[1] She moved to the Communication between Humans and Interactive Media laboratory at Stanford University for her graduate studies, where she worked with Clifford Nass.

During her Master's program, Takayama created general guidelines for the interaction design, which considered how to best integrate physical and computational systems.

[4] She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Golden Key International Honour Society and Psi Chi.

[5] After earning her PhD, Takayama joined Nokia Research, where she worked on the Innovation Design Experience Animate team.

[7] She demonstrated that setting low expectations for human–robot interactions resulted in less disappointment and a more positive review of a robot's competence.