Associate Professor Cognition Laboratory Department of Psychology Senshu University 2-1-1 Higashimita, Tama-ku Kawasaki-city, Kanagawa 2148580 Japan mokubo (at) psy.senshu-u.ac.jp Curent Research Interest Human laterality Perception and cognition Cognition and emotion Recent Publications Journal Articles Okubo, M. (in press). Reduced perceptual asymmetries in depressed females. Cognitive Therapy and Research. Okubo, M., Laeng, B., Saneyoshi, A., & Michimata, C. (in press). Exogenous attention differentially modulates the processing of categorical and coordinate spatial relations. Acta Psychologica. Okubo, M. (2010). Right movies on the right seat: Laterality and seat choice Applied Cognitive Psychology, 24, 90-99. Okubo, M. (2009). Statistical reform in Japan: The case of Japanese Journal of Psychonomic Science. The Japanese Journal of Psychonomic Science, 28, 88-93. [in Japanese] Okubo, M. (2008). Brain imaging and psychonomic science. The Japanese Journal of Psychonomic Science, 27, 63-64. [in Japanese] Okubo, M., & Nicholls, M. E. R. (2008). Hemispheric asymmetries for temporal information processing: Transient detection versus sustained monitoring Brain and Cognition, 66, 168-175. pdf Okubo, M., & Nicholls, M. E. R. (2006). A stimulus-dependent dissociation between the cerebral hemispheres under free-viewing conditions. Experimental Brain Research, 172, 29-56. Nicholls, M. E. R., Orr, C. A., Okubo, M. & Loftus, A. (2006). Satisfaction guaranteed: The effect of spatial biases on Likert scales. Psychological Science, 17, 1027-1028. Okubo, M., Misawa, G., & Mugishima, Y. (2005). Facilitation of return in voluntary orienting to visual attributes. Japanese Psychological Research, 47, 271-279. Okubo, M., & Nicholls, M. E. R. (2005). Flexible contrast gain control in the right hemisphere. Brain and Cognition, 59, 269-276. Okubo, M., & Nicholls, M. E. R. (2005). Hemispheric asymmetry in temporal resolution: Contribution of the magnocellular pathway. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 12, 755-759. Okubo, M., & Michimata, C. (2004). The role of high spatial frequencies on hemispheric processing of categorical and coordinate spatial relations. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 16, 1576-1582. Maehara, G., Okubo, M., & Michimata, C. (2004). Effects of background color on detecting spot stimuli presented to the upper and lower visual fields. Brain & Cognition, 55, 558-583 Okubo, M., & Michimata, C. (2002). Hemispheric processing of categorical and coordinate spatial relations in the absence of low spatial frequencies. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 14, 291-297 Takano, Y., Ishikawa, J., & Okubo, M. (2002). Specialized-function theory vs. versatile-function theory: A reply to Hiraishi, Hasegawa, & Hasegawa (2002)бе Cognitive Studies: Bulletin of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society, 9, 586-591 [in Japanese] Okubo, M., & Michimata, C.(2001). Spatial relation and hemispheric asymmetries: Contribution of spatial frequency processing. The Japanese Journal of Psychonomic Science, 20, 39-40. [The Best Presentation Award Paper / in Japanese with English abstract] Takano, Y., Okubo, M., Ishikawa, J., & Fujii, D. (2001). Is Reasoning Ability Inherited?: A Test of Cosmides's Account of the Wason Selection Task. Cognitive Studies: Bulletin of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society, 8, 287-300. [in Japanese with English abstract] Okubo, M., & Takano, Y. (2001) Absence of perceptual segmentation in image generation by normals. Japanese Psychological Research., 43, 121-129. Michimata, C., Okubo, M., & Mugishima, Y. (1999) Effects of background color on the global and local processing of hierarchically organized stimuli. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 11, 1-8. Book Chapters Takano, Y. & Okubo, M. (2003). Mental Rotation. In Nadel. L (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (Vol. 3, pp. 7-10), London, UK: Macmillan. Okubo, M. (2003). Representation: Forms and contents of our mind. In Michimata, C., Kitazaki, M., Okubo, M., C., Imai, H., Yamakawa, K., and Kurosawa, M. Cognitive Psychology: Exploring the Architecture of Human Intelligence, (pp. 105-144) Yuhikaku, Tokyo. [in Japanese]