International Christian University）
2.	Introduction to Contemporary Psychology（International Christian University）
3.	Psychological Measurement and Evaluation（International Christian University）
4.	Directed Research Seminar in Psychology（International Christian University）
5.	Research Design and Analysis for Psychological Studies（International Christian University）
6.	Psychological Statistics and Data Analysis（International Christian University）
7.	Psychology of Development（International Christian University）
8.	（Keio University）
9.	Developmental Neuroscience Seminar（International Christian University）
10.	Behavioral Sciences and Humanistic Sciences（International Christian University）
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■ #Research Topics, Funded Research, and Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

2016～2018

Developmental mechanisms underlying the difficulties of eye contact in children with autism spectrum disorders (Key Word : Autism spectrum disorder, joint attention, live eye-tracking, eye contact, development, longitudinal study)

■ #Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research Researcher Number

20566400