About the Authors

Yasuyuki Taki

ytaki@idac.tohoku.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at the Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Hiroshi Hashizume

Affiliation Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at the Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Yuko Sassa

Affiliation Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at the Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Hikaru Takeuchi

Affiliation Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at the Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Michiko Asano

Affiliation Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at the Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Kohei Asano

Affiliation Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at the Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Ryuta Kawashima

Affiliations Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at the Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Department of Functional Brain Imaging at the Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Smart Ageing International Research Centre at the Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YT HH YS HT MA KA RK. Performed the experiments: YT HH YS HT MA KA. Analyzed the data: YT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YT HH YS HT MA KA RK. Wrote the paper: YT HH YS HT MA KA RK.