Nozomi Yamamoto / 山本希

Evidence of an exponential relationship between attentional bias to threat and anxiety using an original “eye-dot-probe” task - Motivation and Emotion Over the past decade, the anxiety-related attentional bias to threat, widely investigated through the dot-probe task, has faced challenges. Although the dominant view assumes a static attentional bias...

The classic Dot Probe is trash, but this new version shows some early signs of promise as a valid behavioral measure of attentional bias to threat. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🚨New Paper🚨

With Paolo Riva & Luca Pancani, I designed and ran daily diary experiments on reactions to #ghosting vs. #rejection over time.

💔 Both were painful.
⏳ Ghosting’s effects were slower to emerge and lasted longer - ambiguous and lacking closure!

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When does waiting for a reply turn into #ghosting? 👻💬

@sarahlutz.bsky.social and I introduce response delay tolerance: the amount of time someone is willing to wait for a response in #online messaging before feeling ignored.

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Mild Exercise-Induced Eye Blink Frequency Changes Predict Individual Differences in Executive Function Enhancement | Research News - University of Tsukuba Image by Roman Samborskyi/ShutterstockResearchers at University of Tsukuba have conducted a new study revealing that cha

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Our paper on how sauna bathing affects psychological states and personality traits has just been published! @kittykat931.bsky.social

Study 1 showed that regular sauna users have more vivid bodily sensation imagery and give higher aesthetic ratings to haiku.

Four years, six studies, and many many revisions later, our paper on prosocial aggression -- harmful acts that are motivated by a broader goal to help the target of the aggression -- is finally in press in Motivation Science! Check out the finalized preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Thanks for sharing your interesting research! Hope to see you again 😊

Last week I visited the Moriguchi Child Development Lab at Kyoto University and presented my research on the neural bases of early number word learning. It was an amazing experience sharing my findings and getting feedback on my preliminary results 🧠🔢🇯🇵

When development constricts our moral circle Nature Human Behaviour - Although many believe our moral circles expand with age, this Perspective discusses an early-emerging tendency to care for others.

🥳🥳 New paper in @nathumbehav.nature.com: “When development constricts our moral circle." Contrary to popular belief, younger kids may start out with broader moral circles than older ones. Check it out here 👉 rdcu.be/eoaSe
w/ @mattiwilks.bsky.social @karrineldner.bsky.social & Lucius Caviola

Limited potential for fNIRS photobiomodulation in exercise-induced pupil dynamics and improved executive function

Our discussion paper is now published in NeuroImage!

Limited potential for fNIRS photobiomodulation in exercise-induced pupil dynamics and improved executive function

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Hostile Cognitions and Aggressive Responses Toward Excluders in Young Children - Nozomi Yamamoto, Yusuke Moriguchi, 2025 Social exclusion heightens hostile cognition and aggressive responses toward excluders. However, its direct causal effects and relationship with self-construal ...

A new paper is out! 🚨

This study explored preschoolers’ hostile cognition and aggressive responses toward social excluders in Japan — the same work that we presented at #SRCD2025 just a few days ago.
Huge thanks to my supervisor, Yusuke Moriguchi!
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Attending SRCD!

Resting-state blink rate does not increase following very-light-intensity exercise, but individual variation predicts executive function enhancement levels - Journal of Physiological Anthropology Background Acute physical exercise, even at a very-light-intensity, potentiates prefrontal cortex activation and improves executive function. The underlying circuit mechanisms in the brain remain poor...

Our very short report is now published!

Resting-state blink rate does not increase following very-light-intensity exercise, but individual variation predicts executive function enhancement levels

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📢 Our new paper is out!

This study examined how people process haiku poetry by presenting each line sequentially (5-7-5 syllables), tracking cognitive and emotional changes throughout. We measured emotional responses using a joystick and analyzed changes in pupil size.

Enhanced Cardiac Vagal Activity and Mood After Low-Dose Hypoxic Gas Inhalation in Healthy Young Adults Developing strategies to enhance cardiac vagal activity (CVA) is essential for improving mood and managing stress. Although hypoxia inhalation may boo…

Recent co-authored papers!

Enhanced Cardiac Vagal Activity and Mood After Low-Dose Hypoxic Gas Inhalation in Healthy Young Adults

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Hostile cognitions and emotions following social exclusion in Japanese adults and young children Social exclusion heightens negative emotions and hostile cognition toward others; however, its effects on non-Western adults and children remain uncle…

A new paper is out!
This study examines hostile cognitions and emotions after playing Cyberball in Japanese adults and children. Huge thanks to my supervisor Yusuke Moriguchi & my collaborator @rkuwamizu.bsky.social !
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Hostile cognitions and emotions following social exclusion in Japanese adults and young children Social exclusion heightens negative emotions and hostile cognition toward others; however, its effects on non-Western adults and children remain uncle…

共著論文がでました！

森口研の山本さん@nozom1no.bsky.social による社会的排除後の敵対的認知と感情についての幼児研究です！

Nozomi Yamamoto, Ryuta Kuwamizu, Yusuke Moriguchi: Hostile cognitions and emotions following social exclusion in Japanese adults and young children

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英語でもつぶやけて研究にも使えそうでワードルからも解放されたアカウントが欲しくなりました！

みんなどこ行っちゃったんですかね…

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