Publications

Sato, W., Shimokawa, K., Uono, S., & Minato, T. (2024).
Mentalistic attention orienting triggered by android eyes.
Scientific Reports, 14, 23143: 1-8. [Summary] [PDF]

Sato, W., & Saito, A. (2024).
Weak subjective–facial coherence as a possible emotional coping in older adults.
Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1417609: 1-5. [Summary] [PDF]

Zhang, J., Sato, W., Kawamura, N., Shimokawa, K., Tang, B., & Nakamura, Y. (2024).
Sensing emotional valence and arousal dynamics through automated facial action unit analysis.
Scientific Reports, 14, 19563: 1-15. [Summary] [PDF]

Namba, S., Sato, W., Namba, S., Diel, A., Ishi, C., & Minato, T. (2024).
How an android expresses gnow loadingch: Examining the properties of thinking faces.
International Journal of Social Robotics, 16, 1861-1877. [Summary] [PDF]

Sato, W. (2024).
Advancements in sensors and analyses for emotion sensing.
Sensors, 24, 4166: 1-4. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Namba, S., Saito, A., & Sato, W. (2024).
Computational analysis of value learning and value-driven detection of neutral faces by young and older adults.
Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1281857: 1-11. [Summary] [PDF] [Related Articles (Pubmed)] [Outstanding Paper Award]

