Rate My Professor Tadashi Kato

Professor Tadashi Kato is a Professor of Psychology in the Department of Behavioral Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, at Fairmont State University. He earned his B.A. and M.A. from The University of Tokyo and his Ph.D. from Ohio University. Dr. Kato joined Fairmont State University in 2003 as an Associate Professor and has since advanced to full Professor. He regularly teaches courses such as History of Psychology and Capstone in Psychology, contributing to the Psychology program within the Behavioral Sciences department.

Dr. Kato's academic interests center on music psychology and psychophysiology, with a focus on neurophysiological effects of music measured through EEG, including hemispheric synchronicity, musical modes, and therapeutic harp music. His key presentations and publications include "Music with resonance increases hemispheric synchronicity in EEG - implication for music therapy" (2019), "Psychophysiological examination of differential effects of musical modes in therapeutic harp – implication for music therapy" (2018), "Neurophysiological investigation on differential effects of computer-generated-modal music-implication for music therapy" (2017), an essay "Psychological Examination of the Presence of Butoh Dancers' Body" (2016), and research on natural sounds producing higher EEG hemispheric coherences than artificial sounds. In addition to his scholarly work, Dr. Kato has served on the Institutional Review Board, acted as International Programming Coordinator, and organized public outreach events such as a stress reduction workshop with the Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center in 2019 and Dance Meditation sessions with Eastern European folk music in 2025. He has also participated in panel discussions on building interconnected communities (2014) and surviving innovation (2013).