Wataru Sato

7.1k total citations
188 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Wataru Sato is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wataru Sato has authored 188 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 126 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 49 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 46 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Wataru Sato's work include Face Recognition and Perception (93 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (42 papers) and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (23 papers). Wataru Sato is often cited by papers focused on Face Recognition and Perception (93 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (42 papers) and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (23 papers). Wataru Sato collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Wataru Sato's co-authors include Sakiko Yoshikawa, Takanori Kochiyama, Motomi Toichi, Shota Uono, Yasutaka Kubota, Michikazu Matsumura, Reiko Sawada, Takashi Okada, Sayaka Yoshimura and Naoto Suzuki and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Genetics and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Wataru Sato

174 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wataru Sato Japan	36	3.5k	1.5k	1.2k	657	437	188	5.1k
Jan Gläscher Germany	31	3.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	808 1.2×	673 1.5×	56	5.9k
J. P. Morris United States	26	4.8k 1.4×	1.5k 1.0×	1.6k 1.4×	775 1.2×	617 1.4×	55	6.3k
Rebecca M. C. Spencer United States	39	4.3k 1.3×	2.3k 1.6×	701 0.6×	427 0.6×	370 0.8×	132	5.9k
Emily S. Kappenman United States	27	4.4k 1.3×	1.4k 1.0×	532 0.5×	541 0.8×	725 1.7×	43	5.9k
Dennis J.L.G. Schutter Netherlands	50	4.2k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.8×	1.0k 2.4×	191	7.6k
Motoaki Sugiura Japan	42	3.9k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	426 0.6×	556 1.3×	179	5.7k
Sophie Schwartz Switzerland	48	7.0k 2.0×	2.5k 1.7×	772 0.7×	360 0.5×	649 1.5×	140	8.4k
Alexander T. Sack Netherlands	56	6.6k 1.9×	1.2k 0.8×	906 0.8×	809 1.2×	1.1k 2.4×	250	8.7k
Jürgen Hänggi Switzerland	37	2.5k 0.7×	923 0.6×	468 0.4×	488 0.7×	532 1.2×	79	4.5k
Xiaosi Gu United States	30	2.6k 0.7×	895 0.6×	913 0.8×	573 0.9×	1.0k 2.3×	78	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Wataru Sato

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wataru Sato

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Hsu, Chun‐Ting, et al.. (2025). Receiving human and android facial mimicry induces empathic experiences and oxytocin release. Computers in Human Behavior Reports. 21. 100895–100895.

Yang, Dongsheng, Wataru Sato, Chun‐Ting Hsu, Takashi Minato, & Shin’ya Nishida. (2025). Visually detectable facial mimicry in response to android facial expressions. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 41376–41376.

Sato, Wataru, et al.. (2025). Dynamic concordance between subjective and facial EMG hedonic responses during the consumption of gel-type food. Current Research in Food Science. 10. 101107–101107. 1 indexed citations

Nomiya, Hiroki, et al.. (2025). An Artificial Intelligence Model for Sensing Affective Valence and Arousal from Facial Images. Sensors. 25(4). 1188–1188. 1 indexed citations

Sato, Toshimi, Yosuke Kimura, Izumi Kondo, et al.. (2024). Association between heart failure in asymptomatic stages and skeletal muscle function assessed by ultrasonography in community-dwelling older adults. BMC Geriatrics. 24(1). 871–871.

Sato, Wataru, et al.. (2023). Differences in configural processing for human versus android dynamic facial expressions. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 16952–16952. 1 indexed citations

Namba, Shushi, et al.. (2023). Development of the RIKEN database for dynamic facial expressions with multiple angles. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 21785–21785. 2 indexed citations

Sato, Wataru, et al.. (2023). Brief research report: autistic traits modulate the rapid detection of punishment-associated neutral faces. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1284739–1284739.

Kitamura, Yuki, Wataru Sato, Jun Takamatsu, et al.. (2023). Pleasant Stroke Touch on Human Back by a Human and a Robot. Sensors. 23(3). 1136–1136. 5 indexed citations

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Sawada, Reiko, Wataru Sato, Ryoichi Nakashima, & Takatsune Kumada. (2022). How are emotional facial expressions detected rapidly and accurately? A diffusion model analysis. Cognition. 229. 105235–105235. 2 indexed citations

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Kitamura, Yuki, Ming Ding, Jun Takamatsu, et al.. (2020). Subjective and Physiological Evaluation of Gentle Stroke Motion Using a Human-Imitation Hand. The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec). 2020(0). 1P1–N06. 1 indexed citations

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Sato, Wataru, Takanori Kochiyama, & Sakiko Yoshikawa. (2020). Physiological correlates of subjective emotional valence and arousal dynamics while viewing films. Biological Psychology. 157. 107974–107974. 50 indexed citations

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Nakazawa, Atsushi, et al.. (2018). Computational Tender-Care Science: Computational and Cognitive Neuroscientific Approaches for Understanding the Tender Care. 2018. 1 indexed citations

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Sawada, Reiko, Wataru Sato, Motomi Toichi, & Tohru Fushiki. (2017). Fat Content Modulates Rapid Detection of Food: A Visual Search Study Using Fast Food and Japanese Diet. Frontiers in Psychology. 8. 1033–1033. 21 indexed citations

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Uono, Shota, Wataru Sato, & Motomi Toichi. (2015). Exaggerated perception of facial expressions is increased in individuals with schizotypal traits. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 11795–11795. 5 indexed citations

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Sawada, Reiko & Wataru Sato. (2015). Emotional attention capture by facial expressions. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 14042–14042. 22 indexed citations

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Hyniewska, Sylwia & Wataru Sato. (2015). Facial feedback affects valence judgments of dynamic and static emotional expressions. Frontiers in Psychology. 6. 291–291. 21 indexed citations

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Yoshimura, Sayaka, Wataru Sato, Shota Uono, & Motomi Toichi. (2014). Impaired Overt Facial Mimicry in Response to Dynamic Facial Expressions in High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 45(5). 1318–1328. 53 indexed citations

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Sato, Wataru, Takanori Kochiyama, & Sakiko Yoshikawa. (2009). Amygdala activity in response to forward versus backward dynamic facial expressions. Brain Research. 1315. 92–99. 17 indexed citations

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Osaragi, Toshihiro & Wataru Sato. (2003). MODELING OF PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR BASED ON MENTAL STRESS. Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ). 68(573). 41–48. 7 indexed citations

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