Kawamura, N., Sato, W., Shimokawa, K., Fujita, T., & Kawanishi, Y. (2024).
Machine learning-based interpretable modeling for subjective emotional dynamics sensing using facial EMG.
Sensors, 24, 1536: 1-14. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Usui, N., Kondo, A., Kubota, Y., Toichi, M., & Inoue, Y. (2024).
Impairment of unconscious emotional processing after unilateral medial temporal structure resection.
Scientific Reports, 14, 4269: 1-9. [Summary] [PDF] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Hsu, C.-T., Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2024).
An investigation of the modulatory effects of empathic and autistic traits on emotional and facial motor responses during live social interactions.
PLoS One, 19, e0290765: 1-27. [Summary] [PDF] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Saito, A., Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2024).
Altered emotional mind-body coherence in older adults.
Emotion, 24, 15-26. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Ishikura, T., Sato, W., Takamatsu, J., Yuguchi, A., Cho, S.-G., Ding, M., Yoshikawa, S., & Ogasawara, T. (2024).
Delivery of pleasant stroke touch via robot in older adults.
Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1292178: 1-8. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Schiller, D., Yu, A. N. C., Alia-Klein, N., Becker, S., Cromwell, H. C., Dolcos, F., Eslinger, P. J., Frewen, P., Kemp, A. H., Pace-Schott, E. F., Raber, J., Silton, R. L., Stefanova, E., Williams, J. H. G., Abe, N., Aghajani, M., Albrecht, F., Alexander, R., Anders, S., Aragon, O. R., Arias, J. A., Arzy, S., Aue, T., Baez, S., Balconi, M., Ballarini, T., Bannister, S., Banta, M. C., Barrett, K. C., Belzung, C., Bensafi, M., Booij, L., Bookwala, J., Boulanger-Bertolus, J., Boutros, S. W., Brascher, A. K., Bruno, A., Busatto, G., Bylsma, L. M., Caldwell-Harris, C., Chan, R. C. K., Cherbuin, N., Chiarella, J., Cipresso, P., Critchley, H., Croote, D. E., Demaree, H. A., Denson, T. F., Depue, B., Derntl, B., Dickson, J. M., Dolcos, S., Drach-Zahavy, A., Dubljevi?, O., Eerola, T., Ellingsen, D. M., Fairfield, B., Ferdenzi, C., Friedman, B. H., Fu, C. H. Y., Gatt, J. M., deGelder, B., Gendolla, G. H. E., Gilam, G., Goldblatt, H., Gooding, A. E. K., Gosseries, O., Hamm, A. O., Hanson, J. L., Hendler, T., Herbert, C., Hofmann, S. G., Ibanez, A., Joffily, M., Jovanovic, T., Kahrilas, I. J., Kangas, M., Katsumi, Y., Kensinger, E., Kirby, L. A. J., Koncz, R., Koster, E. H. W., Kozlowska, K., Krach, S., Kret, M. E., Krippl, M., Kusi-Mensah, K., Ladouceur, C. D., Laureys, S., Lawrence, A., Li, C. R., Liddell, B. J., Lidhar, N. K., Lowry, C. A., Magee, K., Marin, M. F., Mariotti, V., Martin, L. J., Marusak, H. A., Mayer, A. V., Merner, A. R., Minnier, J., Moll, J., Morrison, R. G., Moore, M., Mouly, A.-M., Mueller, S. C., Muhlberger, A., Murphy, N. A., Muscatello, M. R. A., Musser, E. D., Newton, T. L., Noll-Hussong, M. Norrholm, S. D., Northoff, G., Nusslock, R., Okon-Singer, H., Olino, T. M., Ortner, C., Owolabi, M., Padulo, C., Palermo, R., Palumbo, R., Palumbo, S., Papadelis, C., Pegna, A. J., Pellegrini, S., Peltonen, K., Penninx, B. W. J. H., Pietrini, P., Pinna, G., Lobo, R. P., Polnaszek, K. L., Polyakova, M., Rabinak, C., HeleneRichter, S., Richter, T., Riva, G., Rizzo, A., Robinson, J. L., Rosa, P., Sachdev, P. S., Sato, W., Schroeter, M. L., Schweizer, S., Shiban, Y., Siddharthan, A., Siedlecka, E., Smith, R. C., Soreq, H., Spangler, D. P., Stern, E. R., Styliadis, C., Sullivan, G. B., Swain, J. E., Urben, S., Van den Stock, J., Vander Kooij, M. A., van Overveld, M., Van Rheenen, T. E., VanElzakker, M. B., Ventura-Bort, C., Verona, E., Volk, T., Wang, Y., Weingast, L. T., Weymar, M., Williams, C., Willis, M. L., Yamashita, P., Zahn, R., Zupan, B., Lowe, L., Gabriela, G., Huggins, C. F., & Leonie, L. (2024).
The Human Affectome.
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 158, 105450: 1-32. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Huggins, C. F., Williams, J. H. G., & Sato, W. (2023).
Cross-cultural differences in self-reported and behavioural emotional self-awareness between Japan and the UK.
BMC Research Notes, 16, 380: 1-6. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Namba, S., Sato, W., Namba, S., Nomiya, H., Shimokawa, K., & Osumi, M. (2023).
Development of the RIKEN database for dynamic facial expressions with multiple angles.
Scientific Reports, 13, 21785: 1-12. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Diel, A., Sato, W., Hsu, C.-T., & Minato, T. (2023).
Asynchrony enhances uncanniness in human, android, and virtual dynamic facial expressions.
BMC Research Notes, 16, 368: 1-7. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2023).
Influence of stimulus manipulation on conscious awareness of emotional facial expressions in the match-to-sample paradigm.
Scientific Reports, 13, 20727: 1-12. [Summary] [PDF] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Hsu, C.-T., & Sato, W. (2023).
Electromyographic validation of spontaneous facial mimicry detection using automated facial action coding.
Sensors, 23, 9076: 1-19. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Saito, A., Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2023).
Sex differences in the rapid detection of neutral faces associated with emotional value.
Biology of Sex Differences, 14, 84, 1-12. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Saito, A., Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2023).
Autistic traits modulate the rapid detection of punishment-associated neutral faces.
Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1284739: 1-7. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Diel, A., Sato, W., Hsu, C.-T., & Minato, T. (2023).
Differences in configural processing for human vs. android dynamic facial expressions.
Scientific Reports, 13, 16952: 1-8. [Summary] [PDF] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Diel, A., Sato, W., Hsu, C.-T., & Minato, T. (2023).
The inversion effect on the cubic humanness-uncanniness relation in humanlike agents.
Frontiers in Psycholog, 14, 1222279: 1-8. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Nakazawa, A., Yoshikawa, S., Kochiyama, T., Honda, M., & Gineste, Y. (2023).
Behavioral and neural underpinnings of empathic characteristics in a Humanitude-care expert.
Frontiers in Medicine, 10, 1059203: 1-11. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., & Kochiyama, T. (2023).
Crosstalk in facial EMG and its reduction using ICA.
Sensors, 23, 2720: 1-11. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W.*, Kochiyama, T.*, & Yoshikawa, S. (* equal contributors) (2023).
The widespread action observation/execution matching system for facial expression processing.
Human Brain Mapping, 44, 3057-3071. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Ishikura, T., Yuki, K., Sato, W., Takamatsu, J., Yuguchi, A., Cho, S. G.. Ding, M., Yoshikawa, S., & Ogasawara, T. (2023).
Pleasant stroke touch on human back by a human and a robot.
Sensors, 23, 1136: 1-11. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W. (chapter; 2023).
Social and affective neuroscience of everyday human interaction: From theory to methodology.
Boggio, P. S., Wingenbach, T. S. H., da Silveira Coelho, M. L., Comfort, W. E., Marques, L. M., & Alves, M. V. C. (eds.). [PDF] [Cited by (Google)]

Yang, D., Sato, W., Liu, Q., Minato, T., Namba, S., & Nishida, S. (2022).
Optimizing facial expressions of an android robot effectively: A Bayesian optimization approach.
2022 IEEE-RAS 21st International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 542-549. [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Saito, A., Sato, W., Ikegami, A., Ishihara, S., Nakauma, M., Funami, T., Fushiki, T., & Yoshikawa, S. (2022).
Subjective-physiological coherence during food consumption in older adults.
Nutrients, 14, 4736: 1-13. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Uono, S., & Kochiyama, T. (Chapter; 2022).
Advances in social cognition assessment and intervention in autism spectrum disorder.
Halayem, S., Amado, I. R., Bouden, A., & Leventhal, B. (eds.). [PDF]

