Name: Masayuki WATANABE (Ph.D)
Educational Background:
1980 - 1984 Osaka University, Faculty of Human Sciences
1984 - 1987 Graduate School of Osaka University, Institute of Human Sciences
Professional Career:
1987-1991 Research Assistant, Shiga University
（1991-1992 Visiting Researcher, Lancaster University, UK）
1991-1996 Lecturer, Shiga University
1996-2007 Associate Professor, Shiga University
2007- Professor, Shiga University
Specialty: Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Development
Papers:
･ Watanabe, M. 2011 Distinctive Features of Spatial Perspective-Taking in the Elderly. Journal of Aging and Human Development, 72, 225-241.
･ Can three-year old children take spatial perspectives? An approach with the ' Face Rotation Task '. The Japanese Journal of Psychology 2000,71, 26-33. (in Japanese)
･ Developmental change and awareness of pro-environmental issues from adolescence through middle adulthood. The Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology 2000, 11, 188-199. (in Japanese, in collaboration with Mr.Wakamatsu, Shiga University)
･ The development of typicality and context effect in the concept of "turning". The Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology 1995, 6, 30-40. (in Japanese)
･ Developmental studies on the ability of transformational representation. With relation to the subordinate abilities. The Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology 1987, 35, 107-115. (in Japanese)
･ A Developmental study on transformational representation of pre-school children. The Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology 1984, 32, 306-309. (in Japanese)
Books:
・Life-long development of spatial perspective taking. 2006 KAZAMA Shobou. (in Japanese)
･ Nyuji no Hattatsu. 1999 Minerva, Kyoto. (Japanese translation of INFANCY by J.G.Bremner 1994 Blackwell)
Address:
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Shiga University, 2-5-1, Hiratsu, Otsu, 520-0862 Japan
Telephone: +81-77-537-7831
Fax : +81-77-537-7831
E-mail : watanabe
@edu.shiga-u.ac.jp
Professional Society:
Japan Society of Developmental Psychology
Japanese Psychological Association
Japan Society of Educational Psychology
The International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development
Shiga University Otsu Campus