Nahomi Miyake

was a Japanese cognitive psychologist. She was a professor at Chukyo University and the University of Tokyo. She is best known for her research on learning and collaboration, in the field of cognitive science.

Biography Miyake was born and raised in Japan. She completed a master's degree at the University of Tokyo in 1974. She earned a PhD in psychology from the University of California, San Diego, in 1982, supervised by Donald Norman.

After completing her PhD, Miyake returned to Japan and obtained a position at Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College, where she stayed for seven years. She was a board member of the American Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive scientist Marcia Linn noted Miyake's role as a pioneer amongst women in academia in Japan, observing that she became a professor in departments where women were a rarity.

She continued to study collaborative learning throughout her research career, examining subjects across the lifespan (from early childhood to adulthood) and combining interests in education, psychology, and engineering. She is credited with being the first researcher to investigate how best to design robots that can enhance children's learning.

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