Welcome to Miyata Laboratory. Our research involves interdisciplinary academic fields relevant to "mind and body," including embodied/somatic psychology, mindfulness, and Eastern mind-body theory.  Especially, we focus on transformation of mind and body induced by Eastern traditional practices (or bodywork), as well as its underlying mechanisms and clinical applications. More specifically, we study practices such as martial arts, traditional yoga, laughter yoga, mindfulness meditation, the Park-Sasaki method of speed-reading, traditional performing art, and psychological traits relevant to these practices, etc., by primarily using research methods in psychology including surveys, experiments, and interventions.

In recent years, we also focus on empirical studies and clinical practice on non-pharmacological therapeutic interventions such as osteopathy, fasting, diet therapy, somatic psychiatry, trauma care, etc., as well as studies on the relationships between Eastern/traditional medicine and modern psychology.

Miyata Lab is welcoming graduate students (Master's Course, Doctoral Course), non-degree research students, post-doctoral research fellows, etc. Research topics for each student/researcher can vary according to his/her interest, including affection/emotion, thought/cognition, physiological/endocrinological processes, mental disorders, personality, etc.