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2024

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Invited talks

  1. Ohta, S., Investigating the neural basis of language through non-invasive brain stimulation, SNU Workshop on Empirical and Laboratory Linguistics 2023 (SWELL2023), Seoul, Korea, Jan. 2024.

Oral presentations

  1. Huang, Z, Gallagher, D. C., & Ohta, S., Bilateral brain changes and compensatory mechanisms in dyslexia: A multimodal MRI study, 23rd JDRA Meeting, Tsukuba, Japan, Nov. 2024.
  2. Noda, H., Yamada, E., & Ohta, S., Yoji kango no kaisō kōzō no kōchiku ni kakawaru nō katsudō: Teijō jōtai yūhatsu jiba ni yoru kentō [Brain activation related to constructing the hierarchical structure of four-Chinese-character words: An investigation using steady-state evoked fields] (in Japanese), 169th LSJ Meeting, Sapporo, Japan, Nov. 2024.
  3. Yamada, E., Yoshii, N., Noda, H., Shigeto, H., Ohta, S, Kanji to hiragana no dokuji shori ni okeru hishitsu no jikūkan tokusei [Spatiotemporal cortical characteristics of reading processes of kanji and hiragana], The 54th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, Sapporo, Japan, Oct. 2024.
  4. Huang, Z, Gallagher, D. C., & Ohta, S., Jiyu MRI de shiduzheng nao gongneng chayi fenxi yu jing lu shijian ganshe ciji tansuo [MRI-based analysis of brain function differences in dyslexia and exploration of transcranial temporal interference stimulation], 2024 Jiangsu Province Postgraduate Language Development and Disorders Academic Innovation Forum: Research on language development and disorders from the perspective of “Frontier, Cross-cutting, Intelligence,” Nanjing, China, Oct. 2024.
  5. Ohta, S., Fujita, S., & Yamada, E., tACS alters the sentence structure in structurally ambiguous sentences: An EEG-tACS study, NEURO2024, Fukuoka, Japan, July 2024.
  6. Ohta, S., Haya, A., & Yamada, E., Investigating the function of the left superior temporal gyrus for phonological learning of a foreign language: A transcranial direct current electrical stimulation study, Spring Meeting 2024 of the Phonological Society of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, June 2024.
  7. Ohta, S. & Yamada, E., Temporal dynamics of neural activation in the left fusiform gyrus during lexical processing, in Symposium “MEG Data Analysis for Neural Decoding and Time-Course Tracking,” The 39th Annual Meeting of Japan Biomagnetism and Bioelectromagnetics Society, Chiba, Japan, June 2024.
  8. Yamaguchi, K., Yamada, E., & Ohta, S., Kuriage bun to kontorōru bun no kū hanchū shori ni kansuru MEG kenkyū [An MEG study on processing empty categories in raising and control sentences] (in Japanese), 9th Tsutomu Sakamoto Memorial Neuroscience Conference, Kanazawa, Japan, Mar. 2024.
  9. Egashira, T. & Ohta S., Aimai na fukugōgo no imi gōsei ni okeru hidari sokutō kyoku no kinō no kentō: tACS ni yoru kenkyū [Investigating the function of the left temporal pole in the semantic composition of ambiguous compound words: A tACS study] (in Japanese), 9th Tsutomu Sakamoto Memorial Neuroscience Conference, Kanazawa, Japan, Mar. 2024.
  10. Salem, A. M. & Ohta, S., Influence of syntactic/semantic violation on language processing utilizing tDCS, 9th Tsutomu Sakamoto Memorial Neuroscience Conference, Kanazawa, Japan, Mar. 2024.
  11. Noda, H., Yamada, E., & Ohta, S., Nōjizu o mochiita yoji kango no kaisō kōzō ni kakawaru nō katsudō no kentō [Investigation of brain activities related to the hierarchical structure of four Chinese character words using magnetoencephalography] (in Japanese), 9th Tsutomu Sakamoto Memorial Neuroscience Conference, Kanazawa, Japan, Mar. 2024.

Poster presentations

  1. Yamaguchi, K., Yamada, E., Ohta, S., Nihongo no kontorōru bun ni okeru kū shugo no shori: Nōjizu ni yoru kentō [The processing of the empty subject in Japanese control sentences: An MEG study] (in Japanese), 169th LSJ Meeting, Sapporo, Japan, Nov. 2024.
  2. Egashira, T. & Ohta, S., Classifying brain activity during semantic integration of sentences: An ERP study, SNL2024, Brisbane, Australia, Oct. 2024.
  3. Cui, Y. & Ohta, S., Do grammatical similarities in syntactic structure between Japanese and Chinese affect brain activity related to second language processing?, SNL2024, Brisbane, Australia, Oct. 2024.
  4. Gallagher, D. C., Huang, Z., & Ohta, S., Developing a model of dyslexia in neurotypical adults: A transcranial temporal interference stimulation study, SNL2024, Brisbane, Australia, Oct. 2024.
  5. Huang, Z, Gallagher, D. C., & Ohta, S., Investigating the neural substrate of developmental dyslexia: A multimodal parcellation study, SNL2024, Brisbane, Australia, Oct. 2024.
  6. Salem, A. M., Gallagher, D. C., Yamada, E., & Ohta, S., L1 impact on L2 Japanese processing: A dual-site tDCS study, AMLaP2024, Edinburgh, UK, Sept. 2024.
  7. Egashira, T. & Ohta, S., Structural but not linear distance is critical for semantic integration of sentences: An ERP study, NEURO2024, Fukuoka, Japan, July 2024.
  8. Ohta, S., Fujita, S., & Yamada, E., tACS modulates comprehensions of structurally ambiguous sentences, HSP2024, An Arbor, MI, USA, May 2024.
  9. Ohta, S., Gengogaku × nō kagaku de gengo no nazo ni semaru! Kyūdai Ohta kenkyū shitsu no shōkai [Linguistics × neuroscience to solve the mysteries of language! Introduction of the Ohta Laboratory at Kyushu University] (in Japanese), LingFest 2024, Japan (Online conference), Jan. 2024.
  10. Salem, A. M. & Ohta, S., Influence of syntactic/semantic violation on Japanese language processing utilizing tDCS and tACS, LingFest 2024, Japan (Online conference), Jan. 2024.

Research Grants

  1. Oct. 2024­–Sept. 2026. PI, Received a Research Grant in the Natural Science, the Mitsubishi Foundation. (JPY 4,000,000 for one year, Approx USD 28,400). Acceptance rate: 6% (21/329). Elucidating the neural mechanisms of second language acquisition using noninvasive brain stimulation.
  2. Apr. 2024–Mar. 2027. PI, Received a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), 24K00508, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. (JPY 18,590,000 for three years, Approx. USD 143,000). Acceptance rate: 28% (13/46 (3327/11875)). Elucidation of the neural mechanisms of language acquisition and language loss using high-density transcranial temporal interference stimulation.
  3. Apr. 2024–Mar. 2026. PI, Received a Grant Program for Biomedical Engineering Research (Encouragement of Research), Nakatani Foundation for Advancement of Measuring Technologies in Biomedical Engineering. (JPY 4,000,000 for two years, Approx. USD 28,400). Acceptance rate: 23% (59/255). Establishment of a non-invasive brain plasticity induction technique using transcranial temporal interference stimulation and functional brain imaging.

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