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December 10-12, 2025

I participated in a joint workshop between the Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior (EHUB) at Kyoto University and the German Primate Center (DPZ), held at the DPZ in Göttingen. On the first day, we presented posters, learned about each other’s research, and deepened our connections to advance collaborative research.

September 11-12, 2025

I presented a poster titled “Investigation of Abnormal Auditory Steady-State Responses in Common Marmosets Following Subanesthetic Ketamine Administration” at the 2025 Physiological Research Institute/Hokkaido University Joint Research Meeting “Primates Neuroscience Workshop” held at Hokkaido University. I received many comments and had fruitful discussions about the methodology and results, making the meeting highly valuable. I was also honored to receive the Outstanding Poster Award.

August 12-15, 2025

I visited our collaborative researchers in St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno/International Clinical Research Center. Together with members of the Neuromodulation team, I observed clinical research involving epilepsy patients, participated in EEG measurement experiments on healthy human participants, and discussed future collaborative research projects.

August 7, 2025

I served as an instructor at the Kyoto Academia Forum Children’s University in Tokyo 2025. Titled “Are Humans Amazing? Let’s Make Brains with Clay and Think!”, I worked with participating elementary and junior high school students to create mouse, monkey, and human brains using colorful clay. We had fun learning together about brain differences across animal species, the roles of the brain’s four main regions, and the unique features of the human brain! See photos from the event here.

July 26, 2025

We presented a poster at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Neuroscience Society held in Niigata.

*Nao Konoike1, Dakota Smallridge2, Kosuke Ito3, Katsuki Nakamura1 (1. Kyoto University, 2. Kent State University, 3. Niigata University) “Right-hemisphere dominance in auditory steady-state responses when different frequencies are presented to the left and right ears in non-human primates.”

*Kosuke Ito1, Nao Konoike2,3, Kumiko Mashimo3, Katsuki Nakamura3 (1. Niigata University Brain Research Institute, 2. Kyoto University Hakubi Center, 3. Kyoto University Center for Human Evolutionary Studies) “No Evidence of Intensity Deviation Auditory Mismatch Negative Potentials in Non-Human Primates (Rhesus Macaques and Common Marmosets).”

June 4–26, 2025

We welcomed Dr. Adam Williamson and Dr. Florian Missey from the Czech Republic’s International Clinical Research Center, leading experts in cutting-edge non-invasive brain local stimulation research, to the laboratory of Dr. Riki Matsumoto at Kyoto University’s Faculty of Medicine for collaborative research discussions. Subsequently, we moved to Inuyama and conducted joint experiments with Dr. Missey and his team over three weeks.

4th Oct. 2024

I gave a poster presentation at APAN2024 titled “Initial and sustained responses to calls in non-human primates are modulated by age: EEG and ECoG experiments”. (Authors: Naho Konoike, Miki Miwa, Kosuke Itoh, Katsuki Nakamura

26th July 2024

Our paper and videos have been published!

Naho Konoike*, Miki Miwa, Kosuke Itoh, Katsuki Nakamura, Electroencephalography Measurements in Awake Marmosets Listening to Conspecific Vocalizations. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2024 Jul 26:(209). doi: 10.3791/66869.

3rd Feb. 2024

Our paper has been accepted!

Kanta Nakamura, Naho Konoike＊, Takeshi Nishimura＊, “Three-dimensional reconstruction of intrinsic tongue muscles of macaques using diffusion-weighted imaging of flash-frozen specimens” Acoustical Science and Technology

Research

I am interested in the brain mechanisms and regulations of emotion and mood.

Current projects focus on primate emotional circuits for producing appropriate behaviors.

Contact

konoike.naho.8x [a] kyoto-u.ac.jp