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2023

Book Chapters

  1. Nakajima, J. & Ohta, S., (Dis)similarities between semantically transparent and lexicalized nominal suffixation in Japanese: An ERP study using a masked priming paradigm, In Koizumi, M. (Ed.), Issues in Japanese Psycholinguistics from Comparative Perspectives: Interaction between Linguistic and Nonlinguistic Factors (Vol. 2) (The Mouton-NINJAL Library of Linguistics Series) (pp. 133–162), Berlin/Boston, De Gruyter Mouton, 2023. doi: 10.1515/9783110778939-008

Original Research Papers

  1. Yamaguchi, K. & Ohta, S., Dissociating the processing of empty categories in raising and control sentences: A self-paced reading study in Japanese, Front. Lang. Sci., Frontiers, 2, 1138749, 1–15, 2023. doi: 10.3389/flang.2023.1138749
  2. Ohta, S. & Iwashita, C., Shiin no on’in sosei ga onomatope no onshōchō ni ataeru eikyō: SD hō to inshibunseki o mochiita kenkyū [The effects of phonological features of consonants on sound symbolism in onomatopoeia: A study using semantic differential and factor analysis] (in Japanese), Oninkenkyu (Phonological Studies), The Phonological Society of Japan, 26, 43–50, 2023.

Others

  1. Ohta, S., Kyōdō kenkyū koto hajime: Kakine o koete shiya o hirogeyō [Starting collaborative research: Broaden your horizons beyond barriers] (in Japanese), Good practices of starting interdisciplinary research​​​​​​​, 2023.

Presentations
Invited talks

  1. Ohta, S., Nō kagaku to gengogaku mara mita “bun” gaku: Gengo nō kagaku e no izanai [Sentenceology from neuroscience and linguistics: An invitation to the neuroscience of language] (in Japanese), the 75th Meeting of the English Literary Society of Japan: The Regional Branch of the Chugoku and Shikoku District, Matsue, Japan, Oct. 2023.
  2. Ohta, S., SENTAN-Q de no manabi: kaigai PI to no kōshō o dō susumeta ka? [Learnings from the SENTAN-Q: How did I negotiate with overseas PIs?] (in Japanese), Joint Faculty Development for Gender Equity among Four Faculties at Maidashi Campus, Fukuoka, Japan (Online meeting), Aug. 2023.
  3. Ohta, S., Gengogaku × nō kagaku de kotoba to nō no nazo ni idomu [Unraveling the enigmas of language and the brain through linguistics and neuroscience] (in Japanese), Kyushu University Institute for Asian and Oceanian Studies (Q-AOS) Brown Bag Seminar, Fukuoka, Japan (Online conference), June 2023.
  4. Ohta, S., Enhancing global education and research through the practical skills acquired in the SENTAN-Q program, International Symposium for “Completion of the Project of Oversea Survey Analysis on Research Activity of Women Researchers for their Empowerment 2021–2022,” Fukuoka, Japan, Mar. 2023.

Oral presentations

  1. Ohta, S., MEG jikken no keika hōkoku [Progress report of the MEG experiment] (in Japanese), The OS Research Project Meeting in Okinawa, Japan (Online conference), Nov. 2023.
  2. Tanaka, R., Fukami, R., Yanai, K., Yamada, E., Shigeto, H., & Ohta, S., Jishō kanren jiba M170 ni taisuru keitaiso bunkatsu to kō kōzō no eikyō: Nōjizu ni yoru kenkyū [Effects of morphological decomposition and argument structure on event-related magnetic field M170: An MEG study] (in Japanese), 167th LSJ Meeting, Kyoto, Japan, Nov. 2023.
  3. Ohta, S., Kenkyū shōkai & kongo no kenkyū keikaku (mōsō) [Introduction of research & future research plan] (in Japanese), The MEG/iEEG Project Kickoff Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 2023.
  4. Ohta, S., Nakajima, J., & Yamada, E., Modality independence of cortical entrainments reflecting hierarchical linguistic structures: An EEG study, The 46th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society (Neuroscience 2023), Sendai, Japan, Aug. 2023.
  5. Yamada, E., Funai, K., Komori, A., Shigeto, H., & Ohta, S., Selective inhibition of syntactic processing by cathodal stimulation over Broca’s area: A high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation study, The 46th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society (Neuroscience 2023), Sendai, Japan, Aug. 2023.
  6. Gallagher, D. C., & Ohta, S., Anodal HD-tDCS over LIFG during L2 acquisition induces distinctive neurophysiological activity: An HD-tDCS/EEG study, The 46th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society (Neuroscience 2023), Sendai, Japan, Aug. 2023.
  7. Ohta, S., Nakajima, J., & Yamada, E., Tango naibu no kaisō kōzō o han’eishita shūkiteki na nō katsudō no zōdai: Nōha ni yoru kenkyū [Periodic increases in brain activity reflect hierarchical morphological structures: An EEG study] (in Japanese), 166th LSJ Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, June 2023.

