Laboratory Head, Laboratory for Biolinguistics

Name: Kazuo Okanoya, Ph.D. Position Title: Education: Laboratory Head, Laboratory for Biolinguistics M.S. Biopsychology 1986 University of Maryland, USA Ph.D. Biopsychology 1989 University of Maryland, USA Positions and Research Theme: 1983-1986 Master s Research: Hearing in songbirds, with Dr. Robert J. Dooling, University of Maryland, USA. 1987-1989 Doctorate Research: Auditory perception in songbirds, with Dr. Robert J. Dooling, University of Maryland, USA. 1989-1990 Post-Doctoral Fellow: Perceptual mechanisms of species specific calls in Bengalese finches, JSPS, JAPAN. 1990-1993 Post-Doctoral Fellow: Auditory feedback and song control in Bengalese finches, JST, JAPAN. 1994-2005 Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters: Chiba University, JAPAN. 1994-2005 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University, JAPAN. 2004-present Laboratory Head, Biolinguistics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, JAPAN. 2008-present 2008-present Competitive Grants: Visiting Professor, Chiba University, Tokyo University, Keio University Research Director, ERATO OKANOYA Emotional Information Project, JST, JAPAN 1989-1990 Post Doctoral Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 1990-1993 Post Doctoral Fellowship, Japan Science and Technology Corporation 1993-1994 Post Doctoral Fellowship, Inoue Foundation for the Promotion of Science 1996-1999 PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (Intelligence and Construction) 1999-2001 PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (Intelligence and Information) 2001-2001 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas(C), Grant-in-Aid for 2001-2002 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas, Grant-in-Aid for 2001-2005 PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (Cooperation and Control) 2002-2003 Grant-in-Aid for Exploratory Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) 2002-2004 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) 2003-2003 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas, Grant-in-Aid for 2004-2004 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas, Grant-in-Aid for 1

2004-2005 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas, Grant-in-Aid for 2006-2007 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas, Grant-in-Aid for 2008-2010 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) 2008-2013 ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Agency Honors: 2001 Best paper in comparative psychology (year 2000), American Psychological Association 2009 The JASTJ Prize 2009, Japanese Association of Science & Technology Journalists 2009 Nakayama Grand Prix Award 2009, Nakayama Foundation for Human Science 2

Original papers published in refereed journals: Park, T., Okanoya, K. & Dooling, R. J. (1985). Operant conditioning of small birds for acoustic discrimination. Journal of Ethology, 3, 5-9. Okanoya, K. & Dooling, R. J. (1985). Colony differences in auditory thresholds in the canary (Serinus canarius). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 78, 1170-1176. Dooling, R. J., Okanoya, K., Downing, J. & Hulse, S. (1986). Hearing in the starling (Sturnus vulgaris): Absolute thresholds and critical ratios. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 24, 462-464. Okanoya, K. & Dooling, R. J. (1987). Hearing in passerine and psittacine birds: a comparative study of absolute and masked auditory thresholds. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 101, 7-15. Okanoya, K. & Dooling, R. J. (1987). Strain differences in auditory thresholds in the canary (Serinus canarius). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 101, 213-215. Dooling, R. J., Brown, S. D., Park, T. J., Okanoya, K. & Soli, S. D. (1987). Perceptual organization of acoustic stimuli by Budgerigar(Melopsittacus undulatus): I. Pure tones. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 101, 139-149. Dooling, R. J., Park, T. J., Brown, S. D., Okanoya, K., & Soli, S. D. (1987). Perceptual organization of acoustical stimuli in the budgerigar: II. Vocal signals. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 101, 367-381. Okanoya, K. & Dooling, R. J. (1988). Obtaining acoustic similarity measures from animals: a method for species comparisons. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 83, 1690-1693. Okanoya, K. & Dooling, R. J. (1988). Hearing in the swamp sparrow, Melospiza georgiana, and the song sparrow, Melospiza melodia. Animal Behaviour, 36, 726-732. Downing, J. D., Okanoya, K. & Dooling, R. J. (1988). Auditory short-term memory in the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus). Animal learning and behavior, 16, 153-156. Hashino, E. & Okanoya, K.(1989). Auditory sensitivity in the zebra finch (Poephila guttata castanotis). Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan (E), 10, 51-52. Dooling, R. J., Okanoya, K., Brown, S. (1989). Speech perception by budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) :The voiced-voiceless distinction. Perception and Psychophysics, 46, 65-71. Park, T. J., Dooling, R. J., Rock, S., & Okanoya, K. (1989). Discrimination of natural contact calls in two strains of canary and the budgerigar. Journal of Ethology, 7, 167-169. Okanoya, K. & Dooling, R. J. (1990). Song-syllable perception in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) and swamp sparrows (Melospiza georgiana): An approach from animal psychophysics. Bulletin of Psychonomic Society, 28, 221-224. Okanoya, K. & Dooling, R. J. (1990). Temporal integration in zebra finches (Poephila guttata). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 87, 2782-2784. 3

