Research Experience

  • Dec 2024 – Present: Research Fellow, Center for Music Science, Keio University
  • Apr 2024 – Present: JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD), Keio University
  • Apr 2023 – Mar 2024: Project Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University
  • Apr 2021 – Mar 2023: JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2), The University of Tokyo
  • Jun 2020 – Mar 2021: Research Assistant, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Education

  • Mar. 2023 : PhD in Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
    Dissertation: Perception of musical meter: Examining the interaction between top-down and bottom-up processes (Advisor: Kazuo Okanoya)
  • Mar. 2019 : MS in Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
  • Mar. 2017 : Bachelor of Liberal Arts, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Research Interest

Musical meter, Beat, Rhythm, Music-induced chill, Musical interaction, Social bonding, Respect-related emotions, Dual-meter sound stimuli, EEG, Heart Rate, Psychophysics, Tapping

Publication

Preprints (Under Review)

  1. Etani, T., Kondoh, S., Sakakibara, Y., Yoshida, K., Naruse, Y., Imamura, Y., Ibaraki, T., Fujii S. (2025). A groove brain-music interface for enhancing individual experience of urge to move bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.16.676544
  2. Kondoh, S., Okanoya, K., & Tachibana, R. O. (2025). Neural entrainment predicts the anticipatory P300 component during musical meter perception: An EEG study using dual-meter sound stimuli. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.01.662512
  3. Etani, T., Nakajima, S., Honda, S., Homma, S., Kaneko, Y., Kondoh, S., … & Fujii, S. (2025). Pleasure in groove is associated with neuromelanin levels in the substantia nigra of younger healthy individuals: A neuromelanin-sensitive MRI study. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.10.653047
  4. Homma, S., Etani, T., Kondoh S., Morizumi K., Matsumoto S., Shindo K., Shindo Y., Fujii S. (2025). Effects of background music on mood of older users and staff members at a senior daycare facility in Japan. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ybjv9_v1
  5. Kondoh, S., Etani, T., Sakakibara, Y., Naruse, Y., Imamura Y., Ibaraki, T., & Fujii, S. (2024). A chill brain-music interface for enhancing music chills with personalized playlists. bioRxiv.
    https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.07.621657

Peer-reviewed papers

  1. Watanabe, A., Kondoh, S., Samma, T., & Fujii, S. (2025). Enhanced subjective performance achievement in wind instrument playing through positive memory recall: Effects of sympathetic activation and emotional valence. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1544069.
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1544069
  2. Sakakibara, Y., Kusutomi, T., Kondoh, S., Etani, T., Shimada, S., Imamura, Y., Naruse, Y., Fujii, S., & Ibaraki, T. (2025). A Nostalgia Brain-Music Interface for enhancing nostalgia, well-being, and memory vividness in younger and older individuals. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 32337.
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-14705-6
  3. Kondo, H., Kondoh, S., & Fujii, S. (2025). Perceived vibrato and the singing power ratio explain overall evaluations in opera singing. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1568982. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1568982
  4. Nitta, J., Kondoh, S., Okanoya, K., & Tachibana, R. O. (2024). Spectral consistency in sound sequence affects perceptual accuracy in discriminating subdivided rhythmic patterns. PLoS One, 19(5), e0303347.
    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303347
  5. Kondoh, S., Fujimura, T., Nakatani, H., Muto, S., Nonaka, Y., & Okanoya, K. (2023). Experiencing respect elongates the orienting response: a pilot study. Discover Psychology, 3(1), 17.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s44202-023-00075-5
  6. Fujiwara, M., Kondoh, S. (Co-first author), & Sakaguchi Y. (2022). Sharing Intentions: Insights from Synchrony and Entrainment (review in Japanese). In K. Okanoya, & K. Fujita (Eds.), Co-creating the Future of Evolutionary Linguistics. Hitsuji Shobo. https://www.hanmoto.com/bd/isbn/9784823411618
  7. Kondoh, S., & Okanoya, K. (2022). Performance in a task improves when subjects experience respect, rather than admiration, for those teaching them. Discover Psychology, 2(1), 38.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s44202-022-00051-5
  8. Kondoh, S., Okanoya, K., & Tachibana, R. O. (2021). Switching perception of musical meters by listening to different acoustic cues of biphasic sound stimulus. PLoS One, 16(8), e0256712.
    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256712

Presentation (selected)

  1. Kondoh, S., Yoshida, K., Tamura, S., Nakajima, S., Hirano, Y., Fujii, S. Associations between 20-Hz Auditory Steady-State Responses, Musical Sophistication, and Music Reward Sensitivity. Neuroscience 2025: Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA, 2025/11/15-19.
  2. Kondoh, S., Etani, T., Sakakibara, Y., Naruse, Y., Imamura, Y. Ibaraki, T. Fujii, S. Enhancing music chills through closed-loop neurofeedback generating tailor-made playlist for individuals using an in-ear EEG device. The Neurosciences and Music VIII, Helsinki, Finland, 2024/6/13-16.
  3. Yoshida, K., Kondoh, S., Tamura, S., Nakajima, S., Hirano, Y., Fujii, S. Relationships between 40-Hz Auditory Steady-State Response and Musical Training. The Neurosciences and Music VIII, Helsinki, Finland, 2024/6/13-16.
  4. Kondoh, S., Okanoya, K., & Tachibana, R. O. Examining the interaction between top-down and bottom-up processes of meter perception: an EEG study with biphasic sound stimuli. ICMPC17-APSCOM7, Tokyo, Japan, 2023/8/24-28.
  5. Nitta, J., Kondoh, S., Okanoya, K., & Tachibana, R. O. Integration and Segregation of Auditory Streams During Rhythm Perception. Joint Conference on Language Evolution, Kanazawa, Japan, 2022/9/5-8.
  6. Kondoh, S., Okanoya, K., Tachibana, R.O. Quantifying subjective intensity of musical beats. Joint Conference on Language Evolution, Kanazawa, Japan, 2022/9/5-8.
  7. Kondoh, S., Fujimura, T., Nakatani, H., Nonaka, Y., Muto, S., Okanoya, Emotions associated with “respect” induces physiological change. The 31st International Congress of Psychology, Kanagawa, Japan, 2016/7/24 – 29.

Contact

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