Hsu, C.-T., Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Nakai, R., Asano, K., Abe, N., & Yoshikawa, S. (2022).
Enhanced mirror neuron network activity and effective connectivity during live interaction among female subjects.
Neuroimage, 263, 119655: 1-19. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., & Kochiyama, T. (2022).
Exploration of emotion dynamics sensing using trapezius EMG and fingertip temperature.
Sensors, 22, 6553: 1-16. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sawada, R., Sato, W., Nakashima, R., & Kumada, T. (2022).
How are emotional facial expressions detected rapidly and accurately? A diffusion model analysis.
Cognition, 229, 105235: 1-14. [Summary] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Namba, S., Sato, W., Nakamura, K., & Watanabe, K. (2022).
Computational process of sharing emotion: An authentic information perspective.
Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 849499: 1-13. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sawabe, T., Honda, S., Sato, W., Ishikura, T., Kanbara, M., Yoshikawa, S., Fujimoto, Y., & Kato, H. (2022).
Robot touch with speech boosts positive emotions.
Scientific Reports, 12, 6884: 1-8. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Namba, S., Sato, W., & Matsui, H. (2022).
Spatio-temporal properties of amused, embarrassed and pained smiles.
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 46, 467-483. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Saito, A., Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2022).
Rapid detection of neutral faces associated with emotional value among older adults.
Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 77, 1219-1228. [Summary] [PDF] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Namba, S., Yang, D., Nishida, S., Ishi, C., & Minato, T. (2022).
An android for emotional interaction: Spatiotemporal validation of its facial expressions.
Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 800657: 1-12. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Uono, S., Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Yoshimura, S., Sawada, R., Kubota, Y., Sakihama, M., & Toichi, M. (2022).
The structural neural correlates of atypical facial expression recognition in autism spectrum disorder.
Brain Imaging and Behavior, 16, 1428-1440. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Saito, A., Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2022).
Rapid detection of neutral faces associated with emotional value.
Cognition and Emotion, 36, 546-559. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Ikegami, A., Ishihara, S., Nakauma, M., Funami, T., Yoshikawa, S., & Fushiki, T. (2021).
Brow and masticatory muscle activity senses subjective hedonic experiences during food consumption.
Nutrients, 13, 4216: 1-14. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Namba, S., Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2021).
Viewpoint robustness of automated facial action unit detection systems.
Applied Sciences, 11, 11171: 1-9. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Sato, W. (2021).
Color's indispensable role in the rapid detection of food.
Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 753654: 1-7. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Uono, S., Sato, W., Sawada, R., Kawakami, S., Yoshimura, S., & Toichi, M. (2021).
Schizotypy is associated with difficulties detecting emotional facial expressions.
Royal Society Open Science, 8, 211322: 1-12. [Summary] [PDF] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Usui, N., Sawada, R., Kondo, A., Toichi, M., & Inoue, Y. (2021).
Impairment of emotional expression detection after unilateral medial temporal structure resection.
Scientific Reports, 11, 20617: 1-10. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Huggins, C., Cameron, I. M., Scott, N. W., Williams, J. H., Yoshikawa, S., & Sato, W. (2021).
Cross-cultural differences and psychometric properties of the Japanese Actions and Feelings Questionnaire (J-AFQ).
Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 722108: 1-11. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Namba, S., Sato, W., Osumi, M., & Shimokawa, K. (2021).
Assessing automated facial action unit detection systems for analyzing cross-domain facial expression databases.
Sensors, 21, 4222: 1-18. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Zickfeld, J. H., van de Ven, N., Pich, O., Schubert, T. W., Berkessel, J. B., Pizarro, J. J., Bhushan, B., Mateo, N. J., Barbosa, S., Sharman, L., K ökönyei, G., Schrover, E., Kardum, I., Aruta, J. J. B., Lazarevic, L. B., Escobar, M. J., Stadel, M., Arriaga, P., Dodaj, A., Shankland, R., Majeed, N. M., Li, Y., Lekkou, E., Hartanto, A., Özdoğru, A. A., Vaughn, L. A., Espinozay, M. C., Caballero, A., Kolen, A., Karsten, J., Manley, H., Maeura, N., Eşkisu, M., Shani, Y., Chittham, P., Ferreira, D., Bavolar, J., Konova, I., Sato, W., Morvinski, C., Carrera, P., Villar, S., Ibanez, A., Hareli, S., Garcia, A. M., Kremer, I., Götz, F. M., Schwerdtfeger, A., Estrada-Mejia, C., Nakayama, M., Ng, W. Q., Sesar, K., Orjiakor, C., Dumont, K., Allred, T. B., Gračanin, A., Rentfrow, P. J., Sch önefeld, V., Vally, Z., Barzykowski, K., Peltola, H. R., Tcherkassof, A., Haque, S., Śmieja, M., Su-May, T. T., IJzerman, H., Vatakis, A., Ong, C. W., Choi, E., Schorch, S. L., Páez, D., Malik, S., Kačmár, P., Bobowik, M., Jose, P., Vuoskoski, J., Basabe, N., Doğan, U., Ebert, T., Uchida, Y., Zheng, M. X., Mefoh, P., Šebeňa, R., Stanke, F. A., Ballada, C. J., Blaut, A., Wu, Y., Daniels, J. K., Kocsel, N., Burak, E. G. D., Balt, N. F., Vanman, E., Stewart, S. L. K., Verschuere, B., Sikka, P., Boudesseul, J., Martins, D., Nussinson, R., Ito, K., Mentser, S., Çolak, T. S., Martinez-Zelaya, C., & Vingerhoets, A. (2021).
Tears evoke the intention to offer social support: A systematic investigation of the interpersonal effects of emotional crying across 41 countries.
Journal of Experiment Social Psychology, 95, 104137: 1-24. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Nishimura, S., Nakamura, T., Sato, W., Kanbara, M., Fujimoto, Y., Kato, H., & Hagita, N. (2021).
Vocal synchrony of robots boosts positive affective empathy.
Applied Sciences, 11, 2502: 1-18. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Google)]

