Research Summary

Research Subjects

• Cognitive behavioral assistive systems for interactive communication of older adults
• Analysis and modelling technology of conversational, physiological and psychological data
• Clinical study of the developed systems evaluating whose effects on human

Selected Publications

• 1. Seiki Tokunaga, Takuya Sekiguchi, Kumi Watanabe Miura, Hikaru Sugimoto, Masato S Abe, Kazuhiro Tamura, Taishiro Kishimoto, Takashi Kudo, Mihoko Otake-Matsuura.:
  "Home-Based Cognitive Intervention for Healthy Older Adults Through Asking Robots Questions: Randomized Controlled Trial."
  JMIR Aging, Vol. 7, e47229 (2024),
  10.2196/47229
• 2. Tomasz M. Rutkowski, Tomasz Komendziński, Mihoko Otake-Matsuura.:
  "Mild cognitive impairment prediction and cognitive score regression in the elderly using EEG topological data analysis and machine learning with awareness assessed in affective reminiscent paradigm"
  Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, Vol. 15, 1294139 (2024),
  10.3389/fnagi.2023.1294139
• 3. Takuya Sekiguchi, Hikaru Sugimoto, Seiki Tokunaga, Mihoko Otake-Matsuura.:
  "Time-orientations of older adults in group conversations and their association with memory functioning."
  "Current Psychology, Vol.43, pp.5854–5867 (2024),
  10.1007/s12144-023-04545-w
• 4. Hikaru Sugimoto, Masato S. Abe, Mihoko Otake-Matsuura.:
  "Word-producing brain: Contribution of the left anterior middle temporal gyrus to word production patterns in spoken language."
  Brain and Language, Vol. 238, 105233 (2023),
  10.1016/j.bandl.2023.105233
• 5. Hikaru Sugimoto, Takuya Sekiguchi, Mihoko Otake-Matsuura.:
  "Association between social comparison orientation and hippocampal properties in older adults: A multimodal MRI study."
  Social Neuroscience, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 544-57 (2023),
  10.1080/17470919.2023.2166580
• 6. Katie Seaborn, Takuya Sekiguchi, Seiki Tokunaga, Norihisa P. Miyake, Mihoko Otake-Matsuura.:
  "Voice Over Body? Older Adults f Reactions to Robot and Voice Assistant Facilitators of Group Conversation."
  International Journal of Social Robotics, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 143-163 (2022),
  10.1007/s12369-022-00925-7
• 7. Kazumi Kumagai, Seiki Tokunaga, Norihisa P Miyake, Kazuhiro Tamura, Ikuo Mizuuchi, Mihoko Otake-Matsuura.:
  "Scenario-based dialogue system based on pause detection toward daily health monitoring."
  Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering, Vol. 9 (2022),
  10.1177/20556683221133367
• 8. Mihoko Otake-Matsuura, Seiki Tokunaga, Kumi Watanabe, Masato S. Abe, Takuya Sekiguchi, Hikaru Sugimoto, Taishiro Kishimoto, Takashi Kudo.:
  "Cognitive Intervention Through Photo-Integrated Conversation Moderated by Robots (PICMOR) Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial."
  Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Vol. 8, 633076 (2021),
  10.3389/frobt.2021.633076
• 9. Masato S. Abe, Mihoko Otake-Matsuura.:
  "Scaling laws in natural conversations among elderly people."
  PLoS ONE, Vol. 16, No. 2, e0246884 (2021),
  10.1371/journal.pone.0246884
• 10. Katie Seaborn, Norihisa P. Miyake, Peter Pennefather, Mihoko Otake-Matsuura.:
  "Voice in Human-Agent Interaction: A Survey."
  ACM Computing Surveys, Vol. 54, Issue. 4, Article No. 81, pp. 1-43 (2021),
  10.1145/3386867

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