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Contributions of Redundant Sets of Information to Spatial Searching Behavior: Comparative Cognition of Navigation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K00203
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Cognitive science
Research InstitutionChiba University

Principal Investigator

USHITANI Tomokazu  千葉大学, 大学院人文科学研究院, 准教授 (20400806)

Research Collaborator SAWA Kosuke  
SEKIGUCHI Katsuo  
FUJII Kazuki  
HIRAI Keita  
MANABE Yoshitsugu  
YATA Noriko  
WATANABE Arii  
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywords比較認知 / 種間比較 / 空間認知 / ナビゲーション / 冗長性 / 学習 / ハト / ヒト / 認知科学 / 空間探索 / 冗長な手がかり
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of the current research project has been to compare learning strategies of navigational cues between humans and pigeons to understand the underlying mechanisms of the well-known high performance of homing by pigeons. In the main experiment, we trained humans and pigeons to find a goal defined by redundant sets of spatial information (local vector cues and configuration of landmarks) and then tested them under a condition in which the landmarks were rearranged as if different goals were indicated by each cue. The results suggested that whereas humans tended to use local vector cues only, pigeons also attended to configural information in order to solve the inconsistency of the two sets of vector information. Other experiments revealed the characteristics of visual information processing that would support the suggested great performance of landmark use in pigeons.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

メインの実験から,ハトの優れた帰巣能力を支えるランドマーク使用方略が明らかになった。すなわち,ハトの優れた帰巣能力は,ベクトル情報だけではなく,ランドマークの配置情報を使っていることに支えられている可能性が示唆された。これらのハトのランドマーク使用の集中的な検討は,比較認知研究領域での議論に一石を投じるものである。また,ハトと比較してヒトのナビゲーション能力の不足している点が明らかになったため,ナビゲーションソフトウェアの情報呈示法の改良につながることが期待できる。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (20 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (16 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Macquarie University(オーストラリア)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Acquisition of spatial information and choice of behavior in humans and animals2019

    • Author(s)
      SEKIGUCHI KATSUO、USHITANI TOMOKAZU、SAWA KOSUKE
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Journal of Animal Psychology

      Volume: 69 Issue: 1 Pages: 9-15

    • DOI

      10.2502/janip.69.2.1

    • NAID

      130007723492

    • ISSN
      0916-8419, 1880-9022
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Pigeons discriminate shapes based on topological features2019

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe, A., Fujimoto, M., Hirai, K., & Ushitani, T.
    • Journal Title

      Vision Research

      Volume: 158 Pages: 120-125

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.visres.2019.02.012

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Use of redundant sets of landmark information by humans (Homo sapiens) in a goal-searching task in an open field and on a computer screen.2018

    • Author(s)
      Sekiguchi Katsuo、Ushitani Tomokazu、Sawa Kosuke
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Comparative Psychology

      Volume: in press Issue: 2 Pages: 178-188

    • DOI

      10.1037/com0000097

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] VRを使用した3次元空間における視覚探索実験システムの構築2018

    • Author(s)
      鶴田皓大・眞鍋佳嗣・矢田紀子・牛谷智一・関口勝夫
    • Organizer
      映像情報メディア学会2018年冬季大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Investigation of visual short-term memory in pigeons (Columba livia) using a change detection task2018

    • Author(s)
      Shimada, K., Ohkita, M., Watanabe, A., & Ushitani, T.
    • Organizer
      日本動物心理学会第78回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Does accurate memory predict the categorical learning in pigeons?2018

    • Author(s)
      Kurimoto, R., Ushitani, T., & Matsuka, T.
    • Organizer
      日本動物心理学会第78回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ハトにおけるオブジェクトベースの注意は記憶を促進するか?2018

    • Author(s)
      藤井香月・牛谷智一
    • Organizer
      日本基礎心理学会第37回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ハトによるランドマークベースゴール探索:アリーナ実験の写真刺激を用いて2018

    • Author(s)
      牛谷智一・森下理桜子・関口勝夫・國府文・渡辺安里依
    • Organizer
      日本基礎心理学会第37回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ハトの視覚探索における文脈手がかり効果2018

    • Author(s)
      関口勝夫・今岡尚子・牛谷智一・一川誠
    • Organizer
      日本基礎心理学会第37回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] VRを用いた空間探索実験の検討2017

    • Author(s)
      大坂間俊汰・眞鍋佳嗣・牛谷智一・矢田紀子
    • Organizer
      映像情報メディア学会2017年冬季大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ハトの視覚探索における誘導探索モデルの検討2017

    • Author(s)
      牛谷智一・今岡尚子・山田裕紀・一川誠
    • Organizer
      日本基礎心理学会第36回大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 同一ランドマークを用いたハトにおける複数ゴールの空間探索2017

    • Author(s)
      関口勝夫・廣川夏美・牛谷智一
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第81回大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Perception of subjective contours in pigeons (Columba livia).2016

    • Author(s)
      Ushitani, T., & Mochizuki, S.
    • Organizer
      日本動物心理学会第76回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      北海道大学(北海道札幌市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-25
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Perception of figure element size by pigeons is affected by element arrangements.2016

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi, M., Ushitani, T., Uechi, T., & Ichikawa, M.
    • Organizer
      日本動物心理学会第76回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      北海道大学(北海道札幌市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-24
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Do differently colored objects enhance object-based attention in pigeons?2016

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, K., Hoshino, Y., Katsube, M., & Ushitani, T.
    • Organizer
      日本動物心理学会第76回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      北海道大学(北海道札幌市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-23
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Object-based attention in pigeons: Effects of enhanced independence between objects.2016

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, K., Hoshino, Y., Katsube, M., & Ushitani, T.
    • Organizer
      The 39th European Conference on Visual Perception
    • Place of Presentation
      L'Auditori of Barcelona, Spain
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-31
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Perception of the Kanizsa illusion by pigeons when using different inducers.2016

    • Author(s)
      Ushitani, T., & Mochizuki, S.
    • Organizer
      The 39th European Conference on Visual Perception
    • Place of Presentation
      L'Auditori of Barcelona, Spain
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-31
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Object-based attention in avian species, pigeons and hill mynas.2016

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, K., & Ushitani, T.
    • Organizer
      The 31th International Conference of Psychology
    • Place of Presentation
      Pacifico Yokohama(神奈川県横浜市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-29
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Object-based attention in evolution.2016

    • Author(s)
      Ushitani, T., Fujii, K., Katsube, M., Hoshino, Y., Goto, K., Imura, T., & Tomonaga, M.
    • Organizer
      The 31th International Conference of Psychology
    • Place of Presentation
      Pacifico Yokohama(神奈川県横浜市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-27
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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