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Published on in Vol 10 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/99948, first published .
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Characteristic Facial Expressions During Visual Fixation in Japanese Older Adults With Lower Cognitive Screening Performance: Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study

Characteristic Facial Expressions During Visual Fixation in Japanese Older Adults With Lower Cognitive Screening Performance: Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study

Mirano Miyayama   1, 2 , MA ;   Takuya Sekiguchi   2 , PhD ;   Hikaru Sugimoto   2, 3, 4, 5 , PhD ;   Toshikazu Kawagoe   2, 6 , PhD ;   Kornkanok Tripanpitak   2 , PhD ;   Alexandra Wolf   2, 7 , PhD ;   Kazumi Kumagai   2 , PhD ;   Kosuke Fukumori   2 , PhD ;   Kumi Watanabe Miura   2, 3 , PhD ;   Shogo Okada   8 , PhD ;   Keiichiro Ishimaru   9 , PhD ;   Mihoko Otake-Matsuura   2 , PhD

1 Department of Developmental and Clinical Psychology, The Division of Human Developmental Sciences, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan

2 RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project, Tokyo, Japan

3 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan

4 Centre for Human Brain Health, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

5 Institute for Mental Health, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

6 School of Humanities and Science, Kumamoto Campus, Tokai University, Kumamoto, Japan

7 Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

8 Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa, Japan

9 Faculty of Core Research, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan

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  • Mirano Miyayama, MA
  • RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project
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