Faculty's Page: Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University

SAIKI, Jun  / Professor

Philosophy, Ethics, Pedagogy, Psychology Medicine, Physiology, Biomechanics

Graduate School	Human Coexistence
Department / Course / Field	Human Coexistence / Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences / Cognitive Science
Undergraduate School	Division of Cognitive and Information Sciences
Email	saiki@cv.jinkan.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Research areas	Vision Science, Cognitive Science, Cognitive Neuroscience
Keywords	Visual working memory, Visual attention, object and scene recognition, neural network model, functional brain imaging
Themes	Visual short-term memory for feature-integrated dynamic multiple objects. fMRI study of visual working memory. Detereminant of search asymmetry using classification image technique. Neural network models for visual search. Psychophysical experiments and modeling on scene perception. Psychophysical study on vision-haptics integration. Culture and perception (in collaboration with Shinobu Kitayama, David Meyer, and Richard Nisbett). Models of early noun aquisition (in collaboration with Linda Smith).
Major publications	Saiki, J., Koike, T., Takahashi, K., Inoue, T. (2005). Visual search asymmetry with uncertain targets. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 31, 1274-1287. Imaruoka, T., Saiki, J., & Miyauchi, S. (2005). Maintaining coherence of dynamic objects requires coordination of neural systems extended from anterior frontal to posterior parietal brain cortices. NeuroImage, 26, 277-284. Saiki, J. (2003). Spatiotemporal characteristics of dynamic feature binding in visual working memory. Vision Research, 43, 2107-2123. Saiki, J. (2003). Feature binding in object-file representations of multiple moving items. Journal of Vision, 3, 6-21. Saiki, J. (2003). Effects of modally completed surfaces on change detection. Visual Cognition, 10, 651-681.
Background	B.A. from School of Education, The University of Tokyo M.A. from Graduate school of Education, The University of Tokyo Ph.D. (Psychology) from Univeristy of California, Los Angeles Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Human Informatics, Nagoya University Assosiate Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University Associate Professor, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University Professor, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University