[New] M. Imai, H. Watanabe, K. Yasui, Y. Kimura, Y. Shitara, S. Tsuchida, N. Takahashi, G. Taga: Functional connectivity of the cortex of term and preterm infants and infants with Down’s syndrome.
Neuroimage (in press)

N. Kanemaru, H. Watanabe, H. Kihara, H. Nakano, R. Takaya , T. Nakamura, J. Nakano, G. Taga, Y. Konishi: Specific characteristics of spontaneous movements in preterm infants at term age are associated with developmental delays at age 3 years.
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 55: 713-721, 2013

H. Watanabe, F. Homae, T. Nakano, D. Tsuzuki, L. Enkhtur, K. Nemoto, I. Dan, G. Taga: Effect of auditory input on activations in infant diverse cortical regions during audio-visual processing.
Human Brain Mapping 34: 543-565, 2013

N. Kanemaru, H. Watanabe, G. Taga: Increasing selectivity of interlimb coordination during spontaneous movements in 2- to 4-month-old infants.
Experimental Brain Research 218: 49-61, 2012

F. Homae, H. Watanabe, T. Nakano, G. Taga: Functional development in the infant brain for auditory pitch processing.
Human Brain Mapping 33: 596-608, 2012

H. Watanabe, F. Homae, G. Taga: Activation and deactivation in response to visual stimulation in the occipital cortex of 6-month-old human infants.
Developmental Psychobiology 54, 1-15, 2012

G. Taga, H. Watanabe, F. Homae: Spatiotemporal properties of cortical hemodynamic response to auditory stimuli in sleeping infants revealed by multi-channel NIRS.
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A. 369, 4495-4511, 2011

H. Watanabe, F. Homae, G. Taga: Developmental emergence of self- referential and inhibition mechanisms of body movements underlying felicitous behaviors.
Journal of Experimental Psychology - Human perception and performance 37, 1157-1173, 2011

F. Homae, H. Watanabe, T. Nakano, G. Taga: Large-scale networks underlying language acquisition in early infancy.
Frontiers in Psychology, May 2011, vol. 2, Article 93

H. Watanabe, G. Taga: Initial-state dependency of learning in young infants.
Human Movement Science 30, 125-142, 2011

F. Homae, H. Watanabe, T. Otobe, T. Nakano, T. Go, Y. Konishi, G. Taga
Development of Global Cortical Networks in Early Infancy
Journal of Neuroscience 30: 4877-4882, 2010

H. Watanabe, F. Homae, G. Taga
General to specific development of functional activation in the cerebral cortexes of 2- to 3-month-old infants
NeuroImage 50, 1536-1544, 2010

H. Watanabe, G. Taga
Flexibility in infant actions during arm- and leg-based learning in a mobile paradigm.
Infant Behavior and Development 32, 79-90, 2009

T. Nakano, H. Watanabe, F. Homae, G. Taga
Prefrontal cortical involvement in young infants’ analysis of novelty.
Cerebral Cortex19, 455-469, 2009

T. Nakano, F. Homae, H. Watanabe, G. Taga
Anticipatory Cortical Activation Precedes Auditory Events in Sleeping Infants.
PLoS ONE 3-12, e3912, 2008

H. Watanabe, F. Homae, T. Nakano, G. Taga
Functional activation of diverse regions of the developing brain of the human infants.
NeuroImage 43, 346-357, 2008

G. Taga, F. Homae, H. Watanabe
Effects of source-detector distance of near infrared spectroscopy on the measurement of the cortical hemodaynamic response in infants.
NeuroImage 38, 452-460, 2007

F. Homae, H. Watanabe, T. Nakano, G. Taga
Prosodic processing in the developing brain.
Neuroscience Research 59, 29-39, 2007

K. Kushiro, G. Taga, H. Watanabe
Frame of reference for visual perception in young infants.
Experimental Brain Research 183, 523-529, 2007

G. Taga, K. Asakawa
Selectivity and localization of cortical response to auditory and visual stimulation in awake infants aged 2 to 4 months.
NeuroImage 36, 1246-1252, 2007

H. Watanabe, G. Taga
General to specific development of movement patterns and memory for contingency between actions and events in young infants.
Infant Behavior and Development 29, 402-422, 2006

F. Homae, H. Watanabe, T. Nakano, K. Asakawa, G. Taga
The right hemisphere of sleeping infant perceives sentential prosody.
Neuroscience Research 54, 276-280, 2006

R. Saji, H. Watanabe, G. Taga
Statistical Characteristics of Velocity of Movements of Limbs in Young Infants during the Conjugate Reinforcement Mobile Task.
Proceedings of 2005 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning 204-206, 2005

G. Taga, K. Asakawa, K. Hirasawa, Y. Konishi
Hemodynamic responses to visual stimulation in occipital and frontal cortex of newborn infants: a near infrared optical topography study.
Early Human Development 75S, 203-210, 2003

G. Taga, K. Asakawa, A. Maki, Y. Konishi, H. Koizumi
Brain Imaging in Awake Infants by Near Infrared Optical Topography.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.  100-19, 10722-10727, 2003

G. Taga, T. Ikejiri, T. Tachibana, S. Shimojo, A. Soeda, K. Takeuchi, Y. Konishi
Visual feature binding in early infancy.
Perception 31, 273-286, 2002

G. Taga, Y. Konishi, A. Maki, T. Tachibana, M. Fujiwara and H. Koizumi
Spontaneous oscillation of oxy- and deoxy- hemoglobin changes with a phase difference throughout the occipital cortex of newborn infants observed using non-invasive optical topography.
Neuroscience Letter 282, 101-104, 2000

G. Taga, R. Takaya, Y. Konishi
Analysis of general movements of infants towards understanding of developmental principle for motor control.
Proc. IEEE SMC, V678-683, 1999