CDS Seminar Series : Professor Rieko Osu | Well-Being and Communication: Exploring Social Interaction and Neurodiversity

This seminar is free to attend and is open to all, both within and outside the University. If you wish to attend in person or via Zoom, please register your interest to attend via the Zoom portal using the link above. Zoom details will be shared prior to the event via email.

We are delighted to announce that the Centre for Developmental Science will welcome Professor Rieko Osu, Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University, to present a hybrid CDS Seminar, taking place on Friday 13th Spetember 2024, 13:00-14:00 GMT.

You are welcome to attend either in person at 52 Pritchatts Road, Lecture Theatre 1, Room G16, or online via Zoom. If you wish to attend, please register your interest to attend either in person or online via the Zoom portal using the link above. 

There will be the opportunity for an informal discussion after the seminar itself.

Prof. Osu can be contacted via email at r.osu@waseda.jp

To arrange a 1:1 meeting with the speaker, please email Sophie Sowden-Carvalho (Psychology) s.l.sowden@bham.ac.uk

CDS Event Hosts - Dr Sophie Sowden-Carvaho

Well-Being and Communication: Exploring Social Interaction and Neurodiversity

Abstract

Communication is essential for well-being. A lack of communication and loneliness can diminish well-being. Conversely, in Japan, the emphasis on communication skills and societal pressure to conform can also reduce well-being. In this talk, I will highlight recent research in social interaction, communication, and neurodiversity. This will include research on socially weak ties by examining EEG synchronization between individuals, interventions using transcranial static magnetic stimulation to address social anxiety during communication, and new approaches to developmental disorders, focusing on unique communication styles and neurodiversity.

Speaker Biography

Rieko Osu received her Ph.D. in psychology from Kyoto University. She was the head of the Department of Motor Control and Rehabilitation at the Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, ATR. She then served as the Director of Consumer Neuroscience at The Nielsen Company Japan. Since 2017, she has been a professor at Waseda University's Faculty of Human Sciences. Her research focuses on the computational understanding of motor control and learning, as well as neuroimaging. She is now expanding her research to include stroke rehabilitation, developmental disorders, and neurodiversity.