Sato, W., Murata, K., Uraoka, Y., Shibata, K., Yoshikawa, S., & Furuta, M. (2021).
Emotional valence sensing using a wearable facial EMG device.
Scientific Reports, 11, 5757: 1-11. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Yoshikawa, S., & Fushiki, T. (2021).
Facial EMG activity is associated with hedonic experiences but not nutritional values while viewing food images.
Nutrients, 13, 11: 1-13. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Nishimura, S., Kimata, D., Sato, W., Kanbara, M., Fujimoto, Y., Kato, H., & Hagita, N. (2020).
Positive emotion amplification by representing excitement scene with TV chat agents.
Sensors, 20, 7330: 1-15. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., & Yoshikawa, S. (2020).
Physiological correlates of subjective emotional valence and arousal dynamics while viewing films.
Biological Psychology, 157, 107974: 1-9. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Rymarczyk, K., Minemoto, K., & Hyniewska, S. (2020).
Cultural differences in food detection.
Scientific Reports, 10, 17285: 1-7. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Hsu, C.-T., Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2020).
Enhanced emotional and motor responses to live vs. videotaped dynamic facial expressions.
Scientific Reports, 10, 16825: 1-11. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Uono, S., & Kochiyama, T. (2020).
Neurocognitive mechanisms underlying social atypicalities in autism: Weak amygdalafs emotional modulation hypothesis.
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 864: 1-11. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W. (2020).
Association between dieting failure and unconscious hedonic responses to food.
Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 2089: 1-6. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Minemoto, K., Sawada, R., Miyazaki, Y., & Fushiki, T. (2020).
Image database of Japanese food samples with nutrition information.
PeerJ, 8, e9206: 1-17. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Minemoto, K., Ikegami, A., Nakauma, M., Funami, T., & Fushiki, T. (2020).
Facial EMG correlates of subjective hedonic responses during food consumption.
Nutrients, 12, 1174: 1-13. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Kong, F., Heller, A. S., van Reekum, C. M., & Sato, W. (eds.) (2020).
Positive neuroscience: the neuroscience of human flourishing. [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Saito, A., Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2020).
Older adults detect happy facial expressions less rapidly.
Royal Society Open Science, 7, 191715: 1-9. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Williams, J., Huggins, C., Zupan, B., Willis, M., Van Rheenen, T., Sato, W., Palermo, R., Ortner, C., Krippl, M., Kret, M., Dickson, J., Li, C S R., & Lowe, L. (2020).
A sensorimotor control framework for understanding emotional communication and regulation.
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 112, 503-518. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Krumhuber, E. G., Jellema, T., & Williams, J. H. G. (eds.) (2020).
Dynamic emotional communication. [PDF]

Sato, W.*, Kochiyama, T.*, Uono, S., Sawada, R., & Yoshikawa, S. (* equal contributors) (2020).
Amygdala activity related to perceived social support.
Scientific Reports, 10, 2951: 1-9. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Kong, F., Heller, A. S., van Reekum, C. M., & Sato, W. (2020).
Editorial: Positive neuroscience: the neuroscience of human flourishing.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14, 47: 1-3. [PDF] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Honda, S., Sawabe, T., Nishimura, S., Sato, W., Fujimoto, Y., Plopski, A., Kanbara, M., & Kato, H. (2019).
Evaluation of relationship between stroke pace and speech rate for touch-care robot.
HAI 2019 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, 283-285.

Nishimura, S., Nakamura, T., Kanbara, M., Sato, W., & Hagita, N. (2019).
Evaluation of pacing for dialog robots to build trust relationships with human users.
HAI 2019 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, 300-302.

Sato, W., Krumhuber, E. G., Jellema, T., & Williams, J. H. G. (2019).
Editorial: Dynamic emotional communication.
Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 2832: 1-5. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Rymarczyk, K., Minemoto, K., Wojciechowski, J., & Hyniewska, S. (2019).
Cultural moderation of unconscious hedonic responses to food.
Nutrients, 11, 2832: 1-9. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W.*, Kochiyama, T.*, Uono, S., Yoshimura, S., Kubota, Y., Sawada, R., Sakihama, M., & Toichi, M. (* equal contributors) (2019).
Atypical amygdala-neocortex interaction during dynamic facial expression processing in autism spectrum disorder.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 13, 351: 1-12. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W.*, Kochiyama, T.*, Uono, S., Sawada, R., Kubota, Y., Yoshimura, S., & Toichi, M. (* equal contributors) (2019).
Resting-state neural activity and connectivity associated with subjective happiness.
Scientific Reports, 9, 12098: 1-10. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sawada, R., Sato, W., Minemoto, K., & Fushiki, T. (2019).
Hunger promotes the detection of high-fat food.
Appetite, 142, 104377: 1-6. [Summary] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W.*, & Uono, S.* (* equal contributors) (2019).
The atypical social brain network in autism: Advances in structural and functional MRI studies.
Current Opinion in Neurology, 32, 617-621. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W.*, Kochiyama, T.*, Uono, S., Sawada, R., Kubota, Y., Yoshimura, S., & Toichi, M. (* equal contributors) (2019).
Widespread and lateralized social brain activity for processing dynamic facial expressions.
Human Brain Mapping, 40, 3753-3768. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)] [Selected for the Cover Image]

Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Minemoto, K., Sawada, R., & Fushiki, T. (2019).
Amygdala activation during unconscious visual processing of food.
Scientific Reports, 9, 7277: 1-14. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Kubota, T., Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Uono, S., Yoshimura, S., Sawada, R., & Toichi, M. (2019).
Corticostriatal-limbic correlates of sub-clinical obsessive-compulsive traits.
Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 285, 40-46. [Summary] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Hyniewska, S., Minemoto, K., & Yoshikawa, S. (2019).
Facial expressions of basic emotions in Japanese laypeople.
Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 259: 1-11. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Hyniewska, S., Sato, W., Kaiser, S., & Pelachaud, S. (2019).
Naturalistic emotion decoding from facial action sets.
Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 2678: 1-11. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W.*, Kochiyama, T.*, Uono, S., Usui, N., Kondo, A., Matsuda, K., Usui, K., Toichi, M., & Inoue, Y. (* equal contributors) (2018).
Analyzing neural activity and connectivity using intracranial EEG data with SPM software.
Journal of Visualized Experiments, 140, e58187: 1-9. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Uono, S., Sato, W., Sawada, R., Kochiyama, T., & Motomi, T. (2018).
Spatiotemporal commonalities of fronto-parietal activation in attentional orienting triggered by supraliminal and subliminal gaze cues: An event-related potential study.
Biological Psychology, 136, 29-38. [Summary] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Nakazawa, A., Honda, M., Kurazume, R., Sato, W., Ishikawa, S., Yoshikawa, S., & Ito, M. (2018).
Computational tender-care science: Computational and cognitive neuroscientific approaches for understanding the tender care.
SymCollab 2018, 2018, 1-7.

Yoshimura, S., Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Uono, S., Sawada, R., Kubota, Y., & Toichi, M. (2017).
Gray matter volumes of early sensory regions are associated with individual differences in sensory processing.
Human Brain Mapping, 38, 6206-6217. [Summary] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Sawada, R., Kubota, T., Toichi, M., & Fushiki, T. (2017).
Homeostatic modulation on unconscious hedonic responses to food.
BMC Research Notes, 10, 511: 1-6. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Sawada, R., Uono, S., Yoshimura, S., Kochiyama, T., Kubota, Y., Sakihama, M., & Toichi, M. (2017).
Impaired detection of happy facial expressions in autism.
Scientific Reports, 7, 13340: 1-12. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Uono, S., Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Kubota, T., Sawada, R., Yoshimura, S., & Toichi, M. (2017).
Putamen volume is negatively correlated with the ability to recognize fearful facial expressions.
Brain Topography, 30, 774-784. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W.*, Kochiyama, T.*, Uono, S., Matsuda, K., Usui, K., Usui, N., Inoue, Y., & Toichi, M. (* equal contributors) (2017).
Bidirectional electric communication between the inferior occipital gyrus and the amygdala during face processing.
Human Brain Mapping, 38, 4511-4524. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W.*, Kochiyama, T.*, Uono, S., Yoshimura, S., Kubota, Y., Sawada, R., Sakihama, M., & Toichi, M. (* equal contributors) (2017).
Reduced gray matter volume in the social brain network in adults with autism spectrum disorder.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, 395: 1-12. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Uono, S., Kochiyama, T., Yoshimura, S., Sawada, R., Kubota, Y., Sakihama, M., & Toichi, M. (2017).
Structural correlates of reading the mind in the eyes in autism spectrum disorder.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, 361: 1-9. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Uono, S., Yoshimura, S., & Toichi, M. (2017).
Neural mechanisms underlying conscious and unconscious gaze-triggered attentional orienting in autism spectrum disorder.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, 339: 1-13. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sawada, R., Sato, W., Toichi, M., & Fushiki, T. (2017).
Fat content modulates rapid detection of food: A visual search study using fast food and Japanese diet.
Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1033: 1-8. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Hyniewska, S., & Sato, W. (Chapter; 2017).
Reading faces and bodies: Behavioral and neural processes underlying the understanding of, and interaction with, others.
Ricciardelli, P., Bayliss, A. P., & Actis-Grosso, R. (eds.).

