Marie Koura (First-Year Doctoral Student, Graduate School of Media and Governance) Receives the Konica Minolta Science and Technology Foundation / JSMBE Annual Conference Encouragement Award at the 62nd Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering

June 20, 2023

Marie Koura, a first-year student in the Doctoral Programs at the Graduate School of Media and Governance and a member of the Atsushi Aoyama Laboratory, received the "Konica Minolta Science and Technology Foundation / JSMBE Annual Conference Encouragement Award" at the 62nd Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering.

The Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering (JSMBE) is the largest academic society in Japan in the field of biomedical engineering. It aims to promote the development of research, the exchange of knowledge, and the advancement of related activities in society concerning methods such as electronics and mechanical engineering in biology, and the application of medical sciences and biological knowledge in engineering.

The 62nd Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering was held from May 18 to 20, 2023, at the Nagoya Congress Center under the theme "Biomedical Engineering in the AI Era." Among the many presentations, the one by Marie Koura and her colleagues was highly praised for demonstrating a part of the neural mechanism of how vision affects taste using an original experimental paradigm, and they received the Konica Minolta Science and Technology Foundation / JSMBE Annual Conference Encouragement Award.

"Investigation of the Mechanism of Taste Perception Modulation by Visual Information Using EEG"

Marie Koura, Atsushi Aoyama

I am extremely honored. I would like to thank Professor Aoyama for his enthusiastic guidance, as well as the members of my laboratory for their advice and comments, and those who cooperated with the EEG measurements despite the various restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In my research, I used three types of "tea" familiar to Japanese people as the subject matter and compared "the actual color of the tea," "the color based on each individual's concept of tea," and "the taste of the tea" through EEG analysis. In creating the poster, I focused on clarity and visual appeal. I am very happy that these aspects were recognized. I will cherish the discussions I had at the conference and hope to connect them to my future achievements.

The 62nd Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering

Atsushi Aoyama Laboratory

Atsushi Aoyama, Associate Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Faculty Profile

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