Okanoya, K., Dooling, R. J., & Downing, J. D. (1990). Hearing and vocalizations in hybrid Waterslager-Roller canaries(serinus canarius). Hearing Research, 46, 271-276. Okanoya, K. & Dooling, R. J. (1990). Detection of gaps in noise by budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) and zebra finches (Poephila guttata). Hearing Research, 50, 185-192. Okanoya, K. & Dooling, R. J. (1990). Detection of auditory sinusoides of fixed and uncertain frequency by budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) and zebra finches (Poephila guttata). Hearing Research, 50, 175-184. Dooling, R. J., Park, T. J., Brown, S. D. & Okanoya, K. (1990). Perception of species-specific vocalizations by isolate-reared budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 4, 57-78. Okanoya, K. & Dooling, R. J. (1991). Perception of distance calls by budgerigars(melopsittacus undulatus) and zebra finches(poephila guttata): assessing species-specific advantages. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 105, 60-72. Mahalati, K., Okanoya, K., Witt, D. M. & Carter, C. S. (1991). Oxytocin inhibits male sexual behavior in Prairie Voles. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, & Behavior, 39, 219-222. Okanoya, K., & Dooling, R. J. (1991). Detection of species-specific distance calls in noise by zebra finches (Poephila guttata) and budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus): Time or frequency domain? Bioacoustics, 3, 163-172. Klump, G. & Okanoya, K. (1991). Temporal modulation transfer functions in the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris): I. Psychological modulation detection thresholds. Hearing Research, 52, 1-12. Kreutzer, M. L., Dooling, R. J., Brown, S. D. & Okanoya, K. (1991). A comparison of song syllable perception by five species of birds. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 4, 141-155. Yoneda, T. & Okanoya, K. (1991). Ontogeny of sexually dimorphic distance calls in Bengalese finches(lonchura domestica). Journal of Ethology, 9, 41-46. Dooling, R. J., Brown, S. D., Klump, G. M. & Okanoya, K. (1992). Auditory perception of conspecific and heterospecific vocalizations in birds: evidence for special processes. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 106, 20-28. Okanoya, K., Yoneda, T. & Kimura, T. (1993). Acoustical variations in sexually dimorphic features of distance calls in domesticated zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata castanotis). Journal of Ethology, 11, 29-36. 梅田 岡ノ谷 中村 古屋 (1993). ムクドリのオペラント条件づけ Japanese Journal of Ornithology, 41, 9-16. Okanoya, K. & Kimura, T. (1993). Acoustical and perceptual structures of sexually dimorphic distance calls in Bengalese finches (Lonchura striata domestica). Journal of Comparative 4

