Kawato Selected Papers

Revised: January 16, 2018

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1. Watanabe T, Sasaki Y, Shibata K, Kawato M: Advances in fMRI real-time neurofeedback,  Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 21(12), 997-1010 (2017) *online publication

2. Yahata N, Morimoto J, Hashimoto R, Lisi G, Shibata K, Kawakubo Y, Kuwabara H, Kuroda M, Yamada T, Megumi F, Imamizu H, Nanez JE,  Takahashi H, Okamoto Y, Kasai K, Kato N, Sasaki Y, Watanabe T, Kawato M : A small number of abnormal brain connections predicts adult autism spectrum disorder, Nature Communications, 7:11254 (2016) *online publication

3. Megumi F, Yamashita A, Kawato M, Imamizu H: Functional MRI neurofeedback training on connectivity between two regions induces long-lasting changes in intrinsic functional network, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9(160), doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00160 (2015) *online publication

4. Morimoto J, Kawato M: Creating the brain and interacting with the brain: an integrated approach to understanding the brain, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 12(20141250), doi: 10.1098/rsif.2014.1250 (2015) *online publication

5. Shibata K, Watanabe T, Sasaki Y, Kawato M: Perceptual learning incepted by decoded fMRI neurofeedback without stimulus presentation, Science, 334(6061), 1413-1415 (2011)

6. Kawato M: From " Understanding the brain by creating the brain" toward Manipulative Neuroscience." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B,  363, 2201-2214 (2007)

 7. Tanaka K, Khiroug L, Santamaria F, Doi T, Ogasawara H, Ellis-Davies G, Kawato M, Augustine GJ: Ca2+ requirements for cerebellar long-term synaptic depression: role for a postsynaptic leaky integrator. Neuron 54, 787-800 (2007)

8. Kawato M, Samejima K: Efficient reinforcement learning: Computational Theories, Neuroscience and Robotics. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 17, 205-212 (2007)

9. Haruno M, Kawato M: Different neural correlates of reward expectation and reward expectation error in the putamen and caudate nucleus during stimulus-action-reward association learning. Journal of Neurophysiology, 95, 948-959 (2006).

10. Bursztyn LCD, Ganesh G, Imamizu H, Kawato M, Flanagan R: Neural correlates of internal model loading. Current Biology,  16,  2440-2445 (2006)

 11. Doi T, Kuroda S, Michikawa T, Kawato M: Insoitol, 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate-dependent Ca2+ threshold dynamics detect spike timing in cerebellar Purkinje Cells. Journal of Neuroscience, 25, 950-961 (2005).

12. Sato M, Yoshioka T, Kajiwara S, Toyama K, Goda N, Doya K, Kawato M: Hierarchical Bayesian estimation for MEG inverse problem. NeuroImage, 23, 806-826 (2004).

13. Caithness G, Osu R, Bays P, Chase H, Klassen J, Kawato M, Wolpert DM, Flanagan RJ: Failure to consolidate the consolidation theory of learning for sensorimotor adaptation tasks. Journal of Neuroscience. 24, 8662-8671 (2004).

 14. Schaal S, Sternad D, Osu R, Kawato M: Rhythmic arm movement is not discrete. Nature Neuroscience, 7, 1137-1144 (2004).

15. Schweighofer N, Doya K, H. Fukai, Chiron JV, Furukawa T, Kawato. M: Chaos may enhance information transmission in the inferior olive. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA., 101, 4655-4660 (2004).

16. Haruno M, Kuroda T, Doya K, Toyama K, Kimura M, Samejima K, Imamizu H, Kawato M: A neural correlate of reward-based behavioral learning in caudate nucleus: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study of a stochastic decision task. Journal of Neuroscience, 24, 1660-1665 (2004).

17. Osu R, Hirai S, Yoshioka T, Kawato M: Random presentation enables subjects to adapt to two opposing forces on the hand. Nature Neuroscience, 7, 111-112 (2004).

18. Burdet E, Osu R, Franklin D, Milner T, Kawato M: The central nervous system stabilizes unstable dynamics by learning optimal impedance. Nature, 414, 446-449 (2001). (c) Macmillan Magazines Ltd.

19. Imamizu H, Miyauchi S, Tamada T, Sasaki Y, Takino R, Puetz B, Yoshioka T, Kawato M: Human cerebellar activity reflecting an acquired internal model of a novel tool.Nature, 403, 192-195 (2000). (c) Macmillan Magazines Ltd.

20. Atkeson CG, Hale J, Pollick F, Riley M, Kotosaka S, Schaal S, Shibata T, Tevatia G, Vijayakumar S, Ude A, Kawato M: Using humanoid robots to study human behavior. IEEE Intelligent Systems: Special Issue on Humanoid Robotics, 15, 46-56 (2000). (c) IEEE.

21. Kawato M: Internal models for motor control and trajectory planning.Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 9, 718-727 (1999). (c) Elsevier Science Ltd. 

22. Wolpert D, Kawato M: Multiple paired forward and inverse models for motor control.Neural Networks,11, 1317-1329 (1998). (c) Elsevier Science Ltd.

23. Gomi H, Kawato M: Equilibrium-point control hypothesis examined by measured arm-stiffness during multi-joint movement. Science, 272, 117-120 (1996). 

24. Shidara M, Kawano K, Gomi H, Kawato M: Inverse-dynamics model eye movement control by Purkinje cells in the cerebellum. Nature, 365, 50-52 (1993).   

25. Kawato M, Hayakawa H, Inui T: A forward-inverse optics model of reciprocal connections between visual cortical areas. Network: Computation in Neural systems, 4, 415-422 (1993).

26. Kawato M, Gomi H: A computational model of four regions of the cerebellum based on feedback-error-learning. Biological Cybernetics, 68, 95-103 (1992).

27. Kawato M, Furukawa K, Suzuki R: A hierarchical neural-network model for control and learning of voluntary movement. Biological Cybernetics, 57, 169-185 (1987).
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