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Ryo Ishibashi

Main Lab Location：
CiNet (Main bldg.)
Specific Research Topic：
motor learning, action repertoire, tool use, object semantics, context
Mailing Address：
1-4 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871 Japan

We perceive, grasp, and skillfully manipulate a wide variety of objects (“tools”) in our daily lives. How can we so effortlessly memorise the diverse object dynamics such as weights, friction, and other mechanical properties, which are necessary for thier use? One hypothesis is that a set of object-directed actions (i.e. action repertoire) is represented in the brain when an object is seen, and this information functions as a contextual cue to memorise/retrieve distinctive object dynamics.

To investigate this possibility of a repertoire-mediated object memory system, I am conducting with my colleagues several behavioural experiments adopting a controlled reaching paradigm, combined with  non-invasive cortical stimulation and electrophysiological recordings.

Selected Publications：

1. Ishibashi, R., & Saito, S. (2011). The role of canonical hand representations and spatiolateral semantics in mental rotation of hands. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 23 (5), 633-640. doi: 10.1080/20445911.2011.551188

2. Ishibashi, R., Lambon Ralph, M.. A., Saito, S., & Pobric, G. (2011). Different roles of lateral anterior temporal lobe and inferior parietal lobule in coding function and manipulation tool knowledge: Evidence from an rTMS study. Neuropsychologia, 49 (5), 1128-35. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.01.004

3. Ishibashi, R., Lambon Ralph, M.. A., Saito, S., & Pobric, G. (2016). The neural network for tool-related cognition: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis of 70 neuroimaging contrasts. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 33, 241-256. doi: 10.1080/02643294.2016.1188798

4. Ishibashi, R., Mima, T., Fukuyama, H., Pobric, G. (2018). Facilitation of function and manipulation knowledge of tools using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 11 (37). doi: 10.3389/fnint.2017.00037

5. Ishibashi, R., Nouchi, R., Honda, A., Abe, T. & Sugiura, M. (2019). A concise psychometric tool to measure personal characteristics for surviving natural disasters: Development of a 16-item power to live questionnaire. Geosciences, 9 (9), Article 366. doi: 10.3390/geosciences9090366