Kayoko Okada
Associate Professor of Psychology | Psychological Science
Biography
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
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.
NeuropsychologiaOkada, 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 ONEOkada, 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 LanguageBuchsbaum, 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.
Hierarchical organization of human auditory cortex: evidence from acoustic invariance in the response to intelligible speech.
Cerebral CortexOkada, K., Rong, F., Venezia, J., Matchin, W., Hsieh, I., Saberi, K., Serences J.T., & Hickok, G. (2010). Hierarchical organization of human auditory cortex: evidence from acoustic invariance in the response to intelligible speech. Cerebral Cortex, 20, 2486-2495
Word or Word-like? Dissociating orthographic typicality from lexicality in left occipito-temporal cortex.
Journal or Cognitive NeuroscienceWoollams, A.M., Silani, G., Okada, K., Patterson, K. & Price, C.J. (2010). Word or Word-like? Dissociating orthographic typicality from lexicality in left occipito-temporal cortex. Journal or Cognitive Neuroscience, 23, 992-1002.
Area Spt in the human planum temporale supports sensory-motor integration for speech processing.
Neurophysiology,Hickok, G., Okada, K. & Serences, J.T. (2009). Area Spt in the human planum temporale supports sensory-motor integration for speech processing. Journal of Neurophysiology, 101: 2725-2732.
Two cortical mechanisms support the integration of visual and auditory speech: A hypothesis and preliminary data.
Neuroscience Letters,Okada, K. & Hickok, G. (2009). Two cortical mechanisms support the integration of visual and auditory speech: A hypothesis and preliminary data. Neuroscience Letters, 452, 219-223.
Bilateral capacity for speech sound processing in auditory comprehension: evidence from Wada procedures.
Brain and LanguageHickok, G., Okada, K., Barr, W., Pa, J., Rogalsky, C., Donnelly, K., & Grant, A. (2008). Bilateral capacity for speech sound processing in auditory comprehension: evidence from Wada procedures. Brain and Language, 107, 179-184