Dr Naohide Yamamoto
Faculty of Health,
School of Psychology & Counselling
Biography
Dr Yamamoto is an experimental psychologist who is primarily interested in cognitive and neural mechanisms of human spatial navigation. He first studied urban planning and earned bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering 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 MA in psychology and a PhD in psychological and brain sciences from the Johns Hopkins University, USA. Prior to joining the QUT academic staff in 2014, he was an assistant professor of psychology at Cleveland State University, USA and a postdoctoral scientist in psychology at the George Washington University, USA. For more information, please see Dr Yamamoto's CV.Personal details
Positions
- Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Health,
School of Psychology & Counselling- Kelvin Grove Q Block Membership
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Health Projects - Kelvin Grove Q Block Membership
Keywords
Space perception, Spatial memory, Spatial cognition, Navigation, Cognitive psychology, Cognitive neuroscience
Discipline
Psychology, Cognitive Science
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Johns Hopkins University)
Professional memberships and associations
- Fellow - Psychonomic Society
- Member - Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
- Member - Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society
- Consulting Editor - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
- Editorial Board Member - BMC Psychology
Teaching
Dr Yamamoto teaches cognitive psychology and statistics. In recent years, he coordinated the following units:
Selected publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Naohide, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Examining How Attention and Prediction Modulate Visual Perception: A Predictive Coding View
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Kristin Laurens - EXAMINING PREDICTIVE CODING IN THE HIERARCHY OF VISUAL PERCEPTION USING FAST PERIODIC VISUAL STIMULATION
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Patrick Johnston - Investigating the Temporal and Spatial Characteristics of Visual Attribute Binding within the Human Brain
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Ottmar Lipp - The Influence of Musical Training on Low-Level Audiovisual Recalibration and Integration
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Philippe Lacherez