Narrative Consciousness Studies

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Mar 31, 2025Events: We hosted the Kobe Philosophy Seminar Series (11): Embodiment of Deep Time, Affective Geologies and the Atmosphere of Geological Art.

Mar 25, 2025News: A paper by Niikawa (Phenomenology Group）et al. was published in The Philosophical Quarterly.

Mar 15, 2025Events: We held the 3rd Area Meeting.

Mar 13, 2025Events: We hosted a theme session, titled "Cognition/Brain and NLP," at NLP2025. Info

Mar 10-13, 2025News: Nishida (Brain Group), Watahiki, Doi, Shinozaki, Yanaka, (NLP Group), Niikawa, and Miyahara (Phenomenology Group) gave presentations at NLP2025.

Mar 10-12, 2025Events: We co-sponsored the Mechanism of Brain and Mind the 24th Winter Workshop.

Feb 17, 2025Events: We hosted Kobe Philosophy Seminar Series (10): 「現代哲学の最前線」.

Feb 11, 2025News: A paper by Kobayashi (Brain Group) et al. was accepted by Journal of the Optical Society of America A.

Feb 10, 2025News: Kobayashi (Brain Group) recieved the Excelent Research Award for his presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Psychonomic Society on Dec 2024.

Jan 13, 2025News: A paper by Kobayashi (Brain Group) et al. was accepted by Journal of Illusion.

Jan 11, 2025News: Kobayashi (Brain Group) gave a presentation at The 7th Inuyama-tribute Cognition & Behavior Meeting.

Nov 25-28, 2024Events: We co-sponsored JNNS Autumn School ASCONE2024 "Brain, Understanding, and Computation".

Nov 16, 2024News: Miyahara, Niikawa (Phenomenology Group), and Nishida (Brain Group) gave a presentation at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Phenomenology Association of Japan.

Oct 20, 2024News: Okada, Nishida (Brain Group), and Niikawa (Phenomenology Group) gave a presentation at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Qualitative Psychology.

Sep 27, 2024Events: We hosted the Kobe Philosophy Seminar Series (5): Conditioned Responsibility and Consent in the Wake of New Technologies.

Sep 25, 2024News: Yanaka (NLP Gorup) was selected as one of the "Woman in Tech TOP30 2024: 30 Women Changing the World in the Technology Field" in the Nov 2024 issue of Forbes Japan.

Sep 24, 2024News: Nakata, Niikawa (Phenomenology Group), Doi, Katsunuma, and Yanaka (NLP Group), Wang, Okada, and Nishida (Brain Group) gave a presentation at workshop “Brain, Language, and Consciousness”.

Sep 23-25, 2024Events: We held the 2nd area meeting on Sep 23 and workshop “Brain, Language, and Consciousness” on Sep 24-25. Workshop Info

Sep 4-6, 2024News: Doi, Katsunuma, and Yanaka (NLP Group) gave a presentation at the 19th YANS Symposium.

Sep 1, 2024News: A review paper by Doi and Yanaka (NLP Group) was published on the JSAI official journal "Jinko-Chino."

Jul 12, 2024Events: We hosted the Kobe Philosophy Seminar Series (4): Metaphysics of Consciousness.

Jul 11, 2024News: The preprint of a paper by Nishida from (Brain Group), Niikawa, and Miyahara (Phenomenology Group), et al., is now available at bioRxiv.

Jul 9, 2024News: A paper by Doi, Isonuma, and Yanaka (NLP Group) was accepted by ACL2024 Student Research Workshop.

Jul 9, 2024News: Nishida (Brain Group) gave a presentation at the ASSC Satellite Symposium “Aware and Alive.”

Jun 28, 2024Events: We hosted the Kobe Philosophy Seminar Series (3): AI Consciousness.

Jun 20, 2024News: Niikawa (Phenomenology Group) received the Excellent Young Researcher Award from Kobe University.

Jun 14-15, 2024Events: We co-hosted the HKCRC–Mimir–P.I.E. Workshop on Ethics, Technology, and the Future.

May 14, 2024Events: We held the 1st area meeting (kick-off meeting).

Apr 17, 2024News: Yanaka (NLP Group) received the MEXT Young Scientists' Prize.

Apr 2, 2024Events: We hosted the Kobe Philosophy Seminar Series (2): Mind and Ethics.

Apr 1, 2024News: We have started the activities of our area.

Mar 25, 2025News: A paper by Niikawa (Phenomenology Group）et al. was published in The Philosophical Quarterly.

Mar 10-13, 2025News: Nishida (Brain Group), Watahiki, Doi, Shinozaki, Yanaka, (NLP Group), Niikawa, and Miyahara (Phenomenology Group) gave presentations at NLP2025.

Feb 11, 2025News: A paper by Kobayashi (Brain Group) et al.（was accepted by Journal of the Optical Society of America A.