Poster presentations

  1. Gallagher, D. C., Yano, M., & Ohta, S., Modality-specific language processing of Spanish morphosyntactic and orthographic/phonological violations: An ERP study, AMLaP Asia 2023, Hong Kong, Dec. 2023.
  2. Noda, H., Fukae, Y., Yamada, E., & Ohta, S., Nihongo kankeisetsu bun no kōzōteki aimaisei ga tōgoteki saikaiseki ni ataeru eikyō: Jishō kanren den’i ni yoru kentō [The effect of structural ambiguity on syntactic reanalysis of Japanese relative clauses: An ERP study] (in Japanese), 167th LSJ Meeting, Kyoto, Japan, Nov. 2023.
  3. Gallagher, D. C. & Ohta, S., Active HD-tDCS over the LIFG during L2 grammar acquisition reverses correlation between accuracy and ERP amplitude over the left frontotemporal region, SNL2023, Marseille, France, Oct. 2023.
  4. Yamaguchi, K. & Ohta, S., Raising and control sentences have the different empty categories: A self-paced reading study in Japanese, ICTEAP-4, Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 2023.
  5. Shalpoush, J. & Ohta, S., The effect of second language on syntactic processing, JSPS MEG/iEEG Project Kickoff Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 2023.
  6. Yamaguchi, K. & Ohta, S., Nihongo no kuriage bun to kontorōru bun no kotonaru kū hanchū shori [The different processing of empty categories of raising and control sentences in Japanese] (in Japanese), JSPS MEG/iEEG Project Kickoff Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 2023.
  7. Salem, A. M., & Ohta, S., Influence of syntactic/semantic violation on language processing using tDCS, JSPS MEG/iEEG Project Kickoff Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 2023.
  8. Yamaguchi, K. & Ohta, S., Nihongo ni okeru kuriage bun to kontorōru bun no kū hanchū shori ni tsuite [Processing empty categories in Japanese raising and control sentences] (in Japanese), 166th LSJ Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, June 2023.

Research Grants

  1. Nov. 2023–Mar. 2025. PI, Received an R&D Subsidies, Terumo Life Science Foundation. (JPY 2,000,000 for one year, Approx. USD 14,200). Acceptance rate: 34% (96/281). Development of rehabilitation techniques for dyslexia by transcranial temporal interference stimulation.
  2. July 2023–Mar. 2024. PI, Received a Grant for Research and Education Support through a Convergence Knowledge Platform, Kyushu University. (JPY 1,000,000 for one year, Approx. USD 7,100). Development of a non-invasive method for mapping brain function using magnetoencephalography.
  3. July 2023–Mar. 2024. PI, Received Researcher Network Formation Promotion Program with Candidate Universities for Strategic Partnership, Kyushu University. (JPY 700,000 for one year, Approx. USD 5,400). Development of a Japanese-Korean researcher network for the realization of linguistics research integrating theory and experimentation.
  4. Apr. 2023–Mar. 2028. Co-Investigator, Received a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S), 23H05493, The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. (JPY 3,640,000 for three years, Approx. USD 30,300). Explorations into the neurocognitive basis of symbolic processing: Focusing on the mediation system between form and meaning of human language.
  5. Apr. 2023–Mar. 2026. Co-Investigator, Received a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), 23H00501, The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. (JPY 1,560,000 for three years, Approx. USD 13,000). Withdrawn due to adoption of a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S), 23H05493. Elucidation of the system linking language form and meaning by time-resolved MVP analysis of magnetoencephalography and intracranial electroencephalogram.

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