Psychology, 107, 386-394. Okanoya, K. & Kimura, T. (1993). A software bird call detector and its application to automated playback experiments. Bioacoustics, 5, 117-122. Okanoya, K. & Yoneda, T. (1995). Effects of Tracheosyringeal nerve section on sexually dimorphic distance calls in Bengalese finches (Lonchura striata var. domestica). Zoological Science, 12, 801-805. Okanoya, K., Yoneda, T., & Iseki, S. (1995). Distance calls of the wild white-backed munia in Kijoka, Okinawa. Japanese Journal of Ornithology, 44, 231-233. Okanoya, K. (1996). Psychometric functions for detection of pure tone stimuli in Bengalese finches (Lonchura striata var. domestica) and Zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata castanotis). Journal of Acoustical Society of Japan (E), 17, 219-221. Okanoya, K. (1997). Voco-auditory behavior in the Bengalese finch: a comparison with the zebra finch. Biomedical Research, 18, S1, 53-70. Okanoya, K. & Yamaguchi, A. (1997). Adult Bengalese finches(lonchura striata var. domestica) require real-time auditory feedback to produce normal song syntax. Journal of Neurobiology, 33, 343-356. Ikebuchi, M. & Okanoya, K. (1999). Male zebra finches and Bengalese finches emit directed songs to the video images of conspecific females projected onto a TFT display. Zoological Science, 16, 63-70. Honda, E. & Okanoya, K. (1999). Acoustical and syntactical comparisons between songs of the White-backed munia(lonchura striata) and its domesticated strain, the Bengalese finch. Zoological Science. 16, 319-326. Kimura, T., Okanoya, K. & Wada, M. (1999). Effect of testosterone on the distribution of vasotocin immunoreactivity in the brain of the zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata castanotis. Life Sciences, 65, 1663-1670. Ikebuchi, M. & Okanoya, K. (2000). Limited auditory memory for conspecific songs in a non-territorial songbird. NeuroReport, 11, 3915-3939. Hosino, T. & Okanoya, K. (2000). Lesion of a higher-order song nucleus disrupts phrase level complexity in Bengalese finches. NeuroReport, 11, 2091-2095. Okanoya, K. (2000). Perception of missing fundamentals in zebra finches and Bengalese finches. Journal of Acoustical Society of Japan (E), 21, 63-68. Okanoya, K., Tsumaki, S. & Honda, E. (2000). Perception of temporal properties in self-generated songs by Bengalese finches (Lonchura striata var. domestica). Journal of. Comparative.Psychology, 114, 239-245. Okanoya, K., Ikebuchi, M., Uno, H., & Watanabe, S. (2001). Left-side dominance for song discrimination in Bengalese finches (Lonchura striata var. domestica). Animal Cognition, 4, 5

241-245. Kobayashi, K., Uno, H. & Okanoya, K. (2001). Partial lesions in the anterior forebrain pathway affect song production in adult Bengalese finches. NeuroReport, 12, 353-358. 岡ノ谷一夫 (2002). 鳥の歌認知における種差 性差 個体差 動物心理学研究, 52,105-112. Endo, H., Okanoya, K., Park, T. J., Sasaki,M., Tanemura,K., Kimura,J., & Hayashi,Y. (2002).Localization of the Cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage enzyme in the inactive testis of the naked mole-rat. Zoological Science, 19, 673-678. Endo, H., Okanoya, K., Matsubayashi,H., Kimura,J., Sasaki,M., Fukuta, K., & Suzuki,N. (2003). Three-dimensional Image Analysis of the Thin Abdominal Wall in the Naked Mole-Rat and the Lesser Mouse Deer. Jpn. J. Zoo Wildl. Med., 8, 69-73. Kobayasi, K. & Okanoya, K. (2003). Context-dependent song amplitude control in Bengalese finches. NeuroReport, 14, 521-524. Hihara, S., Yamada, H., Iriki, A., & Okanoya, K. (2003). Spontaneous vocal differentiation of coo-calls for tools and food in Japanese monkeys. Neuroscience Research, 45, 383-389. Ikebuchi, M. & Okanoya, K. (2003). Sex differences in song perception in Bengalese finches measured by the caridac response. Animal Behaviour, 65, 123-130. Kobayashi, K., Okanoya, K. (2003). Sex differences in amplitude regulation of distance calls in Bengalese finches, Lunchula striata var domestica. Animal Biology. Yamada, H., & Okanoya, K. (2003). Song syntax changes in Bengalese finches singing in a helium atomosphere. Neuroreport, 14, 1725-1729. Mizuta, T., Yamada, H., Lin, R. S., Yodogawa, Y., & Okanoya, K. (2003). Sexing white-rumped munias in Taiwan, using morphology, DNA and distance calls. Ornithological Science, 2, 97-102. Yodogawa, Y., Nishiumi, I., Saito, D., & Okanoya, K. (2003). Characterization of eight polymorphic microsatellite loci from the Bengalese finch(lonchura striata var. domestica). Molecular Ecology Notes, 3, 183-185. Okanoya, K. (2004). The Bengalese finch: a window on the behavioral neurobiology of bird song syntax. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1016, 724-735. Nakamura, K. Z. & Okanoya, K. (2004). Neural correlates of song complexity in Bengalese finch high vocal center. NeuroReport, 15, 1359-1363. Okanoya, K. (2004). Song syntax in Bengalese finches: proximate and ultimate analyses. Advances in the Study of Behaviour, 34, 297-346. Yamazaki, Y., Yamada, H., Murofushi, M., Momose, H., & Okanoya, K. (2004). Estimation of hearing range in raptors using unconditioned responses. Ornithological Science, 3, 85-92. Okanoya, K. (2004). Functional and structural pre-adaptations to language: Insight from comparative 6

