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Open AccessRespiratory entrainment of the locus coeruleus modulates arousal level to avoid physical risks from external vibration
Slow rocking chairs can easily put people to sleep, while violent shaking, such as during earthquakes, may lead to rapid awakening. However, the influence of external body vibrations on arousal remains unclear...
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Autonomous Wheeled Locomotion on Irregular Terrain with Tactile Sensing
Adopting the concept of the tactile wheel, which considers the interaction between the wheel and the ground, this paper simulates reinforcement learning to show the usefulness of tactile sensing for autonomous...
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Open AccessPhysical deep learning with biologically inspired training method: gradient-free approach for physical hardware
Ever-growing demand for artificial intelligence has motivated research on unconventional computation based on physical devices. While such computation devices mimic brain-inspired analog information processing...
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New Approach to Estimating Mental Health Score Using a Communication Agent
It is important for monitoring systems for the elderly to estimate the state of the user during an interaction. In the field of elderly welfare, quality of life (QOL) is a useful indicator for comprehensive tr...
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Open AccessReward sensitivity differs depending on global self-esteem in value-based decision-making
Global self-esteem is a component of individual personality that impacts decision-making. Many studies have discussed the different preferences for decision-making in response to threats to a person’s self-con...
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Identifying Critical States by the Action-Based Variance of Expected Return
The balance of exploration and exploitation plays a crucial role in accelerating reinforcement learning (RL). To deploy an RL agent in human society, its explainability is also essential. However, basic RL app...
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Open AccessStapedial reflex threshold predicts individual loudness tolerance for people with autistic spectrum disorders
People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) frequently show the symptoms of oversensitivity to sound (hyperacusis). Although the previous studies have investigated methods for quantifying hyperacusis in ASD, ap...
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Open AccessSpecies-specific Posture of Human Foetus in Late First Trimester
The ontogeny associated with the arm-hanging posture, which is considered ape-specific, remains unknown. To examine its ontogeny, we measured foetal movements of 62 human foetuses aged 10–20 gestation weeks us...
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Open AccessA translational model to determine rodent’s age from human foetal age
To understand the prenatal origin of developmental and psychiatric disorders, studies in laboratory animals are imperative. However, the developmental pace differs between humans and animals; hence, correspond...
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Open Access26th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS*2017): Part 2
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Developmental changes in intralimb coordination during spontaneous movements of human infants from 2 to 3 months of age
Human infants show a variety of spontaneous movements in the first few months of life. Although the pattern of spontaneous movements changes at approximately 2 months of age, the precise mechanism that governs...
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Open AccessTactile feedback for relief of deafferentation pain using virtual reality system: a pilot study
Previous studies have tried to relieve deafferentation pain (DP) by using virtual reality rehabilitation systems. However, the effectiveness of multimodal sensory feedback was not validated. The objective of t...
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Open AccessAn Embodied Brain Model of the Human Foetus
Cortical learning via sensorimotor experiences evoked by bodily movements begins as early as the foetal period. However, the learning mechanisms by which sensorimotor experiences guide cortical learning remain...
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Constructive Developmental Science: A Trans-Disciplinary Approach Toward the Fundamentals of Human Cognitive Development and Its Disorders, Centered Around Fetus Simulation
How does human mind develop? What causes developmental disorders? Recent studies suggest the importance of the fetal period in human development. However, study of human fetuses is strongly constrained by tech...
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Development of the Multimodal Integration in the Superior Colliculus and Its Link to Neonates Facial Preference
The question whether newborns possess inborn social skills is a long debate in developmental psychology. Fetal behavioral and anatomical observations show evidences for the control of eye movements and facial ...
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Infant’s Primitive Walking Reflex from the Perspective of Learning in the Uterus
Recently, researchers have found preterm infants’ walking starts later than term infants, epidemiologically. In previous study, we have discussed about fetal development in uterus from a perspective of learnin...
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Contribution of the Cholinergic Innervation to Early Memory Development in the Neonate Para-Hippocampal System
Newborns present impressive developmental changes during the first year in almost all domains marked by memory categorization and variability. We propose that one important actor of this developmental shift is...
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Development and Applications of High-Density Tactile Sensing Glove
To understand principles of human hand dexterity, investigation of dynamic contact control by the hand is essential. Here, we developed a novel high-density tactile sensing glove lined with flexible printed ci...
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Whole Body Haptics for Augmented Humanoid Task Capabilities
A whole body tactile skin with a novel design is presented. It is installed on the entire surface of our adult-size humanoid robot. Experiments on various contact motion control, such as handling a 66kg human ...
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Partial matching of real textured 3D objects using color cubic higher-order local auto-correlation features
In recent years, the need for retrieving real 3D objects has grown significantly. However, various important considerations must be taken into account to solve the real 3D object retrieval problem. Three-dimen...
