Nobuko Nakano

Nobuko Nakano (中野信子, born 1975) is a Japanese neuroscientist, author, and science communicator. She serves as a Specially Appointed Professor at Higashi Nippon International University, a visiting professor at Kyoto University of the Arts, and a member of the board of trustees at the Mori Art Museum.

Biography Nakano graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo, later earning a master's degree from its Graduate School of Medicine in 2004 and a doctorate in medicine (neurology) in 2008. From 2008 to 2010, she served as a researcher at the Saclay Nuclear Research Centre in France.

Lucky People: A Neuroscientist's Guide to Attracting Luck, Cultivating Success and Leading a Happier Life — the English translation of her bestselling Japanese book "科学がつきとめた「運のいい人」" — analyzes the concept of luck through a neuroscientific lens.