Division of Behavioral Development

Keywords: aging, behavioral development, adaptability, interdisciplinary, literature and science, aging society

Staff

Name	E-Mail/Personal Site	Title	Research Field/Research Interest
CHOGAHARA Makoto (長ヶ原誠) [1]	cmakoto [at] kobe-u.ac.jp	Professor	Sport Promotion, Health Behavioral Sciences, Gerontology Research on the support methods for active and healthy ageing through investigating health and sport promotion targeting the aging population
HARADA Kazuhiro (原田和弘) [2]	harada [at] harbor.kobe-u.ac.jp	Associate Professor	Physical Activity and Health, Gerontology Health benefits of physical activity, determinants of physical activity, intervention strategies to promote physical activity
KATAGIRI Keiko (片桐恵子) [3]	katagiri_k [at] people.kobe-u.ac.jp	Professor	Social psychology, social gerontology My research topic covers broad themes on aging and aging society from a social psychological perspective: social participation, social relations and health behaviors of senior citizens, health status of the old-old, intergenerational exchange, etc. Some of these themes involve international and interdisciplinary research I adopt mixed methodology, which is a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods.
KONDO Narihiko (近藤徳彦) [4]	kondo [at] kobe-u.ac.jp Personal Site [5]	Professor	Applied Human Physiology Physiological adaptation to environment and exercise
MASUMOTO Kouhei (増本康平) [6]	masumoto [at] people.kobe-u.ac.jp Personal Site [7]	Associate Professor	Behavioral Adaptation, Experimental Psychology of Aging We conduct research on cognitive aging and cognitive impairment (memory, attention, emotion, self-monitoring, etc.) by experimental psychological, neuropsychological, and brain imaging methods.
OKADA Shuichi (岡田修一) [8]	shuokada [at] kobe-u.ac.jp	Professor	Aging Kinesiology Postural Control in older persons, Strategy for Fall Prevention