YASUKO OKUMURA
Last Updated :2023/09/21
- Affiliations, Positions
- Hiroshima University, Associate Professor
- E-mail
- y-okumura
hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Basic Information
Major Professional Backgrounds
- 2022/04, 2023/03, The University of Tokyo, Center for Evolutionary Cognitive Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Project Researcher
- 2019/04, 2022/03, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Special Postdoctoral Researcher (PD)
- 2018/05, 2019/03, The University of Tokyo, Center for Research and Development on Transition from Secondary to Higher Education
- 2017/04, 2018/03, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Department of Developmental Disorder
- 2014/04, 2017/03, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Department of Developmental Disorders
- 2011/04, 2014/03, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Special Postdoctoral Researcher (DC1)
Academic Degrees
- Hokkaido University
- Hokkaido University
- Hokkaido University
Educational Activity
Course in Charge
- 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Community-Based Japanese Language Education
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Introduction to Teaching Japanese to Young Learners
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Specific Study of Japanese as a Second Language I
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Specific Study of Japanese as a Second Language II
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis
- 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Educational Sciences and Society
- 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Teaching Japanese to Young Learners
- 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Topics in Teaching Japanese to Young Learners
- 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Tutorial Seminar in Special Topics
- 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Tutorial Seminar in Special Topics
Research Activities
Academic Papers
- Characteristics of shifting ability in children with mild intellectual disabilities: an experimental study with a task switching paradigm, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 66(11), 853-864, 20220906
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation decreased effortful frontal activity for shifting in patients with major depressive disorder, NeuroReport, 33(11), 470-475, 20220803
- Pre-elementary Children With Imperfect Letter-Name Knowledge Are at Great Risk of Reading Difficulty in First Grade: One-Year Longitudinal Study in Japanese Hiragana, Frontiers in Education, 7, 1-9, 20220228
- Executive dysfunction in medication-naïve children with ADHD: A multi-modal fNIRS and EEG study., Brain & development, 42(8), 555-563, 202009
- Discrepancy between musical ability and language skills in children with Williams syndrome., Brain & development, 42(3), 248-255, 202003
- Assessing Learning Difficulties in a Child with Limited Japanese Proficiency : A Case Report of Academic-Skill and Cognitive Assessments in a Swedish-Speaking Girl, 36(3), 99-112, 201912
- Developmental changes in pitch discrimination ability during childhood, Journal of Music Perception and Cognition, 25(1), 3-12, 2019
- Predictive factors of success in neurofeedback training for children with ADHD., Developmental neurorehabilitation, 22(1), 3-12, 201901
- The relationship between the superior frontal cortex and alpha oscillation in a flanker task: Simultaneous recording of electroencephalogram (EEG) and near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)., Neuroscience research, 131, 30-35, 201806
- Right prefrontal cortex specialization for visuospatial working memory and developmental alterations in prefrontal cortex recruitment in school-age children., Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology, 129(4), 759-765, 201804
- Applicability of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition (MABC-2) for Japanese Children Aged 3-6 Years: A Preliminary Investigation Emphasizing Internal Consistency and Factorial Validity., Frontiers in psychology, 9, 1452-1452, 2018
- Training Attention to the Other’s Need Improves Helping Behaviors in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Behavioral Analysis Using a Two-dimensional Motion Capture System, Frontiers in Education, 2, 20170927
- Excessive hemodynamic activity in the superior frontal cortex during the flanker task in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder., Neuroreport, 28(13), 828-832, 20170906
- Spatial working memory encoding type modulates prefrontal cortical activity., Neuroreport, 28(7), 391-396, 20170503
- Print-specific N170 involves multiple subcomponents for Japanese Hiragana, NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS, 650, 77-81, 201705
- Pure and Short-Term Phonics-Training Improves Reading and Print-Specific ERP in English: A Case Study of a Japanese Middle School Girl., Developmental neuropsychology, 42(4), 265-275, 2017
- Print-tuning in Early Stages of Visual Word Processing : Toward Elucidation of Reading and Developmental Dyslexia, 49-63, 2016
- Attention that covers letters is necessary for the left-lateralization of an early print-tuned ERP in Japanese hiragana., Neuropsychologia, 69, 22-30, 201503
- Representational Levels of Bilateral N170 for Japanese Hiragana Strings during Focal Spatial Attention to Letters, Japanese Journal of Physiological Psychology and Psychophysiology, 33(1), 5-17, 2015
- Early print-tuned ERP response with minimal involvement of linguistic processing in Japanese Hiragana strings., Neuroreport, 25(6), 410-4, 20140416
- Interventions for Students with Difficulties in Learning English Reading and Spelling, 125-129, 2014
- A Specific Visual Evoked Response to Illusory Contours is Reduced by Cognitive Load, Japanese Journal of Physiological Psychology and Psychophysiology, 32(1), 11-17, 2014
- Reading and Spelling Instructions for English Words Using Phonics and Rhyme Patterns : Case Reports of Two Japanese Students with Reading and Spelling Difficulties, 22(4), 445-456, 201311