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Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Keio University Graduated School of Media and Governance D2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profile<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Aiko Watanabe is a saxophonist and an Alexander Technique teacher (ATI certified). She graduated from Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music. She performs in various forms, including solo, chamber, brass band, and orchestra. She was a former part-time lecturer at Ogaki Women’s Junior College, Department of Music, and at Mie Prefectural Shiroko High School, where she taught the brass band course. During her performance activities, she felt stuck in her own method of playing and teaching, so she became a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, a mind-body educational technique. Through encounters with many musicians who had fallen into serious performance difficulties but were still striving to improve their performance, she developed a strong interest in the physical reactions of performers during performance, and enrolled in the master’s program at SFC. Currently, she is a member of Shinya Fujii’s lab, where she conducts research to find scientifically based ways to improve musicians’ performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Elucidation of brain and autonomic nervous system activities and development of biofeedback techniques that lead musicians to a high-performance state<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Watanabe, A., Kondoh, S., Samma, T., & Fujii, S. Enhanced subjective performance achievement in wind instrument playing through positive memory recall: effects of sympathetic activation and emotional valence. Frontiers in Psychology<\/em>, 16<\/em>(1544069), 1544069. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2025.1544069<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Watanabe, A., Kondoh, S., Samma, T., & Fujii, S. Enhanced subjective performance achievement in wind instrument playing through positive memory recall: Effects of sympathetic activation and emotional valence. bioRxiv<\/em>, 2024. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2024.12.12.628097<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Conference Posters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Yoshie, M., Watanabe, A., Fujimoto, M., Morijiri, Y., Environmental factors related to music performance anxiety among professional musicians. The 18th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC18).<\/em> S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, July 21-25, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
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    3. \u6e21\u908a\u611b\u5b50, \u4e09\u6469\u670b\u5f18, \u8fd1\u85e4\u8061\u592a\u90ce, \u85e4\u4e95\u9032\u4e5f. \u81ea\u4f1d\u7684\u6f14\u594f\u8a18\u61b6\u306e\u60f3\u8d77\u304c\u30d1\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30de\u30f3\u30b9\u8a55\u4fa1\u53ca\u3073\u5fc3\u62cd\u5909\u52d5\u306b\u53ca\u307c\u3059\u5f71\u97ff. \u7b2c18\u56deMotor Control\u7814\u7a76\u4f1a, \u5927\u962a\u5927\u5b66, 2024\u5e748\u670822-24\u65e5<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Watanabe, A., Samma, T., Kondoh, S., Fujii, S. Effects of recalling autobiographical music performance memories on performance self-evaluation and heart rate variability. The Neurosciences and Music \u2013 VIII: Wiring, re-wiring, and well-being<\/em>. Helsinki, Finland, June 13-16, 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Watanabe A., Samma T., & Fujii S. Effects of recalling positive and negative music performance memories on subjective performance achievement and heart-rate variability: A pilot study.The Joint Conference of the 17th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition and the 7th Conference of the Asia-Pacific Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ICMPC17-APSCOM7)<\/em>. Nihon University, Japan, August 24-28, 2023. [Sempre Award \u53d7\u8cde]<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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