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Watanabe Kei
渡邉　慶
Watanabe Kei
渡邉　慶
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Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences　Department of Frontier Biosciences, Associate Professor
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Research History 8

  1. 2023/07 - Present
    Osaka University　Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences　Associate Professor

  2. 2019/01 - 2023/06
    Osaka University　Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences　Assistant professor

  3. 2015/04 - 2018/12
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology　Center for Information and Neural Network　Researcher

  4. 2014/03 - 2015/03
    University of Oxford　Department of Experimental Psychology　Postdoctoral Researcher

  5. 2012/02 - 2014/02
    University of Oxford　Department of Experimental Psychology　JSPS Research Abroad fellow

  6. 2011/04 - 2011/12
    Kyoto University　Kokoro Research Center

  7. 2008/04 - 2011/03
    日本学術振興会　特別研究員(PD)

  8. 2003/04 - 2008/03
    Kyoto University　Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies Department of Human Coexistence

Professional Memberships 3

  1. 日本ワーキングメモリ学会

  2. Society for Neuroscience

  3. 日本神経科学会

Research Areas 1

  1. Life sciences / Cognitive neuroscience /

Awards 1

  1. 若手優秀発表賞

    渡邉慶　新学術領域「包括型脳科学研究推進支援ネットワーク」　2011/08

Papers 25

  1. Neural encoding of temporal and spatial plausibility in naturalistic motion: an awake monkey fMRI study

    Reiji Tanaka, Kei Watanabe, Hiroshi Ban, Shigeru Kitazawa

    Neuropsychologia　2025/11　Research paper (scientific journal)

  2. [Neural Mechanisms for Goal Achievement by Coordinating Multiple Subgoals]

    Kei Watanabe

    Brain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyu no shinpo　Vol. 77　No. 7　p. 767-775　2025/07

  3. Reversed functional gradient in primate prefrontal cortex: posterior dominance and frontopolar deactivation

    Kei Watanabe, Masayuki Hirata, Takafumi Suzuki

    bioRxiv　2025/06/16

  4. [What We Learn through Multitasking: From Working Memory to General Intelligence].

    Kei Watanabe

    Brain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyu no shinpo　Vol. 76　No. 12　p. 1351-1359　2024/12　Research paper (scientific journal)

  5. An easy-to-implement, non-invasive head restraint method for monkey fMRI

    Reiji Tanaka, Kei Watanabe (co-first), Takafumi Suzuki, Kae Nakamura, Masaharu Yasuda, Hiroshi Ban, Ken-ichi Okada, Shigeru Kitazawa

    NeuroImage　2024/01　Research paper (scientific journal)

  6. Optimal information loading into working memory explains dynamic coding in the prefrontal cortex

    Jake P. Stroud, Kei Watanabe, Takafumi Suzuki, Mark G. Stokes, Máté Lengyel

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences　Vol. 120　No. 48　p. 1-12　2023/11/20　Research paper (scientific journal)

    Publisher: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

  7. Cycles of goal silencing and reactivation underlie complex problem-solving in primate frontal and parietal cortex

    Kei Watanabe, Mikiko Kadohisa, Makoto Kusunoki, Mark J. Buckley, John Duncan

    Nature Communications　Vol. 14　p. 1-18　2023/08/19　Research paper (scientific journal)

  8. Ready to detect a reversal of time's arrow: a psychophysical study using short video clips in daily scenes

    Nao Hanyu, Kei Watanabe, Shigeru Kitazawa

    Royal Society Open Science　Vol. 10　No. 4　p. 1-17　2023/04/19　Research paper (scientific journal)

    Publisher: The Royal Society

  9. Neural mechanisms underlying the arrow of time

    Clinical Neuroscience　Vol. 41　No. 8　p. 1032-1035　2023/03　Research paper (scientific journal)

  10. Distinct Causal Influences of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex and Posterior Parietal Cortex in Multiple-Option Decision Making

    Tsz-Fung Woo, Chun-Kit Law, Kin-Hung Ting, Chetwyn C H Chan, Nils Kolling, Kei Watanabe, Bolton K H Chau

    Cerebral Cortex　Vol. 32　No. 7　p. 1390-1404　2022/03/30　Research paper (scientific journal)

    Publisher: Oxford University Press ({OUP})

  11. A One-Shot Shift from Explore to Exploit in Monkey Prefrontal Cortex

    Jascha Achterberg, Mikiko Kadohisa, Kei Watanabe, Makoto Kusunoki, Mark J. Buckley, John Duncan

