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Kairi Sugimoto is a Research Associate at Waseda University's School of Fundamental Science and Engineering, Department of Intermedia Art and Science, while also serving as a Part-time Lecturer at Meiji Gakuin University's Faculty of Psychology and Taisho University's Faculty of Human Studies. With an active research profile spanning cognitive science, experimental psychology, and neuroscience, Sugimoto's work bridges multiple disciplines to explore fundamental questions about human cognition and social behavior.
- Research Associate, Waseda University (2024-present)
- Part-time Lecturer, Meiji Gakuin University (2025-present)
- Part-time Lecturer, Taisho University (2024-present)
- Former Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2021-2024)
Sugimoto's educational background demonstrates a strong foundation in interdisciplinary science, having completed undergraduate, master's, and doctoral studies at Waseda University's School of Fundamental Science and Engineering, Department of Intermedia Art and Science. This educational trajectory has positioned Sugimoto at the intersection of cognitive science, psychology, and neuroscience.
Kairi Sugimoto's research interests span cognitive science, experimental psychology, social psychology, Kansei informatics, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, basic psychology, and political psychology. Their work particularly focuses on how facial expressions, body language, and social contexts influence cognitive processing, memory formation, and social decision-making. A significant portion of Sugimoto's research examines developmental aspects of these phenomena, with numerous studies investigating how children process social information and form judgments about others. Recent work has expanded into political psychology, exploring how facial stereotypes of politicians influence political decision-making, and into neuroscience, investigating EEG biomarkers of relaxation states.
The publication record reveals a consistent trajectory of research examining social cognition through multiple lenses. Early work focused on children's memory for social exchanges and how emotional incongruity affects memory. This evolved into investigations of extraordinary capabilities and social status attribution in children, then expanded to include political psychology and neuroscience applications. Recent publications show increasing methodological sophistication, incorporating EEG measurements, eye-tracking, and cross-cultural comparisons. The research demonstrates a clear progression from basic cognitive mechanisms to more complex social and political applications, while maintaining a consistent focus on how humans process social information.
Sugimoto has received recognition for their scholarly contributions, most notably the Young Researcher Excellent Presentation Award in 2020 for work on facial somatics in transcultural situations. This award recognized research examining how children process source memory in social exchanges, particularly when emotional expressions contradict expected behaviors.
- Young Researcher Excellent Presentation Award (2020)
Sugimoto has been actively involved in research projects funded by Waseda University and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, with current projects examining cognitive information processing biases from facial features and political decision-making based on politician facial stereotypes. Their educational contributions include developing teaching materials on academic writing for psychology research and using generative AI in psychology research, demonstrating commitment to advancing research methodology in the field.
As a member of multiple professional societies including the Japan Cognitive Science Society, Japan Cognitive Psychology Society, and Japanese Society of Basic Psychology, Sugimoto is well-integrated into the academic community. Current research projects indicate active engagement with contemporary issues in cognitive science, particularly the intersection of facial perception, political psychology, and neural mechanisms of social cognition.