Kayoko Okada

Associate Professor and Associate Char of Psychology | Psychological Science Loyola Marymount University

  • Los Angeles CA

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. As a cognitive neuroscientist, she uses neuroimaging (FMRI) and behavioral methods to investigate brain-behavior relationships, with a focus on language and memory systems. She has published research on speech perception and production, sign language, audiovisual speech integration, and the relationship between exercise and cognitive performance. Her current work explores how aerobic exercise affects cognitive and perceptual abilities.

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

Cognitive Neuroscience
Memory
Language
Cognition

Affiliations

  • Society for Neuroscience
  • Organization for Human Brain Mapping
  • American Psychological Association
  • UC San Diego
  • UC Irvine

Languages

  • English
  • Japanese
  • Spanish (Basic)

Courses

Cognitive Neuroscience

PSYC 4001

Statistical Methods for Psychology

PSYC 2001

Articles

Predictive Coding and Internal Error Correction in Speech Production

Neurobiology of Language

Teghipco, A., Okada, K., Murphy, E. & Hickok, G. (2023). Predictive Coding and Internal Error Correction in Speech Production. Neurobiology of Language

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Phonological feature repetition suppression in the left Inferior Frontal Gyrus

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Okada, K., Matchin, W. & Hickok, G. (2018). Phonological feature repetition suppression in the left Inferior Frontal Gyrus. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

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Neural evidence for predictive coding in auditory cortex

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Okada, K., Matchin, W. & Hickok, G. (2017). Neural evidence for predictive coding in auditory cortex. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

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