| Title: | Assistant Professor |
| Dept: | Psychology |
| Office: | SH 219 |
| Phone: | 216-687-3816 |
| Fax: | 216-687-9294 |
| Email: | N.YAMAMOTO@csuohio.edu |
| Web: | http://academic.csuohio.edu/n_yamamoto/lab/ |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. SH 219, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
Education: | ||
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Ph.D., Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 2007
M.A., Psychology, Johns Hopkins University, 2004 Master of Engineering, Urban Engineering (Urban Planning), University of Tokyo, 2001 Bachelor of Engineering, Urban Engineering (Urban Planning), University of Tokyo, 1999 | ||
| Brief Bio: | ||
| Dr. Yamamoto first studied urban planning and earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Tokyo, Japan. He developed scientific interest in human spatial cognition and navigation through his urban planning research, and decided to pursue an academic career in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. He obtained an M.A. in psychology and a Ph.D. in psychological and brain sciences from the Johns Hopkins University. Before joining CSU, he spent two years at the George Washington University as a post-doctoral researcher. | ||
| Honors and Awards: | ||
| Graduate Fellowship, The Nakajima Foundation, 2002-2007
J. Brien Key Graduate Student Assistance Fund, Johns Hopkins University, 2006 Conference Grant, Johns Hopkins Graduate Representative Organization, 2006 Fulbright Award for Graduate Study, Japan-U.S. Educational Commission, 2002 (alternate candidate; declined for the fellowship from the Nakajima Foundation) | ||
| Research Interests: | ||
| Dr. Yamamoto has been interested in how we remember where things are in space and how we use that knowledge to navigate through an environment. In other words, his research is focused on cognitive and neural mechanisms of human spatial cognition and navigation. His studies involve healthy adults and seniors as well as neurological and psychiatric patients who have navigation problems. For more details, visit his lab's website. | ||
| Professional Affiliations: | ||
| Association for Psychological Science
Psychonomic Society (associate) | ||
| Research Grants: | ||
| Schizotypal traits and self-motion sensing: Exploring the role of bodily senses in space perception
CSU Undergraduate Research & Creative Achievement Award (summer 2011; $4,448) Role: Principal Investigator Systems analysis of distance perception through self-motion senses CSU Undergraduate Research & Creative Achievement Award (summer 2010; $6,946.80) Role: Principal Investigator | ||