Ryo Kitada

1.9k total citations
58 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Ryo Kitada is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryo Kitada has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 22 papers in Social Psychology and 20 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ryo Kitada's work include Tactile and Sensory Interactions (22 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (19 papers) and Face Recognition and Perception (18 papers). Ryo Kitada is often cited by papers focused on Tactile and Sensory Interactions (22 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (19 papers) and Face Recognition and Perception (18 papers). Ryo Kitada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Singapore and Canada. Ryo Kitada's co-authors include Takanori Kochiyama, Norihiro Sadato, Susan J. Lederman, Michikazu Matsumura, Eiichi Naito, Ingrid S. Johnsrude, Yoshiharu Yonekura, Satoshi Nakamura, Akihiro Sasaki and Roberta L. Klatzky and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Ryo Kitada

52 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ryo Kitada Japan 21 1.1k 403 403 163 129 58 1.3k
Steffan Kennett United Kingdom 15 1.3k 1.2× 486 1.2× 530 1.3× 77 0.5× 315 2.4× 25 1.6k
Katja Fiehler Germany 27 2.3k 2.2× 549 1.4× 395 1.0× 151 0.9× 174 1.3× 107 2.6k
Anthony Singhal Canada 18 976 0.9× 572 1.4× 251 0.6× 212 1.3× 49 0.4× 61 1.5k
Michel‐Ange Amorim France 22 1.1k 1.0× 430 1.1× 280 0.7× 433 2.7× 149 1.2× 57 1.9k
Luca Pion-Tonachini United States 10 1.8k 1.7× 210 0.5× 289 0.7× 90 0.6× 102 0.8× 13 2.1k
Elena Azañón United Kingdom 18 1.2k 1.1× 389 1.0× 468 1.2× 59 0.4× 234 1.8× 49 1.5k
Tobias Heed Germany 21 1.1k 1.0× 329 0.8× 375 0.9× 85 0.5× 115 0.9× 55 1.2k
Bettina Förster United Kingdom 25 1.6k 1.5× 365 0.9× 580 1.4× 70 0.4× 100 0.8× 69 1.8k
Gavin Buckingham United Kingdom 23 1.2k 1.1× 465 1.2× 298 0.7× 261 1.6× 226 1.8× 94 1.6k
Helena Backlund Wasling Sweden 16 762 0.7× 410 1.0× 384 1.0× 46 0.3× 99 0.8× 22 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Ryo Kitada

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ryo Kitada

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ryo Kitada

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ryo Kitada. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ryo Kitada based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ryo Kitada. Ryo Kitada is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Makita, Kai, et al.. (2025). Atypical tactile preferences in autism spectrum disorder: Reduced pleasantness responses to soft objects resembling human body parts. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 79(6). 319–326.
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Zheng, Zane, et al.. (2022). Japanese Sound-Symbolic Words for Representing the Hardness of an Object Are Judged Similarly by Japanese and English Speakers. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 830306–830306. 4 indexed citations
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Okamoto, Yuko, Ryo Kitada, Takanori Kochiyama, et al.. (2021). Importance of the early visual cortex and the lateral occipito-temporal cortex for the self-hand specific perspective process. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(4). 100046–100046. 4 indexed citations
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Kitada, Ryo, et al.. (2021). Brain networks underlying the processing of sound symbolism related to softness perception. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 7399–7399. 9 indexed citations
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Pasqualotto, Achille, et al.. (2020). Tactile perception of pleasantness in relation to perceived softness. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 11189–11189. 32 indexed citations
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Kitada, Ryo, Eri Nakagawa, Takanori Kochiyama, et al.. (2019). Brain networks underlying tactile softness perception: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study. NeuroImage. 197. 156–166. 28 indexed citations
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Ito, Kenichi, et al.. (2019). Emotional Tears Communicate Sadness but Not Excessive Emotions Without Other Contextual Knowledge. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. 878–878. 16 indexed citations
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Okamoto, Yuko, Ryo Kitada, Motohide Miyahara, et al.. (2018). Altered perspective-dependent brain activation while viewing hands and associated imitation difficulties in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. NeuroImage Clinical. 19. 384–395. 13 indexed citations
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Kawamichi, Hiroaki, Sho K. Sugawara, Ryo Kitada, et al.. (2018). Neural correlates underlying change in state self-esteem. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 1798–1798. 19 indexed citations
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Okamoto, Yuko, Hirotaka Kosaka, Ryo Kitada, et al.. (2017). Age-dependent atypicalities in body- and face-sensitive activation of the EBA and FFA in individuals with ASD. Neuroscience Research. 119. 38–52. 11 indexed citations
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Sumiya, Motofumi, Takahiko Koike, Shuntaro Okazaki, Ryo Kitada, & Norihiro Sadato. (2017). Brain networks of social action-outcome contingency: The role of the ventral striatum in integrating signals from the sensory cortex and medial prefrontal cortex. Neuroscience Research. 123. 43–54. 10 indexed citations
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Yang, Jiajia, Ryo Kitada, Takanori Kochiyama, et al.. (2017). Brain networks involved in tactile speed classification of moving dot patterns: the effects of speed and dot periodicity. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 40931–40931. 19 indexed citations
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Kitada, Ryo, Kazufumi Yoshihara, Akihiro Sasaki, et al.. (2014). The Brain Network Underlying the Recognition of Hand Gestures in the Blind: The Supramodal Role of the Extrastriate Body Area. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(30). 10096–10108. 35 indexed citations
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Okamoto, Yuko, Ryo Kitada, Hiroki C. Tanabe, et al.. (2014). Attenuation of the contingency detection effect in the extrastriate body area in autism spectrum disorder. Neuroscience Research. 87. 66–76. 15 indexed citations
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Kitada, Ryo, Yuko Okamoto, Akihiro Sasaki, et al.. (2013). Early visual experience and the recognition of basic facial expressions: involvement of the middle temporal and inferior frontal gyri during haptic identification by the early blind. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7. 7–7. 58 indexed citations
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Lederman, Susan J., et al.. (2007). Haptic Recognition of Static and Dynamic Expressions of Emotion in the Live Face. Psychological Science. 18(2). 158–164. 36 indexed citations
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Kilgour, Andrea R., Ryo Kitada, Philip Servos, Thomas W. James, & Susan J. Lederman. (2005). Haptic face identification activates ventral occipital and temporal areas: An fMRI study. Brain and Cognition. 59(3). 246–257. 27 indexed citations
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Kitada, Ryo, Toshihiro Hashimoto, Takanori Kochiyama, et al.. (2004). Tactile estimation of the roughness of gratings yields a graded response in the human brain: an fMRI study. NeuroImage. 25(1). 90–100. 75 indexed citations
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Kitada, Ryo, Eiichi Naito, & Masahide Matsumura. (2002). Perceptual changes in illusory wrist flexion angles resulting from motor imagery of the same wrist movements. Neuroscience. 109(4). 701–707. 16 indexed citations

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