The major research fields of Takai laboratory involve social psychology and cultural psychology. It is one of the few laboratories specialized in cultural psychology in Japan. Social psychology and cultural psychology may be considered as individual research fields, but inseparable to each other. We focus on the influence of cultures on the way people make certain decisions, and the way people behave. At the same time, research on communication strategy composes a large amount of research in the lab.

　Members of Takai laboratory are encouraged to present their works at international conferences, and to submit their works to international journals. International competitiveness is one of the key targets for the members of Takai laboratory. We also aim to “export” our findings to the global community, rather than just importing the Western findings and theories to Japan, to share better understandings in the human nature, and to contribute to both domestic and international community. Development of Japanese psychological research has been (in a way) heavily depending on the Western build theories, but not much research has been conducted to test the adequacy of adopting theories build in another culture. Based in Japan, we try to reflect vivid differences in culture when developing or testing theories.

　We host meetings on “Culture and Psychology”. The meeting is not only participated by psychologists, but by researchers from a wide variety of research fields including anthropology, linguistics, etc. Multidisciplinary discussions are often shared among the participants.

　“Varietas Delectat”, which could be translated into English as “variety is the essence of life” is a famous Latin phrase. Members of Takai laboratory share unique and diverse research interests. Each member tries to provide better understandings in the nature of human behaviour from different perspectives, and by sharing opinions with other members.

　If you are interested in joining our laboratory, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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