Uono, S., Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Kubota, Y., Sawada, R., Yoshimura, S., & Toichi, M. (2017).
Time course of gamma-band oscillation associated with face processing in the inferior occipital gyrus and fusiform gyrus: A combined fMRI and MEG study.
Human Brain Mapping, 38, 2067-2079. [Summary] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Uono, S., Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Sawada, R., Kubota, Y., Yoshimura, S., & Toichi, M. (2017).
Neural substrates of the ability to recognize facial expressions: A voxel-based morphometry study.
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 12, 487-495. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W.*, Kochiyama, T.*, Uono, S., Yoshikawa, S., & Toichi, M. (* equal contributors) (2017).
Direction of amygdala–neocortex interaction during dynamic facial expression processing.
Cerebral Cortex, 27, 1878-1890. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W.*, Kochiyama, T.*, Uono, S., Matsuda, K., Usui, K., Usui, N., Inoue, Y., & Toichi, M. (* equal contributors) (2016).
Rapid gamma oscillations in the inferior occipital gyrus in response to eyes.
Scientific Reports, 6, 36321: 1-11. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W.*, Kochiyama, T.*, Uono, S., Matsuda, K., Usui, K., Usui, N., Inoue, Y., & Toichi, M. (* equal contributors) (2016).
Gamma oscillations in the temporal pole in response to eyes.
PLoS One, 11, e0162039: 1-16. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Sawada, R., Kubota, T., Toichi, M., & Fushiki, T. (2016).
Unconscious affective responses to food.
PLoS One, 11, e0160956: 1-13. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W. (2016).
Scientists' personality, values, and well-being.
Springerplus, 5, 613: 1-7. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sawada, R., Sato, W., Uono, S., Kochiyama, T., Kubota, Y., Yoshimura, S., & Toichi, M. (2016).
Neuroticism delays detection of facial expressions.
PLoS One, 11: e0153400: 1-11. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Kubota, Y., Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Uono, S., Yoshimura, S., Sawada, R., Sakihama, M., & Toichi, M. (2016).
Putamen volume correlates with obsessive compulsive characteristics in healthy population.
Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 249, 97-104. [Summary] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Uono, S., Sawada, R., Kubota, Y., Yoshimura, S., & Toichi, M. (2016).
Structural neural substrates of reading the mind in the eyes.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10, 151: 1-7. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W.*, Kochiyama, T.*, Kubota, Y., Uono, S., Sawada, R., Yoshimura, S., & Toichi, M. (* equal contributors) (2016).
The association between perceived social support and amygdala structure.
Neuropsychologia, 85, 237-244. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Uono, S., & Toichi, M. (2016).
Neural mechanisms underlying conscious and unconscious attentional shifts triggered by eye gaze.
Neuroimage, 124, 118-126. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Uono, S., Kubota, Y., Sawada, R., Yoshimura, S., & Toichi, M. (2015).
The structural neural substrate of subjective happiness.
Scientific Reports, 5, 16891: 1-7. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sawada, R., & Sato, W. (2015).
Emotional attention capture by facial expressions.
Scientific Reports, 5, 14042: 1-8. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W.*, Kochiyama, T.*, & Uono, S. (* equal contributors) (2015).
Spatiotemporal neural network dynamics for the processing of dynamic facial expressions.
Scientific Reports, 5, 12432: 1-13. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Okada, T., Kubota, Y., Sato, W., Murai, T., Pellion, F., & Gorog, F. (2015).
Common impairments of emotional facial expression recognition in schizophrenia across French and Japanese cultures.
Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 1018: 1-6. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Uono, S., Sato, W., & Toichi, M. (2015).
Exaggerated perception of facial expressions is increased in individuals with schizotypal traits.
Scientific Reports, 5, 11795: 1-8. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W. (2015).
Inhibition of emotion-related autonomic arousal by skin pressure.
Springerplus, 4, 294: 1-4. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Hyniewska, S., & Sato, W. (2015).
Facial feedback affects valence jugdments of dynamic and static emotional expressions.
Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 291: 1-7. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Yoshimura, S., Sato, W., Uono, S., & Toichi, M. (2015).
Impaired overt facial mimicry in response to dynamic facial expressions in high-functioning autism spectrum disorders.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45, 1318-1328. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W.*, Kubota, Y.*, Kochiyama, T., Uono, S., Yoshimura, S., Sawada, R., Sakihama, M., & Toichi, M. (* equal contributors) (2014).
Increased putamen volume in adults with autism spectrum disorder.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8, 957: 1-6. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W.*, Kubota, Y.*, & Toichi, M. (* equal contributors) (2014).
Enhanced subliminal emotional responses to dynamic facial expressions.
Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 994: 1-7. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Uono, S., Sato, W., & Kochiyama, T. (2014).
Commonalities and differences in the spatiotemporal neural dynamics associated with automatic attentional shifts induced by gaze and arrows.
Neuroscience Research, 87, 56-65. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Uono, S., Sato, W., & Toichi, M. (2014).
Reduced representational momentum for subtle dynamic facial expressions in individuals with autism spectrum disorders.
Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 8, 1090-1099. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Sato, W.*, Kochiyama, T.*, Uono, S., Matsuda, K., Usui, K., Inoue, Y., & Toichi, M. (* equal contributors) (2014).
Rapid, high-frequency, and theta-coupled gamma oscillations in the inferior occipital gyrus during face processing.
Cortex, 60, 52-68. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sawada, R., Sato, W., Uono, S., Kochiyama, T., & Toichi, M. (2014).
Electrophysiological correlates of the efficient detection of emotional facial expressions.
Brain Research, 1560, 60-72. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sawada, R., Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Uono, S., Kubota, Y., Yoshimura, S., & Toichi, M. (2014).
Sex differences in the rapid detection of emotional facial expressions.
PLoS One, 9, e94747: 1-7. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Uono, S., & Toichi, M. (2013).
Atypical recognition of dynamic changes in facial expressions in autism spectrum disorders.
Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 7, 906-912. [Summary] [PDF] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Uono, S., Matsuda, K., Usui, K., Inoue, Y., & Toichi, M. (2013).
Rapid and multiple-stage activation of the human amygdala for processing facial signals.
Communicative and Integrative Biology, 6, e24562: 1-5. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Fujimura, T., Kochiyama, T., & Suzuki, N. (2013).
Relationships among facial mimicry, emotional experience, and emotion recognition.
PLoS One, 8, e57889: 1-8. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Uono, S., Sato, W., & Toichi, M. (2013).
Common and unique impairments in facial-expression recognition in pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified and Asperger's disorder.
Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 7, 361-368. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2013).
Recognition memory for faces and scenes.
Journal of General Psychology, 140, 1-15. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Sato, W.*, Toichi, M.*, Uono, S., & Kochiyama, T. (* equal contributors) (2012).
Impaired social brain network for processing dynamic facial expressions in autism spectrum disorders.
BMC Neuroscience, 13, 99: 1-17. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Uono, S., Matsuda, K., Usui, K., Inoue, Y., & Toichi, M. (2012).
Temporal profile of amygdala gamma oscillations in response to faces.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 24, 1420-1433. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Fujimura, T., Sato, W., & Okanoya, K. (2012).
Subcategories of positive emotion.
Psychologia, 55, 1-8. [Summary] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Okada, T., Sato, W., Kubota, Y., Toichi, M., & Murai, T. (2012).
Right hemispheric dominance and interhemispheric cooperation in reflexive attentional shift by gaze.
Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 66, 97-104. [Summary] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Uono, S., Matsuda, K., Usui, K., Inoue, Y., & Toichi, M. (2011).
Rapid amygdala gamma oscillations in response to eye gaze.
PLoS One, 6, e28188: 1-6. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Uono, S., Sato, W., & Toichi, M. (2011).
The specific impairment of fearful expression recognition and its atypical development in pervasive developmental disorder.
Social Neuroscience, 6, 452-463. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., & Yoshikawa, S. (2011).
The inversion effect for neutral and emotional facial expressions on amygdala activity.
Brain Research, 1378, 84-90. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Uono, S., Matsuda, K., Usui, K., Inoue, Y., & Toichi, M. (2011).
Rapid amygdala gamma oscillations in response to fearful facial expressions.
Neuropsychologia, 49, 612-617. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Uono, S., Okada, T., & Toichi, M. (2010).
Impairment of unconscious, but not conscious, gaze-triggered attention orienting in Asperger's disorder.
Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 4, 782-786. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Fujimura, T., Sato, W., & Suzuki, N. (2010).
Facial expression arousal level modulates facial mimicry.
International Journal of Psychophysiology, 76, 88-92. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Uono, S., & Yoshikawa, S. (2010).
Automatic attentional shifts by gaze, gestures, and symbols.
Psychologia, 53, 27-35. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Uono, S., & Yoshikawa, S. (2010).
Amygdala integrates emotional expression and gaze direction in response to dynamic facial expressions.
Neuroimage, 50, 1658-1665. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2010).
Detection of emotional facial expressions and anti-expressions.
Visual Cognition, 18, 369-388. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Uono, S., Sato, W., & Toichi, M. (2010).
Brief report: Representational momentum for dynamic facial expressions in pervasive developmental disorder.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40, 371-377. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., & Yoshikawa, S. (2010).
Amygdala activity in response to forward versus backward dynamic facial expressions.
Brain Research, 1315, 92-99. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Adams, R. B. Jr., Rule, N. O., Franklin, R. G. Jr., Wang, E., Stevenson, M. T., Yoshikawa, S., Nomura, M., Sato, W., Kveraga, K., & Ambady, N. (2010).
Cross-cultural reading the mind in the eyes: An fMRI investigation.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 22, 97-108. [Summary] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Uono, S., Sato, W., & Toichi, M. (2009).
Dynamic fearful expressions enhance gaze-triggered attention orienting in high and low anxiety individuals.
Social Behavior and Personality, 37, 1313-1326. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Uono, S., Sato, W., Michimata, C., Yoshikawa, S., & Toichi, M. (2009).
Facilitation of gaze-triggered attention orienting by a fearful expression and its relationship to anxiety.
Psychologia, 52, 188-197. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Uono, S., Sato, W., & Toichi, M. (2009).
Dynamic fearful gaze does not enhance attention orienting in individuals with Asperger¡Çs disorder.
Brain and Cognition, 71, 229-233. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Uono, S., Matsuura, N., & Toichi, M. (2009).
Misrecognition of facial expressions in delinquents.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 3, 27: 1-7. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2009).
Anti-expressions: Artificial control stimuli for emotional facial expressions regarding visual properties.
Social Behavior and Personality, 37, 491-502. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Uono, S., & Yoshikawa, S. (2009).
Commonalities in the neural mechanisms underlying automatic attentional shifts by gaze, gestures, and symbols.
Neuroimage, 45, 984-992. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Fujimura, T., & Suzuki, N. (2008).
Enhanced facial EMG activity in response to dynamic facial expressions.
International Journal of Psychophysiology, 70, 70-74. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Uono, S., & Yoshikawa, S. (2008).
Time course of superior temporal sulcus activity in response to eye gaze: A combined fMRI and MEG study.
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 3, 224-232. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Yoshikawa, S., & Sato, W. (2008).
Dynamic facial expressions of emotion induce representational momentum.
Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 8, 25-31. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W. (chapter; 2008).
Affective computing: Emotion modelling, synthesis and recognition.
Jimmy, O. (ed.) [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Google)]

