Faculty Information

■ Specialization and related fields

Educational psychology, Educational technology

■ Academic background

1.	Tohoku University
2.	Kyoto University
3.	Kyoto University〔Doctorial Course〕 Completed
4.	Kyoto University

■ Business career

1.	2018/04～2023/03	Aoyama Gakuin University College of Education, Psychology and Human Studies Department of Education Associate Professor
2.	2023/04～	Aoyama Gakuin University College of Education, Psychology and Human Studies Department of Education Professor

■ Official position and committee in Univ.

1.	2019/04/01～2021/03/31	Aoyama Gakuin University Associate Director, Institute of Information and Media
2.	2021/04/01～2023/03/31	Aoyama Gakuin University Associate Director, Institute of Information and Media
3.	2023/04/01～2025/03/31	Aoyama Gakuin University Associate Director, Institute of Information and Media

■ Committee and society

1.

2020/07/01～

Psychologia, Editorial Board

■ Book and thesis

1.	Article	Camouflaging in Autistic Adults is Modulated by Autistic and Neurotypical Characteristics of Interaction Partners. Journal of autism and developmental disorders (Collaboration) 2024/07
2.	Article	An empirical study to prevent bullying based on the cognitive approach pp.103-116 (Collaboration) 2024/03
3.	Article	Measurements of the lateral cerebellar hemispheres using near-infrared spectroscopy through comparison between autism spectrum disorder and typical development. Neuroscience letters 812,pp.137381 (Collaboration) 2023/08
4.	Article	Moral education based on the projection science pp.119-127 (Collaboration) 2023/03
5.	Book	Cognitive, Emotional, and Moral Decision Making in Adolescents and Adults with ASD. pp.353-374 (Single) 2021/11
6.	Article	Cognitive science for narrative and art: Past, present, and future pp.74-80 (Collaboration) 2023/03
7.	Article	Atypical cortical activation during fine motor tasks in autism spectrum disorder. Neuroscience Research 172,pp.92-98 (Collaboration) 2021/11
8.	Article	Time, space and nostalgia in narrative comprehension pp.88-97 (Collaboration) 2021/08
9.	Article	Appreciation in literary education pp.147-156 (Collaboration) 2020/03
10.	Article	Cultural Influences on Neural Systems of Intergroup Emotion Perception: An fMRI Study. Neuropsychologia 137,pp.Article 107254 (Collaboration) 2019/11
11.	Article	Empathy as diverse minds Japanese Psychological Review pp.39-50 (Collaboration) 2019/11
12.	Article	Do Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders Help Other People With Autism Spectrum Disorders? An Investigation of Empathy and Helping Motivation in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Frontiers in psychiatry 10(376) (Collaboration) 2019/06
13.	Article	Thalamocortical Hyperconnectivity and Amygdala-Cortical Hypoconnectivity in Male Patients With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Frontiers in psychiatry 10(252) (Collaboration) 2019/04
14.	Article	A sixth sense: Narrative experiences of stories with twist endings. Scientific Study of Literature 7(2),pp.203-231 (Collaboration) 2018/06
15.	Article	Decision-making based on social conventional rules by elderly people. Frontiers in Psychology, section Cognitive Science. 9(1412) (Collaboration) 2018/08
16.	Article	Decision making processes based on social conventional rules in early adolescents with and without autism spectrum disorders. Scientific Reports 6(37875) (Collaboration) 2016/11
17.	Article	Cultural influences on neural basis of inhibitory control. NeuroImage 139,pp.114-126 (Collaboration) 2016/06
18.	Article	Similarity hypothesis: Understanding of others with autism spectrum disorders by individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 9(124) (Single) 2015/03
19.	Article	Autistic empathy toward autistic others. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 10,pp.145-152 (Collaboration) 2014/10
20.	Article	Episodic memory retrieval for story characters in high-functioning autism. Molecular Autism 4(20) (Collaboration) 2013/06
21.	Article	Beyond disposition: The processing consequences of explicit and implicit invocations of empathy. Acta Psychologica 142,pp.349-355 (Collaboration) 2013/03
22.	Article	Hard to “tune in”: neural mechanisms of eye contact and joint attention in high-functioning autistic spectrum disorder. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 6(268) (Collaboration) 2012/09
23.	Article	Vivifications of literary investigation. The Scientific Study of Literature 1,pp.123-135 (Collaboration) 2011/05
24.	Article	“Stay tuned”: Inter-individual neural synchronization during mutual gaze and joint attention. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience. 4,pp.1-12 (Collaboration) 2010/11
25.	Article	Transient neural activation in human amygdala involved in aversive conditioning of face and voice. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 22,pp.2074-2085 (Collaboration) 2010/09
26.	Article	Dynamic cultural influences on neural representations of the self. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 22,pp.1-11 (Collaboration) 2010/01
27.	Article	Neural basis of individualistic and collectivistic views of self. Human Brain Mapping. 30,pp.2813-2820 (Collaboration) 2009/09
28.	Article	Differences between estimating protagonists’ emotions and evaluating readers’ emotions in narrative　comprehension. Cognition and Emotion 23,pp.135-151 (Collaboration) 2009/01
29.	Article	Improvement in multi-user communication systems using an avatar’s facial expression features. Educational Technology Research. 31(1-2),pp.173-183 (Collaboration) 2008/12
30.	Article	The effect of a protagonist’s emotional shift on situation model construction. Memory & Cognition. 34,pp.1548-1556 (Collaboration) 2006/10
31.	Article	Reader’s changing emotions related to the construction of a situation model. Tohoku Psychologica Folia. 61,pp.48-54 (Collaboration) 2002/01
32.	Other	Episodic memory retrieval for story characters in autism spectrum disorder: It is easier for people with autism to remember other people with autism. Research Activities. 3(2),pp.19-19 (Single) 2013/09
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■ Lecturer and lecture

1.	2016/08	Komeda, H. (2016年8月). Taking autistic perspective: Empathy and moral judgments in autism spectrum disorders. 東北大学加齢医学研究所加齢研セミナー (Sendai, Japan) 招待講演
2.	2016/01	Komeda, H. (2016, January). Taking autistic perspective: altered empathy and moral judgments in individuals with autism. City University London (London, UK). 招待講演
3.	2015/07	Komeda, H. (2015, July). Social cognition in individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Invited Symposium: Language use based on cognitive and social ability: Examination of reading, writing, and comprehension. The 17th Annual International Conference of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences (JSLS2015) (Beppu, Japan). 招待講演
4.	2009/05	Komeda, H. (2009, May). Neural substrates of representing a protagonist’s mental and physical states in narrative comprehension. Cognitive Brain Mapping Group. Northwestern University (Evanston, USA). 招待講演

■ Academic conference presentation

1.	2022/09/05	Empathy and social camouflaging in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (2022年度生理研研究会「コミュニケーション研究の展望:双方向コミュニケーションを駆動する神経・行動因子」)
2.	2019/05/26	国際委員会企画シンポジウム"Narrative Experience: Cognitive and Emotional Influences on Text Comprehension" 企画、司会 (日本認知心理学会第17回大会)