cognitive science into the studay of language origin. Japanese Psychological Research, 46, 207-215. Tokimoto, N., Okanoya, K. (2004). Spontaneous construction of Chinese boxes in Degus (Octodon degu): A rudiment of recursive intelligence? Japanese Psychological Research, 46, 255-261. Takahasi, M., Ikebuchi, M., & Okanoya, K. (2005). Spatiotemporal properties of visual stimuli for song induction in Bengalese finches. Neuroreport, 16, 1339-1343. Tobari, Y., Nakamura, K.Z., & Okanoya, K. (2005). Sex differences in the telencephalic song control circuitry in Bengalese finches(lonchura striata var. domestica). Zoological Science, 22, 1089-1094. Ikebuchi, M., & Okanoya, K. (2006). Growth of pair bonding in Zebra Finches: physical and social factors. Ornithological Science, 5, 65-75. Nishikawa, J., & Okanoya, K. (2006). Dynamical neural representation of song syntax in Bengalese Finch: a model study. Ornithological Science, 5, 95-103. Seki, Y., & Okanoya, K. (2006). Effects of visiual stimulation on the auditory responses of the HVC song control nucleus in anesthetized Bengalese Finches. Ornithological Science, 5, 39-46. Soma, M., Takahasi, M., Hasegawa, T., & Okanoya, K. (2006). Trade-offs and correlations among multiple song features in the Bengalese Finch. Ornithological Science, 5, 77-84. Soma, M., Takahasi, M., Ikebuchi, M., Yamada, H., Suzuki, M., Hasegawa, T., & Okanoya, K. (2006). Early rearing conditions affect the development of body size and song in Bengalese finches. Ethology, 112, 1071-1078. Takahasi, M., Kagawa, H., Ikebuchi, M., & Okanoya, K. (2006). Case studies of song and call learning by a hybrid Bengalese-Zebra Finch and Bengalese-fostered Zebra Finches: Assessing innate factors in vocal learning. Ornithological Science, 5, 85-94. Tobari, Y., Okumura, T., Tani, J., & Okanoya, K. (2006). Non-singing female Bengalese Finches(Lonchura striata var. domestica) possess neuronal projections connecting a song learning region to a song motor region. Ornithological Science, 5, 47-55. 岡ノ谷一夫. (2006). 比較認知科学からみた言語の起源 : 企画意図. 動物心理学研究, 56, 55-57. 岡ノ谷一夫. (2006). 時系列信号の認知と生成. 動物心理学研究, 56, 59-66. 岡ノ谷一夫. (2006). 比較認知科学からみた言語の起源 : 総合討論. 動物心理学研究, 56, 79-82. 7

