Awards and Fellowships

1. Aug. 2020–Sept. 2022. Selected as a trainee for Diversity and Super Global Training Program for Female and Young Faculty (SENTAN-Q) (JPY 3,000,000 for two years, Approx. USD 27,000).

Review Papers

1. Ohta, S., Book Review: Why Only Us: Language and Evolution, By Berwick, Robert C. and Noam Chomsky, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2016, vii+224pp, Eng. Ling., The English Linguistic Society of Japan, 37(1), 101–111, 2020. doi: 10.9793/elsj.37.1_101

Others

1. Ohta, S., Gakkai inshōki SNL2015 The 7th annual meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language [SNL2015 The 7th annual meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language] (in Japanese), BRAIN and Nerve, Igaku-Shoin, 68(2), 194–195, 2016. doi: 10.11477/mf.1416200373

Presentations
Invited talks

1. Ohta, S., Know Thyself: Why we should study language and the brain, In Brain Science and Reasoning, The Networking Platform for Co-creating Research (ENCORe) Interdisciplinary Networking Workshop, Fukuoka, Japan, Aug. 2020.

Oral presentations

1. Ohta, S., Setsumei genri to dōsa genri ni tsuite: Riron gengogaku / nō kagaku jikken / keisan moderu ni motozuku kentō [On explanatory and operating principles: Examination based on theoretical linguistics, neuroscience experiments, and computational modeling] (in Japanese), Evolinguistics 2020 Meeting, Japan (Online conference), Sept. 2020.
2. Ohta, S. & Maeno, K., Transcranial direct current stimulation over the left inferior frontal gyrus modulates syntactic processing, Neuroscience2020, Japan (Online conference), July-Aug. 2020.

Poster presentations

1. Gallagher, D. C., Yano, M., & Ohta, S., Modality-specific language processing of Spanish morphosyntactic and orthographic/phonological violations: An ERP study, 2^nd AMLaP Asia, Hong Kong, Dec. 2020 (Conference canceled).
2. Nakajima, J. & Ohta, S., Decompositional similarities between semantically transparent and opaque suffixation in Japanese: An ERP study, 2^nd AMLaP Asia, Hong Kong, Dec. 2020 (Conference canceled).
3. Ohta, S. & Maeno, K., Facilitation of syntactic processing by anodal tDCS over the left inferior frontal gyrus, SNL2020, USA (Online conference), Oct. 2020.
4. Gallagher, D. C., Yano, M., & Ohta, S., The L1 & L2 syntactic P600 across visual & auditory modalities: Preliminary ERP findings, SNL2020, USA (Online conference), Oct. 2020.
5. Ohta, S. & Fukui, N., Merge-generability ni motozuku gengo no shinkei kiban: fMRI ni yoru kentō [The neural basis of language: An fMRI investigation of Merge-generability] (in Japanese), Evolinguistics 2020 Meeting, Japan (Online conference), Mar. 2020.
6. Gallagher, D. C., Yano, M., & Ohta, S., Reading vs listening: The syntactic P600 in native Spanish speakers, Evolinguistics 2020 Meeting, Japan (Online conference), Mar. 2020.

Research Grants

1. Nov. 2020–Mar. 2021. Co-Investigator of a Grant-in-Aid for Aggressive Research by Young Researchers (Q-dai jump Research Program: Wakaba Challenge), Kyushu University. (JPY 900,000 for one year, Approx. USD 8,700). Elucidation of neural activity during anticipation of words
2. Aug. 2020–July 2022. Trainee, Received a Grant-in-Aid for Diversity and Super Global Training Program for Female and Young Faculty (SENTAN-Q), Kyushu University. (JPY 3,000,000 for two years, Approx. USD 27,000).