    The Journal of Neuroscience　Vol. 42　No. 2　p. 276-287　2021/11/15　Research paper (scientific journal)

    Publisher: Society for Neuroscience

  12. Focused Representation of Successive Task Episodes in Frontal and Parietal Cortex

    Mikiko Kadohisa, Kei Watanabe, Makoto Kusunoki, Mark J Buckley, John Duncan

    Cerebral Cortex　Vol. 30　No. 3　p. 1779-1796　2020/03/14　Research paper (scientific journal)

    Publisher: Oxford University Press ({OUP})

  13. Hierarchy of information processing in the prefrontal cortex

    Kei Watanabe

    Clinical Neuroscience　Vol. 38　No. 2　p. 169-172　2020/02　Part of collection (book)

  14. Toward an understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying dual-task performance: Contribution of comparative approaches using animal models

    Kei Watanabe, Shintaro Funahashi

    Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews　Vol. 84　p. 12-28　2018/01　Research paper (scientific journal)

    Publisher: Elsevier Ltd

  15. A Behavioral Paradigm to Study Rats Dual-Task Performance under Head-Direction and Body-Location Tracking

    Kohei Matsuo, Taro Kaiju, Tomoaki Nakazono, Kei Watanabe, Takafumi Suzuki

    ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS IN JAPAN　Vol. 100　No. 11　p. 3-14　2017/10　Research paper (scientific journal)

  16. Stable and Dynamic Coding for Working Memory in Primate Prefrontal Cortex

    Eelke Spaak, Kei Watanabe, Shintaro Funahashi, Mark G. Stokes

    JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE　Vol. 37　No. 27　p. 6503-6516　2017/07　Research paper (scientific journal)

  17. High Spatiotemporal Resolution ECoG Recording of Somatosensory Evoked Potentials with Flexible Micro-Electrode Arrays

    Taro Kaiju, Keiichi Doi, Masashi Yokota, Kei Watanabe, Masato Inoue, Hiroshi Ando, Kazutaka Takahashi, Fumiaki Yoshida, Masayuki Hirata, Takafumi Suzuki

    FRONTIERS IN NEURAL CIRCUITS　Vol. 11　No. 20　p. 1-13　2017/04　Research paper (scientific journal)

  18. A behavioral paradigm to study rats' dual-task performance under head-direction and body-location tracking

    Kohei Matsuo, Taro Kaiju, Tomoaki Nakazono, Kei Watanabe, Takafumi Suzuki

    IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems　Vol. 136　No. 9　p. 1324-1334　2016/09　Research paper (scientific journal)

    Publisher: Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan

  19. Neurobiology of cognitive multitasking

    Kei Watanabe, Shintaro Funahashi

    Primate Research　Vol. 31　No. 2　p. 87-100　2015/12

    Publisher: Primate Society of Japan

  20. Neural mechanisms underlying performance limit in dual-task situations

    Kei Watanabe, Shintaro Funahashi

    Brain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyū no shinpo　Vol. 67　No. 10　p. 1215-1229　2015/10

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  21. A dual-task paradigm for behavioral and neurobiological studies in nonhuman primates

    Kei Watanabe, Shintaro Funahashi

    JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS　Vol. 246　No. 15　p. 1-12　2015/05　Research paper (scientific journal)

  22. Primate models of interference control

    Kei Watanabe, Shintaro Funahashi

    Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences　Vol. 1　p. 9-16　2015/02　Research paper (scientific journal)

    Publisher: Elsevier Ltd

  23. Neural mechanisms of dual-task interference and cognitive capacity limitation in the prefrontal cortex

    Kei Watanabe, Shintaro Funahashi

    NATURE NEUROSCIENCE　Vol. 17　No. 4　p. 601-611　2014/03　Research paper (scientific journal)

  24. Prefrontal delay-period activity reflects the decision process of a saccade direction during a free-choice DDR task

    Kei Watanabe, Shintaro Funahashi

    CEREBRAL CORTEX　Vol. 17　No. 1　p. i88-i100　2007/09　Research paper (scientific journal)

  25. Contributions of prefrontal cue-, delay-, and response-period activity to the decision process of saccade direction in a free-choice ODR task

    Kei Watanabe, Saori Igaki, Shintaro Funahashi

    NEURAL NETWORKS　Vol. 19　No. 8　p. 1203-1222　2006/10　Research paper (scientific journal)

