Kayoko Okada

Associate Professor of Psychology | Psychological Science

  • Los Angeles CA UNITED STATES

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

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Biography

Kayoko Okada is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Science at Loyola Marymount University. She is a cognitive neuroscientist who uses neuroimaging (FMRI) and behavioral methods to explore brain-behavior relationships. Broadly, her research focuses on understanding the neural bases of language and memory systems. She has published in the domain of speech perception and production, sign language, audiovisual speech, exercise and cognitive performance. Her current work examines the relationship between aerobic exercise, cognitive and perceptual abilities, and brain function.

Professor Okada received her M.A. in Psychology from Johns Hopkins University and her Ph.D. in Psychology from UC Irvine. She continues her neuroimaging work in collaboration with colleagues from Irvine.

Education

University of California, Irvine

Ph.D.

Psychology

2005

Johns Hopkins University

M.A.

Psychology

2000

University of California, Irvine

B.A.

Psychology

1997

Areas of Expertise

Memory
Cognition
Language
Cognitive Neuroscience
Brain Imaging

Affiliations

  • UC Irvine
  • Society for Neuroscience
  • Organization for Human Brain Mapping
  • Society for the Neurobiology of Language
  • American Psychological Association

Languages

  • English
  • Japanese
  • Spanish (Basic)

Courses

Statistical Methods for Psychology

PSYC 2001

Cognitive Neuroscience

PSYC 4001

Sensation and Perception

PSYC 3998

Articles

An fMRI study of perception and action in deaf signers.

Neuropsychologia

Okada, K., Rogalsky, C., O’Grady, L., Hanaumi, L., Bellugi, U., Corina, D. & Hickok,G. (2016). An fMRI study of perception and action in deaf signers. Neuropsychologia, 88, 179-188. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.01.015

An fMRI study of audiovisual speech perception reveals multisensory interactions in primary auditory cortex.

PLOS ONE

Okada, K., Venezia, J., Matchin, W., Saberi, K. & Hickok, G. (2013). An fMRI study of audiovisual speech perception reveals multisensory interactions in primary auditory cortex. PLoS ONE 8(6): e68959. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068959

Conduction Aphasia, sensory-motor integration, and phonological short-term memory - An aggregate analysis of lesion and fMRI data.

Brain and Language

Buchsbaum, B.R., Baldo, J., Okada, K. & Hickok, G, Berman, K.F., Dronkers, N., D’Esposito. (2011). Conduction Aphasia, sensory-motor integration, and phonological short-term memory - An aggregate analysis of lesion and fMRI data. Brain and Language, 119(3), 119-128.

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