Masahiro Hirai

1.3k total citations
55 papers, 824 citations indexed

About

Masahiro Hirai is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masahiro Hirai has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 824 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 23 papers in Social Psychology and 11 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Masahiro Hirai's work include Action Observation and Synchronization (22 papers), Face Recognition and Perception (12 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (11 papers). Masahiro Hirai is often cited by papers focused on Action Observation and Synchronization (22 papers), Face Recognition and Perception (12 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (11 papers). Masahiro Hirai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and Canada. Masahiro Hirai's co-authors include Kazuo Hiraki, Hirokata Fukushima, Eiju Watanabe, Takeshi Sakurada, Atsushi Senju, Ryusuke Kakigi, Daniel R. Saunders, Nikolaus F. Troje, Takashi Yamaguchi and Takehiko Konno and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, NeuroImage and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

Masahiro Hirai

53 papers receiving 807 citations

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Masahiro Hirai Japan 16 530 332 191 109 69 55 824
Marc H. E. de Lussanet Germany 17 532 1.0× 252 0.8× 127 0.7× 45 0.4× 51 0.7× 49 837
Tamami Nakano Japan 19 1.1k 2.1× 208 0.6× 248 1.3× 245 2.2× 73 1.1× 46 1.6k
David J. Lin United States 17 685 1.3× 130 0.4× 214 1.1× 65 0.6× 18 0.3× 57 1.5k
Tom Banton United States 15 767 1.4× 341 1.0× 146 0.8× 156 1.4× 66 1.0× 24 1.1k
Simon Baumann United Kingdom 16 832 1.6× 195 0.6× 51 0.3× 231 2.1× 15 0.2× 22 971
Daniel Jokisch Germany 11 615 1.2× 184 0.6× 65 0.3× 86 0.8× 30 0.4× 15 837
Kenneth F. Valyear Canada 19 1.9k 3.6× 841 2.5× 187 1.0× 323 3.0× 107 1.6× 32 2.1k
Pieter Vandemaele Belgium 22 763 1.4× 363 1.1× 192 1.0× 115 1.1× 20 0.3× 36 1.4k
Dimitrios Kourtis United Kingdom 15 714 1.3× 406 1.2× 115 0.6× 124 1.1× 13 0.2× 31 880
Tomoe Tamada Japan 5 944 1.8× 416 1.3× 92 0.5× 88 0.8× 15 0.2× 6 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masahiro Hirai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Masahiro Hirai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Masahiro Hirai based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Masahiro Hirai. Masahiro Hirai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Hirai, Masahiro, Takeo Kato, Takahiro Ikeda, et al.. (2022). Comparison of the Social Responsiveness Scale-2 among Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Williams Syndrome in Japan. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 54(8). 3176–3184. 3 indexed citations
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Hirai, Masahiro, et al.. (2021). Observing inefficient action can induce infant preference and learning. Developmental Science. 25(1). e13152–e13152. 2 indexed citations
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Hirai, Masahiro & Atsushi Senju. (2020). The two-process theory of biological motion processing. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 111. 114–124. 36 indexed citations
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Sakurada, Takeshi, Aya Goto, Takeshi Nakajima, et al.. (2019). Prefrontal activity predicts individual differences in optimal attentional strategy for preventing motor performance decline: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study. Neurophotonics. 6(2). 1–1. 14 indexed citations
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Ikeda, Takahiro, Yukifumi Monden, Masahiro Hirai, et al.. (2018). Hypoactivation of the Right Prefrontal Cortex Underlying Motor‐Related Inhibitory Deficits in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Functional Near‐Infrared Spectroscopy Study. Japanese Psychological Research. 60(4). 251–264. 10 indexed citations
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Yamashita, Shinichiro, et al.. (2018). Ion irradiation effects on FeCrAl-ODS ferritic steel. Nuclear Materials and Energy. 15. 13–16. 20 indexed citations
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Sakurada, Takeshi, Günther Knoblich, Natalie Sebanz, Shin‐ichi Muramatsu, & Masahiro Hirai. (2018). Probing links between action perception and action production in Parkinson's disease using Fitts' law. Neuropsychologia. 111. 201–208. 4 indexed citations
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Hirai, Masahiro, et al.. (2016). Typical visual search performance and atypical gaze behaviors in response to faces in Williams syndrome. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 8(1). 38–38. 11 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Eiju, Makoto Satoh, Takehiko Konno, Masahiro Hirai, & Takashi Yamaguchi. (2015). The Trans-Visible Navigator: A See-Through Neuronavigation System Using Augmented Reality. World Neurosurgery. 87. 399–405. 75 indexed citations
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Hirai, Masahiro, Atsuko Gunji, Yuki Inoue, et al.. (2014). Differential electrophysiological responses to biological motion in children and adults with and without autism spectrum disorders. Research in autism spectrum disorders. 8(12). 1623–1634. 4 indexed citations
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Hirai, Masahiro, Shoko Watanabe, Yukiko Honda, & Ryusuke Kakigi. (2013). Developmental changes in point-light walker processing during childhood: A two-year follow-up ERP study. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 5. 51–62. 4 indexed citations
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Hirai, Masahiro, et al.. (2013). Developmental changes in mental rotation ability and visual perspective-taking in children and adults with Williams syndrome. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7. 856–856. 10 indexed citations
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Fukushima, Hirokata, Satoshi Hirata, Goh Matsuda, et al.. (2010). Neural Correlates of Face and Object Perception in an Awake Chimpanzee (Pan Troglodytes) Examined by Scalp-Surface Event-Related Potentials. PLoS ONE. 5(10). e13366–e13366. 17 indexed citations
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Hirai, Masahiro, Miho Nakamura, Yoshiki Kaneoke, & Ryusuke Kakigi. (2009). Intact point-light walker processing in Williams syndrome: a magnetoencephalography study. Neuroreport. 20(3). 267–272. 6 indexed citations
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Hirai, Masahiro, Shoko Watanabe, Yukiko Honda, Kensaku Miki, & Ryusuke Kakigi. (2008). Emotional object and scene stimuli modulate subsequent face processing: An event-related potential study. Brain Research Bulletin. 77(5). 264–273. 10 indexed citations
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Hirai, Masahiro & Kazuo Hiraki. (2006). Visual search for biological motion: An event-related potential study. Neuroscience Letters. 403(3). 299–304. 12 indexed citations
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Hirai, Masahiro & Kazuo Hiraki. (2004). An event-related potentials study of biological motion perception in human infants. Cognitive Brain Research. 22(2). 301–304. 91 indexed citations
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Hirai, Masahiro & S. Kawai. (1977). The reliability of photoelectric technique for measuring systolic blood pressure of the limbs.. PubMed. 6(3). 215–9. 11 indexed citations

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