Fujii, N., Abla, D., Kudo, N., Hihara, S., Okanoya, K., & Iriki, A. (2007). Prefrontal activity during koh-do incense discrimination. Neuroscience Research, 59, 257-264. Katahira, K., Kawamura, M., Okanoya, K., & Okada, M. (2007). Retrieval of branching sequences in an associative memory model with common external input and bias input. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 76, 044804-1-044804-8. Okumura, T., Okanoya, K., & Tani, J. (2007). Application of light-cured dental adhesive resin for mounting electrodes or microdialysis probes in chronic experiments. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 6, 249-1-249-10. Soma, M., Saito, D. S., Hasegawa, T., & Okanoya, K. (2007). Sex-specific maternal effect on egg mass, laying order, and sibling competition in the Bengalese finch(lonchura striata var. domestica). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 61, 1695-1705. Yosida, S., Kobayashi, K. I., Ikebuchi, M., Ozaki, R., & Okanoya, K. (2007). Antiphonal vocalization of a subterranean rodent, the Naked Mole-Rat(Heterocephalus glaber). Ethology, 113, 703-710. Abla, D., & Okanoya, K. (2008). Statistical segmentation of tone sequences activates the left inferior frontal cortex: a near-infrared spectroscopy study. Neuropsychologia, 46. 2787-2795. Abla, D., Katahira, K., & Okanoya, K. (2008). Online assessment of statistical learning by event-related potentials. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20, 952-964 Katahira, K., Abla, D., Masuda, S., & Okanoya, K. (2008). Feedback-based error monitoring processes during musical performance: An ERP study. Neuroscience Research, 61, 120-128. Matsunaga, E., & Okanoya, K. (2008). Expression analysis of cadherins in the songbird brain: relationship to vocal system development. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 508, 329-342. Matsunaga, E., & Okanoya, K. (2008). Vocal area-related expression of the androgen receptor in the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) brain. Brain research, 1208, 87-94. Morisaka, T., Katahira, K., & Okanoya, K. (2008). Variability in preference for conspecific songs with syntactical complexity in female Bengalese finches: towards an understanding of song evolution. Ornithological Science,.7, 75-84. Nishikawa, J., Okada, M., & Okanoya, K. (2008). Population coding of song element sequence in the Bengalese finch HVC. European Journal of Neuroscience, 27, 3273-3283. 8

Okanoya, K., Tokimoto, N., Kumazawa, N., Hihara, S., & Iriki, A. (2008). Tool-use training in species of rodent: the emergence of an optimal motor strategy and functional understanding. PLoS One, 3, e18601-e18608. Seki, Y., & Okanoya, K. (2008). Functional evidence for internal feedback in the songbird brain nucleus HVC. Neuroreport, 19, 679-682. Seki, Y., & Okanoya, K. (2008). Sex differences in audiovisual discrimination learning by Bengalese finches (Lonchura striata var. domestica). Journal of comparative psychology, 122, 26-34. Seki, Y., Suzuki, K., Takahasi, M., & Okanoya, K. (2008). Song Motor control organizes acoustic patterns on two levels in Bengalese finches (Lonchura striata var. domestica). Journal of Comparative Physiology A', 194, 533-543. Soma, M., Hasegawa, T., & Okanoya, K. (2008). Genetic and developmental effects, and morphological influences on the acoustic structure of individual distance calls in female Bengalese finches Lonchura striata var. domestica. Journal of Avian Biology, 39, 101-107. Kakishita, Y., Sasahara, K., Nishino, T, Takahasi, M., & Okanoya, K. (2009). Ethological data mining: an automata-based approach to extract behavioral units and rules. Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, 18, 446-471. Matsunaga, E., & Okanoya, K. (2009). Vocal control area-related expression of neuropilin-1, plexin-a4, and the ligand semaphorin-3a has implications for the evolution of the avian vocal system. Development, Growth & Differentiation, 51, 45-54. Morisaka, T., Katahira, K., & Okanoya, K. (2009). Cognitive tactics of Bengalese finch (Lonchura striata var. domestica) for song discrimination in a go/no-go operant task. Journal of Ethology, 27, 11-18. Seki, Y., & Okanoya, K. (2009). The effect of sound location in a song discrimination task in Bengalese finches (Lonchura striata var. domestica). Journal of Ethology, 27, 407-411. Soma, M., Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, M., & Okanoya, K. (2009). Early ontogenetic effects on song quality in the Bengalese finch (Lonchura striata var. domestica): laying order, sibling competition and song syntax. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 63, 363-370. 9