Ryota Kanai

15.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
155 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Ryota Kanai is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryota Kanai has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 27 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 25 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ryota Kanai's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (70 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (69 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (34 papers). Ryota Kanai is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (70 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (69 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (34 papers). Ryota Kanai collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Japan and United States. Ryota Kanai's co-authors include Geraint Rees, Bahador Bahrami, Frans A.J. Verstraten, Vincent Walsh, Vincent Walsh, Walter Paulus, Kep Kee Loh, Hinze Hogendoorn, Shinsuke Shimojo and Chris Paffen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ryota Kanai

144 papers receiving 7.5k citations

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The structural basis of inter-individual differences in human behaviour and cognition

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Identifying indicators of consciousness in AI systems 2025 ·Trends in Cognitive Sciences ·(unknown), Robert P. Long, Tim Bayne, Yoshua Bengio, Jonathan Birch, David J. Chalmers, Axel Constant, George Deane, (unknown), Stephen M. Fleming, Ji Xu, Ryota Kanai, Colin Klein, Grace W. Lindsay, Matthias Michel, Liad Mudrik, Megan A. K. Peters, Eric Schwitzgebel, Jonathan Simon, Rufin VanRullen	0
2	The neuroanatomy of social trust predicts depression vulnerability 2022 ·Scientific Reports ·Alan S. R. Fermin, Toko Kiyonari, Yoshie Matsumoto, Haruto Takagishi, Yang Li, Ryota Kanai, Masamichi Sakagami, Rei Akaishi, Naho Ichikawa, Masahiro Takamura, Satoshi Yokoyama, Maro G. Machizawa, Hui-Ling Chan, (unknown), Shigeto Yamawaki, Go Okada, Yasumasa Okamoto, Toshio Yamagishi	8
3	Information Closure Theory of Consciousness 2020 ·Frontiers in Psychology ·Acer Yu-Chan Chang, Martin Biehl, (unknown), Ryota Kanai	28
4	Chronotopic maps in human supplementary motor area 2019 ·PLoS Biology ·(unknown), Masamichi J. Hayashi, Shrikanth Kulashekhar, Wietske van der Zwaag, Giovanni Battistella, Micah M. Murray, Ryota Kanai, Domenica Bueti	72
5	Boredom-Driven Curious Learning by Homeo-Heterostatic Value Gradients 2019 ·Frontiers in Neurorobotics ·(unknown), Acer Yu-Chan Chang, Ryota Kanai	7
6	Visual Perceptual Echo Reflects Learning of Regularities in Rapid Luminance Sequences 2017 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Acer Yu-Chan Chang, David J. Schwartzman, Rufin VanRullen, Ryota Kanai, Anil K. Seth	6
7	Improved estimates for the role of grey matter volume and GABA in bistable perception 2016 ·Cortex ·Kristian Sandberg, Jakob Udby Blicher, (unknown), Lau M. Andersen, Geraint Rees, Ryota Kanai	17
8	Individual Differences in Social Media Use Are Reflected in Brain Structure 2013 ·National Conference on Artificial Intelligence ·Kep Kee Loh, Ryota Kanai	0
9	Spatial Working Memory Capacity Estimates Correlate With the Structure of Frontal and Parietal Cortex 2013 ·Journal of Vision ·Nikos Konstantinou, Ryota Kanai	1
10	Qualia 2012 ·Current Biology ·Ryota Kanai, Naotsugu Tsuchiya	36
11	Distractibility in Daily Life Is Reflected in the Structure and Function of Human Parietal Cortex 2011 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Ryota Kanai, (unknown), Bahador Bahrami, Geraint Rees	82
12	Structural Neural Correlates of Biological Motion Detection Ability 2011 ·Journal of Vision ·Sharon Gilaie‐Dotan, Ryota Kanai, Bahador Bahrami, Geraint Rees, A. P. Saygin	3
13	Anatomy of Human Sensory Cortices Reflects Inter-Individual Variability in Time Estimation 2011 ·Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience ·Sharon Gilaie‐Dotan, Ryota Kanai, Geraint Rees	27
14	The anatomy of superior parietal cortex links everyday distractibility with attentional capture 2010 ·Journal of Vision ·(unknown), Ryota Kanai, Bahador Bahrami, Geraint Rees	1
15	Cortical anatomy relates to individual differences in dissociable aspects of attention and visual working memory capacity 2010 ·Journal of Vision ·Maro G. Machizawa, Ryota Kanai, Geraint Rees, Jon Driver	2
16	Frequency-Dependent Electrical Stimulation of the Visual Cortex 2008 ·Current Biology ·Ryota Kanai, Leila Chaieb, Andrea Antal, Vincent Walsh, Walter Paulus	315
17	Making goal-directed movements with "relocated eyes" 2005 ·MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) ·Anne-Marie Brouwer, Ryota Kanai, (unknown)	0
18	Visual transients without feature changes are sufficient for the percept of a change 2004 ·Vision Research ·Ryota Kanai, Frans A.J. Verstraten	14
19	Stopping the motion and sleuthing the flash-lag effect: spatial uncertainty is the key to perceptual mislocalization 2004 ·Vision Research ·Ryota Kanai, Bhavin R. Sheth, Shinsuke Shimojo	78
20	Temporal properties of centre-surround interactions in human motion perception 2003 ·Perception ·János A. Perge, Ryota Kanai, Richard van Wezel, Martin J. Lankheet	0

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