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Auditory congnition in the chimpanzee

Research Project

Project/Area Number 04610053
Research Category

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

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Psychology
Research InstitutionKYOTO UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

KOJIMA Shozo  Dept.Behav.Brain Sci.Primate Res.Inst., Kyoto Univ., 霊長類研究所, 教授 (70027499)

Project Period (FY) 1992 – 1993
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1993)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
Fiscal Year 1993: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 1992: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
KeywordsChimpanzee / Auditory cognition / Intermodal matching to sample / Auditory memory / 協覚-視覚総合
Research Abstract

In the first year, a chimpanzee acquired an audio-visual intermodal matching to sample task using sound producing objects. And the performance was transfered to different pairs and new pairs of sound producing objects. However, compared with a visual or audio-visual sample stimulus, it was very difficult for the chimpanzee to choose a picture of an object based on sound of the object. Even if the subject showed a high level of performance, reaction time was two to three times longer than that for a visual or an audio-visual sample stimulus. In the second year, working memory of an auditory sample was examined. The delay interval was inserted between the auditory sample and visual choice stimuli. The decay of auditory sample was abrupt and performance dropped to a chance level at the 16-s delay interval. Then, the formation of "human" and "object" concepts was examined. The sample stimulus was human voices or sounds of an object. The choice stimuli were picture of a human face and an object which produced these acoustic stimuli. Twenty-two human and object pairs (fourty-four stimuli) were gradually introduced. Matching performance was improved as new pairs were added. And for thirty-four out of the 44 stimuli the subject showed a correct response in the first trial. These results suggest that the chimpanzee acquired the concepts of "human" and/or "object" .

Report

(3 results)
  • 1993 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1992 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All Other

All Publications (6 results)

  • [Publications] 小嶋祥三: "チンパンジーの聴覚と音声に関する研究" 霊長類研究. 9. 165-178 (1993)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 小嶋祥三: "動物研究の意義" 心理学評論. 36(印刷中).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kojima, s.: "Studies on hearing and speech perception in the chimpanzee" Primate Res.9. 165-178 (1993)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kojima, S.: "Significance of animal studies in psychology laboratories" Jap.Psychol.Rev.(in press).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 小嶋祥三: "チンパンジーの聴覚と音声に関する研究" 霊長類研究. 9. 165-178 (1993)

    • Related Report
      1993 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小嶋祥三: "動物研究の意義" 心理学評論. 36(印刷中).

    • Related Report
      1993 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1992-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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