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Behavioral and Physiological Study of Individual Discrimination in Animals.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 01450019
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Psychology
Research InstitutionKeio University

Principal Investigator

WATANABE Shigeru  Keio Univ. Faculty of Letters. Professor, 文学部, 教授 (30051907)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) HORI Khoji  Saitama Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Lecturer, 医学部, 講師
Project Period (FY) 1989 – 1990
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1990)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000)
Fiscal Year 1990: ¥200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000)
Fiscal Year 1989: ¥3,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000)
KeywordsIndividual Conspecific / unspecific recognition / Concept / Learning / Brain lesion / 概念 / 血統弁別 / オペラント / 条件性場所学習
Research Abstract

Studies in pigeons
1) Pigeons showed categorization of mammals vs aves after discrimination between a pigeon and a rat, while they did not indicate such categorization after pigeon vs quail discrimination.
2) The subjects which had been trained on discrimination between pigeon vs quail discriminated pigeons and other birds, but pigeons trained on pigeon vs pigeon task did not show such classification.
3) Pigeons could discriminate head parts of different, pigeons but they did not respond to the scrambled parts of head.
4) When live pigeons were used as discriminative stimuli, the subjects could learn this task and attended to the head parts of the stimulus birds.
5) The ectostriatal lesions caused deficits in individual discrimination but did not in conspecifi discrimination. Damages to the ectostriatum also resulted in deficits in the pigeon's face discrimination.
Studies in Mice.
1) Mice could learn individual discrimination in Y-maze.
2) Using a modified conditioned place preference paradigm, mice quickly learn individual, sibling and colony discrimination.
3) Infant mice did not indicate a clear mother recognition in a preference test? but showed a clear discrimination after the conditioning.
4) Mice could discriminate olfactory stimuli of different individuals, but other cues were also used for discrimination of live mice.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1990 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1989 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All Other

All Publications (17 results)

  • [Publications] Watanabe,S.and Mori.Y.: "Individual recognition learning in mice" J.Ethology. 8. 29-32 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Watanabe,S.: "Neural mechanisms of conspecitic discrimination in piseons" Nenvoscience Abstracts. 16. 605 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Borlongan,C.and Watanabe,S.: "The indvidual vecognition among C57BL mice in the Yーmaze" 慶応義塾大学社会学研究科紀要. 31. 107-116 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Watanabe,S.and Ito.Y.: "Individual discvimination learning in piglens." Bird Behaviour.

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Borlongan,C.and Watanabe,S.: "The Individual vecosnition in C57BLmice using the conditioned place prefevence box" Animal Learning and Behavior.

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Watanabe, S. and Mori, Y.: "Individual recognition learning in mice." J. Ethology. 8. 29-32 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Watanabe, S.: "Neural mechanisms of conspecific discrimination in pigeons" Neuroscience Abstracts. 16. 605 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Borlongan, C. and Watanabe, S.: "The individual recognition among C57BL mice in the Y-maze." Sociology, Psychology and Psychology. 31. 107-116 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Watanabe, S. and Ito, Y.: "Individual discrimination learning in pigeons." Bird behavior.

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Borlongan, C. and Watanabe, S.: "The individual recognition in C57BL mice using the conditioned place preference box." Animal Learning and Behavior.

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Watanabe,S X Mori.Y.: "Individual recognition learning in mice" Journal of Ethology. 8. 29-32 (1990)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Watanabe,S.& Ito,Y: "Individual discrimination in pigeons" Bird Behavior. (1991)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Watanabe,S.: "Neural mechanisms of conspecific discrimination in pigeons" Neuroscience Abstracts. 16. 605 (1990)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Borlongan,C.& Watanabe,S.: "Individual recognition in male C57 BL mice in the Yーmaze" 慶応義塾大学社会学研究科紀要. 31. 107-116 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Borlongan,C.& Watanabe,S.: "Individual discrimination in C57 BL mice using the conditioned place preference paradigm." Animal Learning and Behavior.

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Watanabe,S.and Mori,Y.: "Individual recognition learning in mice" Journal of Ethology.

    • Related Report
      1989 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Watanabe,S,and Ito,Y.: "Individual discrimination in pigeons" Bird Behavior.

    • Related Report
      1989 Annual Research Report

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