Okada, T., Sato, W., Kubota, Y., Usui, K., Inoue, Y., Murai, T., Hayashi, T., & Toichi, M. (2008).
Involvement of medial temporal structures in reflexive attentional shift by gaze.
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 183, 87-94. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Okada, T., & Toichi, M. (2007).
Attentional shift by gaze is triggered without awareness.
Experimental Brain Research, 183, 87-94. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Noguchi, M., & Yoshikawa, S. (2007).
Emotion elicitation effect of films in a Japanese sample.
Social Behavior and Personality, 38, 863-874. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2007).
Spontaneous facial mimicry in response to dynamic facial expressions.
Cognition, 104, 1-18. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2007).
Enhanced experience of emotional arousal in response to dynamic facial expressions.
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 31, 119-135. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Sato, W., & Aoki, S. (2006).
Right hemispheric dominance in processing of unconscious negative emotion.
Brain and Cognition, 62, 261-266. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Yoshikawa, S., & Sato, W. (2006).
Enhanced perceptual, emotional, and motor processing in response to dynamic facial expressions of emotion.
Japanese Psychological Research, 48, 213-222. [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Okada, T., Sato, W., & Toichi, M. (2006).
Right hemispheric dominance in gaze-triggered reflexive shift of attention in humans.
Brain and Cognition, 62, 128-133. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2005).
Emotional elicitation in response to dynamic facial expressions.
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL-05) 170-174.

Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2005).
Spontaneous facial mimicry in response to dynamic facial expressions.
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL-05) 13-18.

Yamada, M., Murai, T., Sato, W., Namiki, C., Miyamoto, T., & Ohigashi, Y. (2005).
Emotion recognition from facial expressions in a temporal lobe epileptic patient with ictal fear.
Neuropsychologia, 43, 434-441. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., & Murai, T. (2004).
Characteristics of the involvement of the amygdala in the recognition of emotional expressions: A review of neuropsychological research.
Psychologia, 47, 125-142. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Sato, W., Yoshikawa, S., Kochiyama, T., & Matsumura, M. (2004).
The amygdala processes the emotional significance of facial expressions: An fMRI investigation using the interaction between expression and face direction.
Neuroimage, 22, 1006-1013. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Yoshikawa, S., Naito, E. & Matsumura, M. (2004).
Enhanced neural activity in response to dynamic facial expressions of emotion: An fMRI study.
Cognitive Brain Research, 20, 81-91. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2004).
The dynamic aspects of emotional facial expressions.
Cognition and Emotion, 18, 701-710. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Okada, T., Sato, W., Murai, T., Kubota, Y., & Toichi, M. (2003).
Eye gaze triggers visuospatial attentional shift in individuals with autism.
Psychologia, 46, 246-254. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Kubota, Y., Quérel, C., Pelion, F., Laborit, J., Laborit, M F., Gorog, F., Okada, T., Murai, T., Sato, W., Yoshikawa, S., Toichi, M., & Hayashi, T. (2003).
Facial affect recognition in pre-lingually deaf people with schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia Research, 61, 265-270. [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Kitagami, S., Sato, W., & Yoshikawa, S. (2002).
The influence of test-set similarity in verbal overshadowing.
Applied Cognitive Psychology, 16, 963-972. [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)]

Sato, W., Kubota, Y., Okada, T., Murai, T., Yoshikawa, S., & Sengoku, A. (2002).
Seeing happy emotion in fearful and angry faces: Qualitative analysis of the facial expression recognition in a bilateral amygdala damaged patient.
Cortex, 38, 727-742. [Summary] [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Kubota, Y., Sato, W., Toich, M., Murai, T., Okada,T., Hayashi, A., & Sengoku, A. (2001).
Frontal midline theta rhythm is correlated with cardiac autonomic activities during the performance of an attention demanding meditation procedure.
Cognitive Brain Research, 11, 281-287. [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Yoshikawa, S., & Matsumura, M. (2001).
Emotional expression boosts early visual processing of the face: ERP recording and its decomposition by independent component analysis.
Neuroreport, 12, 709-714. [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]

Kubota, Y., Sato, W., Toichi, M., Murai, S., Ikeda, A., & Sengoku, A. (2000).
Emotional cognition without awareness after unilateral temporal lobectomy in human.
Journal of Neuroscience, 20, RC97: 1-5. [PDF] [Cited by (Scopus)] [Cited by (Google)] [Related Articles (Pubmed)]





Return to Main Menu.