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Midori Shibata
■Affiliation
Researcher (Part-time), Keio Advanced Research Centers (Global COE CARLS), Keio University
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido University
■Research Interests
My research interest is the neural mechanisms of language comprehension, particularly non-literal language comprehension (metaphor, irony and indirect speech acts). In my recent study, I focus on the neural mechanisms to infer social cues such as intentions, beliefs, and emotions in these utterances using fMRI and behavioral experiments.
■Education and Professional Careers
B.A. (1974, 2003) Keio University, Japan
M.A. (2005) Hokkaido University, Japan
Ph.D. (2008) Hokkaido University, Japan
2008.Apr.-2010.Mar. Research Fellow, Program for Enhancing Systematic Education in Graduate Schools (Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido University)
■Publications
Journal Articles
Shibata, M.,Toyomura, A., Itoh, H., & Abe, J. (2010). Neural substrates of irony comprehension: A functional MRI study. Brain Research.1308, 114-123.
Shibata, M., Abe, J., Terao, A., & Miyamoto, T. (2007). Neural mechanisms involved in the comprehension of metaphoric and literal sentences: An fMRI study. Brain Research, 1166, 92-102.
Shibata, M., Abe, J., Terao, A., Miyamoto, T., (2007). Neural bases associated with metaphor comprehension -An fMRI study-. Cognitive Studies: Bulletin of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society 14, 339-353. (in Japanese)
Book Publication
Shibata, M. (2010). Towards the healthy language comprehension -From the perspective of Metaphor and Irony comprehension- Wai Ling, L., Sakurai, Y. & Wada, H. (Eds.) A Study of Healthy Being: From interdisciplinary perspectives. Azusa Syuppan, Kyoto.
■Selected Conference Proceedings
Shibata, M.,Toyomura, A., Itoh, H., & Abe, J. (2009）Neural substrates of irony comprehension: A functional MRI study. The 16th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (March 21-24, San Francisco, USA)
Shibata, M., Abe, J., Terao, A., & Miyamoto, T.(2009）Comprehension of Metaphor and Simile: A functional MRI study. The 15th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping. (June 18-23, San Francisco, USA)
Shibata, M.,Toyomura, A., Itoh, H., & Abe, J. (2009）Neural substrates of irony comprehension: A functional MRI study. The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society (September 16-18, Nagoya)
Shibata, M., Abe, J., Terao, A., & Miyamoto, T.(2008）Neural correlates of metaphor comprehension: the role of the right hemisphere. The 14th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping. (June 15-19, Melbourne, Australia)
Shibata, M., Abe, J., Terao, A., & Miyamoto, T.(2007）Neural mechanisms involved in the comprehension of metaphoric sentences: An fMRI study. The 13th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping. (June 10-14, Chicago, Illinois)
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