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Note. Miyata is on sabbatical in the 2022 Academic Year, and is not in charge of the classes except for the Graduate Research Seminars and Introduction to Psychology 2. For undergraduate students at Waseda University who considered taking my lectures and/or seminars: Thank you for your understanding in advance. During this period I welcome your contact by E-mail regarding research consultations, plans to go to graduate school, and/or hosting post-doctoral research fellows.
Profile
Self-Introduction
Born in Nara, Japan in 1981, I loved to collect insects and to play in the nature from my early childhood. I studied experimental psychology since I was an undergraduate student at Kyoto University, and my studies at the graduate school involved behavioral experiments on planning and problem solving in pigeons, keas (New Zealand parrots), and human children. I was then oriented towards more integrative and harmonious scientific studies on mind that are based on the Eastern perspectives, being inspired by Nishida's philosophy and D. T. Suzuki's Buddhist thoughts. Part of my post-doctoral studies concerned psychological and/or neuroscientific investigations on a speed-reading method and yoga. From 2017, I am a faculty on "mind-body theory" at Waseda University. Besides the studies, I have been playing early music (Baroque music) etc. on the recorder since I was a university student.
Affiliation
Professor, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Contemporary Human Studies, School of Culture, Media and Society
Syllabus (2021 Academic Year)
Waseda University: Undergraduate
Mind-Body Theory (Lecture)(Spring Semester)
Life World and the Body (Lecture)(Fall Semester)
Body, Society, and Everyday Life (CHS Advanced Seminar)(Spring Semester)
Bodies of the Other: Viewing Humans as Bodies (CHS Advanced Seminar)(Fall Semester)
Contemplating Relationships between Mind and Body (CHS Advanced Seminar)(Spring Semester)
Seminar on Human Mind and Body (Mind and Body) A (Spring & Fall Semesters)
Seminar on Human Mind and Body (Mind and Body) B (Spring & Fall Semesters)
Contemporary Human Studies 1 (Fall Semester)
Introduction to Psychology 2 (Fall Semester)
Core Lecture 1, 2 (Spring/Fall Semester)
Graduation Research (Spring & Fall Semesters)
Waseda University: Graduate
Psychology: Research Seminar 4-1 (Spring Semester)
Psychology: Research Seminar 4-2 (Fall Semester)
Psychology 4-1: Seminar (Spring Semester)
Psychology 4-2: Seminar (Fall Semester)
Aoyama Gakuin University: Part-time Lecturer's Course
Advanced Seminar in Psychology/Seminar in PsychologyⅠB (Fall Semester)
Sample Lecture
Core Lecture 1: 2022 Academic Year (OpenCourseWare WASEDA)
Career
Apr. 2019 Professor, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University (- Present)
Apr. 2017 Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University (- 2019)
Sep. 2016 Visiting Researcher, Japan Institute of Lifelong Learning (- 2022)
May 2014 Visiting Researcher, Human Innovation Research Center, Aoyama Gakuin University (- 2017)
Apr. 2014 Part-time Lecturer, College of Education, Psychology and Human Studies, Aoyama Gakuin University (- 2022)
Apr. 2014 Associate Professor, Center for Research and Development of Higher Education, The University of Tokyo (- 2016)
Oct. 2013 Assistant Professor, Human Innovation Research Center, Aoyama Gakuin University (- 2014)
Apr. 2013 Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University (- 2014)
Apr. 2012 Researcher, Okanoya Emotional Information Project, Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency (Nagoya University) (- 2013)
Apr. 2009 Postdoctoral Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Keio University) (- 2012)
Apr. 2006 Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Kyoto University) (- 2009)
Apr. 2004 Teaching Assistant, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University (- 2005)
Degree
Ph.D. (Letters) (Mar. 2009, Kyoto University)
M.A. (Letters) (Mar. 2006, Kyoto University)
B.A. (Letters) (Mar. 2004, Kyoto University)
Education
Apr. 2006 - Mar. 2009 Doctoral Course, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University (Department of Psychology, Division of Behavioral Studies)
Apr. 2004 - Mar. 2006 Master's Course, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University (Department of Psychology, Division of Behavioral Studies)
Apr. 2000 - Mar. 2004 Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University (2002- Department of Psychology)
Apr. 1994 - Mar. 2000 Todaijigakuen Junior & Senior High School
Academic Society
Japanese Psychological Association
Japanese Association of Mindfulness
Japanese Association of Health Psychology
Japan Emotionology Society
Japan Society for Laughter and Humor Studies
Japan Neuroscience Society
Japanese Cognitive Science Society
Society for Neuroscience
Committee
Steering Committee, Japan Association of Somatics & Somatic Psychology
Awards
Dec. 2021 Best Poster Award, The 8th Annual Meeting, Japanese Association of Mindfulness
Nov. 2016 Japanese Psychological Association Awards for International Contributions to Psychology: Awards for Distinguished Early and Middle Career Contributions
Mar. 2016 NPO, NeuroCreative Lab: Research Grant 2015
Sep. 2012 Poster Award, The 17th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Cognitive Neuroscience