TAYAMA Jun

TAYAMA Jun is a Professor at Waseda University's Faculty of Human Sciences, with additional part-time roles at Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine. His research spans cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, and health science, focusing on conditions like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and hyperhidrosis, integrating eHealth interventions and gut-brain axis studies. He has developed psychometric scales for anxiety and headache disorders and pioneered attention bias modification programs for anxiety and depression.

Research Trends: Recent publications highlight his work on

• digital self-management programs for IBS
• anxiety mechanisms in hyperhidrosis
• cross-cultural epidemiological studies
• omega-3 fatty acid interventions for mental health
• attention bias analysis in cancer and stroke patients

using EEG/ERP and randomized controlled trial methodologies.

Scientific Awards include the Uchiyama Memorial Award, multiple Japanese Society of Behavioral Medicine recognitions, and National University Health Management Association honors for his work on stress management and psychosomatic medicine.