Feb 10, 2025News: Kobayashi (Brain Group) recieved the Excelent Research Award for his presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Psychonomic Society on Dec 2024.

Jan 13, 2025News: A paper by Kobayashi (Brain Group) et al.. was accepted by Journal of Illusion.

Jan 11, 2025News: Kobayashi (Brain Group) gave a presentation at The 7th Inuyama-tribute Cognition & Behavior Meeting.

Nov 16, 2024News: Miyahara, Niikawa (Phenomenology Group), and Nishida (Brain Group) gave a presentation at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Phenomenology Association of Japan.

Oct 20, 2024News: Okada, Nishida (Brain Group), and Niikawa (Phenomenology Group) gave a presentation at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Qualitative Psychology.

Sep 25, 2024News: Yanaka (NLP Gorup) was selected as one of the "Woman in Tech TOP30 2024: 30 Women Changing the World in the Technology Field" in the Nov 2024 issue of Forbes Japan.

Sep 24, 2024News: Nakata, Niikawa (Phenomenology Group), Doi, Katsunuma, and Yanaka (NLP Group), Wang, Okada, and Nishida (Brain Group) gave a presentation at workshop “Brain, Language, and Consciousness”.

Sep 4-6, 2024News: Doi, Katsunuma, and Yanaka (NLP Group) gave a presentation at the 19th YANS Symposium.

Sep 1, 2024News: A review paper by Doi and Yanaka (NLP Group) was published on the JSAI official journal "Jinko-Chino."

Jul 11, 2024News: The preprint of a paper by Nishida from (Brain Group), Niikawa, and Miyahara (Phenomenology Group), et al., is now available at bioRxiv.

Jul 9, 2024News: A paper by Doi, Isonuma, and Yanaka (NLP Group) was accepted by ACL2024 Student Research Workshop.

Jul 9, 2024News: Nishida (Brain Group) gave a presentation at the ASSC Satellite Symposium “Aware and Alive.”

Jun 20, 2024News: Niikawa (Phenomenology Group) received the Excellent Young Researcher Award from Kobe University.

Apr 17, 2024News: Yanaka (NLP Group) received the MEXT Young Scientists' Prize.

Apr 1, 2024News: We have started the activities of our area.

Mar 31, 2025Events: We hosted the Kobe Philosophy Seminar Series (11): Embodiment of Deep Time, Affective Geologies and the Atmosphere of Geological Art.

Mar 15, 2025Events: We held the 3rd Area Meeting.

Mar 13, 2025Events: We hosted a theme session, titled "Cognition/Brain and NLP," at NLP2025. Info

Mar 10-12, 2025Events: We co-sponsored the Mechanism of Brain and Mind the 24th Winter Workshop.

Feb 17, 2025Events: We hosted Kobe Philosophy Seminar Series (10): 「現代哲学の最前線」.

Nov 25-28, 2024Events: We co-sponsored JNNS Autumn School ASCONE2024 "Brain, Understanding, and Computation".

Sep 27, 2024Events: We hosted the Kobe Philosophy Seminar Series (5): Conditioned Responsibility and Consent in the Wake of New Technologies.

Sep 23-25, 2024 Events: We held the 2nd area meeting on Sep 23 and workshop “Brain, Language, and Consciousness” on Sep 24-25 (the details are coming soon).

Jul 12, 2024Events: We hosted the Kobe Philosophy Seminar Series (4): Metaphysics of Consciousness.

Jun 28, 2024Events: We hosted the Kobe Philosophy Seminar Series (3): AI Consciousness.

Jun 14-15, 2024Events: We co-hosted the HKCRC–Mimir–P.I.E. Workshop on Ethics, Technology, and the Future.

May 14, 2024Events: We held the 1st area meeting (kick-off meeting).

Apr 2, 2024Events: We hosted the Kobe Philosophy Seminar Series (2): Mind and Ethics.

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My name is Satoshi Nishida, and I am the representative of this research area, "Narrative Consciousness Studies: Pioneering a New Framework for Consciousness." We are supported by the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (B) from FY2024 to FY2026.

In our daily lives, each of us experiences a rich variety of consciousness. Although consciousness is a familiar phenomenon to us, its underlying mechanisms are poorly understood scientifically. This is largely because scientific consciousness research has typically oversimplified rich conscious experiences.

To study rich conscious experiences as they are, our research area focuses on the linguistic narratives of these experiences. We will engage in interdisciplinary research to extract detailed and reliable narratives of conscious experiences, evaluate them quantitatively, and identify their correlates with measured brain signals. We believe that this approach should advance our understanding of the neural mechanisms shaping our rich conscious experiences.

Understanding the Mechanisms of Consciousness through Narrative

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Understanding the Mechanisms of
Consciousness through Narrative