Misc. 7

  1. Where is the center of network in the brain?

    Kei Watanabe

    Vol. 38　No. 7　p. 925-925　2020/07　Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (trade magazine, newspaper, online media)

  2. Spatiotemporal dynamics of SEP recorded with high density flexible electrode arrays in the somatosensory area of Rhesus Macaque

    Kaiju Taro, Doi Keiichi, Yokota Masashi, Watanabe Kei, Inoue Masato, Ando Hiroshi, Takahashi Kazutaka, Yoshida Fumiaki, Hirata Masayuki, Suzuki Takafumi

    Transactions of Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering　Vol. 54　No. 28　p. S372-S372　2016

    Publisher: Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering

  3. 前頭連合野における神経活動の解析により二重課題干渉とこれにかかわる認知的な容量制限の神経機構を明らかにした

    Kei Watanabe, Shintaro Funahashi

    First Author's　2014/04　Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (trade magazine, newspaper, online media)

  4. 二つのことを同時にしようとすると、どちらも中途半端になる脳の仕組みを解明

    渡邉慶, 船橋新太郎

    京都大学 研究成果　2014/03

  5. Neuronal correlates of cognitive resource allocation revealed by a dual-task paradigm

    Kei Watanabe, Shintaro Funahashi

    NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH　Vol. 71　p. E381-E381　2011　Research paper, summary (international conference)

  6. Focal attention modulates the spatial tuning of visually responsive neurons in the primate lateral prefrontal cortex

    Kei Watanabe, Shintaro Funahashi

    NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH　Vol. 68　p. E293-E293　2010　Research paper, summary (international conference)

  7. Primate prefrontal activities reflects competition among multiple directionally defined choices

    Kei Watanabe, Shintaro Funahashi

    NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH　Vol. 65　p. S192-S192　2009　Research paper, summary (international conference)

Presentations 12

  1. "A Simple and Low-Invasive Approach to Recording Neural Activity in the Frontopolar Cortex

    Kei Watanabe

    2025/03/01

  2. 前頭極（area 10）は司令塔のなかの司令塔か？

    Kei Watanabe

    21st annual meeting of Japan society for Working Memory　2024/12/14

  3. Two forms of neural activity involved in working memory retention in fronto-parietal cortex

    Kei Watanabe

    2024/07/24

  4. 前頭－頭頂連合野における持続的発火に依存しないワーキングメモリ保持機構

    渡邉慶

    第20回日本ワーキングメモリ学会大会　2023/12/16

  5. Optimal information loading into working memory by non-normal attractor dynamics in PFC

    Jake Stroud, Kei Watanabe, Takafumi Suzuki, Mark Stokes, Mate Lengyel

    Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) 2021　2021/02/25

  6. Identifying functional differences among frontopolar, mid-lateral, and posterior-lateral prefrontal cortices in monkeys

    Watanabe K., Hirata M., Suzuki T.

    The 43rd annual meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society　2020/07/31

  7. Prefrontal neuronal activities reflecting capacity constraints and emergent flexibility of cognition in varying-load working memory tasks.

    Kei Watanabe

    WLT Seminar, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit　2014

  8. Dual-tasking in monkeys: analysis of behavior and prefrontal neuron activities.

    Kei Watanabe

    Neurobiology seminar, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest School of Medicine　2013

  9. Prefrontal neuronal activity during simultaneous performance of a spatial attention and a spatial working memory tasks.

    Kei Watanabe, Shintaro Funahashi

    The 36th annual meeting of the Japanese Neuroscience Society　2013

  10. Prefrontal neural correlates of cognitive capacity limitation and its adaptive allocation revealed by a dual-task paradigm.

    Kei Watanabe

    Neural Dynamics and Plasticity: from Synapse to Network (Japan-France Joint Symposium)　2012

  11. Neuronal mechanisms of cognitive resource allocation.

    Kei Watanabe

    Neuroscience Seminar. University of Oxford　2011

  12. 眼球運動方向の決定に関与する前頭連合野神経機構.

    渡邉慶, 船橋新太郎

    第2回日本ワーキングメモリ学会　2005

Institutional Repository 1

Content Published in the University of Osaka Institutional Repository (OUKA)

  1. An easy-to-implement, non-invasive head restraint method for monkey fMRI

    Tanaka Reiji, Watanabe Kei, Suzuki Takafumi, Nakamura Kae, Yasuda Masaharu, Ban Hiroshi, Okada Ken-ichi, Kitazawa Shigeru

    NeuroImage　Vol. 285　2024/01/01