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Comparative cognitive studies in the zoo

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K00204
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Cognitive science
Research InstitutionKyoto City Zoo (2018-2019)
Kyoto University (2017)

Principal Investigator

TANAKA MASAYUKI  京都市動物園, 生き物・学び・研究センター, 生き物・学び・研究センター長 (80280775)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywordsニシゴリラ / 動物園 / 比較認知研究 / 系列学習課題 / タッチモニター / 文化的伝播 / チンパンジー / 比較認知科学 / 系列学習 / 作業記憶 / マンドリル / テナガザル / アラビア数 / 知性の展示 / アラビア数字 / ゴリラ / 認知エンリッチメント
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to make fundamentals of comparative cognitive studies in Kyoto City Zoo, which is the only zoo in which we promotes cognitive studies in captive gorillas in Japan. In Kyoto City Zoo, we have been studied cognitive abilities in four captive primate (i.e., western gorillas, chimpanzees, lar gibbons, and mandrills). These animals joined the serial learning task with Arabic numerals. A young gorilla and two adult chimpanzees mastered 1 to 9 sequence. They were tested the working memory test. In 2018, a gorilla and a chimpanzee babies were born. Both of them spontaneously started to touch the monitor and learned the task around one year of their age. We succeeded to observe and record the processes. We created cultural tradition of cognitive tasks in gorilla and chimpanzee groups of Kyoto City Zoo. We reported these results on international meetings and published a book that introduced the activities in Kyoto City Zoo including the present studies.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

国内にいるゴリラは、2020年現在わずか20頭であり、すべて動物園で飼育されている個体である。本研究では、京都市動物園において、その貴重なゴリラを対象としてタッチモニターを用いたコンピュータ制御による認知課題を日常的に行える研究環境を作ることができた。京都市動物園では2014年以来、親子3個体を対象とした認知研究を行っているが、本来研究機関ではない動物園という場においてその継続性が課題であった。本研究期間中に誕生したゴリラの赤ん坊は、母親による保育を受け、家族の中で育ちながら、認知課題に興味を示した。これらはチンパンジーで見出された文化的伝播のプロセスと同様であり、国内外で例のない成果である。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (33 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Journal Article (7 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results) Book (2 results) Remarks (12 results)

  • [Journal Article] Nighttime Suckling Behavior in Captive Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata)2020

    • Author(s)
      Saito Miho、Takagi Naoko、Tanaka Masayuki、Yamanashi Yumi
    • Journal Title

      Zoological Science

      Volume: 37 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-6

    • DOI

      10.2108/zs190094

    • NAID

      210000179895

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 動物の行動と管理学会設立シンポジウム報告-新学会への期待と今後の方向性.2020

    • Author(s)
      友永雅樹,矢用健一,森田茂,田中正之,加隈良枝,江口祐輔,池口厚男
    • Journal Title

      Animal Behaviour and Management

      Volume: 56 Pages: 34-44

    • NAID

      120007193468

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Sleep‐related behaviors in zoo‐housed giraffes ( Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata ): Basic characteristics and effects of season and parturition2019

    • Author(s)
      Takagi Naoko、Saito Miho、Ito Hideyuki、Tanaka Masayuki、Yamanashi Yumi
    • Journal Title

      Zoo Biology

      Volume: 38 Issue: 6 Pages: 490-497

    • DOI

      10.1002/zoo.21511

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 単独飼育下にあるアジゾウの夜間行動の季節変化2019

    • Author(s)
      岡部光太・田中正之
    • Journal Title

      Animal Behaviour and Management

      Volume: 55 Pages: 8-15

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 動物園のチンパンジーがもつ生活スキルに関する調査:来歴:性別が行動に与える影響2018

    • Author(s)
      京都市動物園
    • Journal Title

      動物園水族館雑誌

      Volume: 66 Pages: 36-52

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 動物園のチンパンジーがもつ生活スキルに関する調査:来歴・性別が行動に与える影響2018

    • Author(s)
      京都市動物園
    • Journal Title

      動物園水族館雑誌

      Volume: 59

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 闘争が見られたレッサーパンダのペアの繁殖期の行動経年変化.2017

    • Author(s)
      岡部光太,田中正之
    • Journal Title

      動物園水族館雑誌

      Volume: 58(4) Pages: 69-77

    • NAID

      40021305740

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Ten Years of Long-lasting Cognitive Enrichment for Zoo Primates: Cultural Transmission in Kyoto City Zoo.2019

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka M, Sakuraba Y
    • Organizer
      The 14th International Conference on Environmental Enrichment
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Collaborative Science Education for Biodiversity Conservation Offered by Kyoto’s Zoo, Botanical Garden, Aquarium, and Science Museum.2019

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka M
    • Organizer
      The 7th Asian Zoo Educators Conference 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 京都市動物園チンパンジー認知エンリッチメント10年間の記録.2019

    • Author(s)
      田中正之・櫻庭陽子・吉田信明
    • Organizer
      第35回日本霊長類学会大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Tool-use as environmental enrichment for zoo-housed gorillas2018

    • Author(s)
      Yamanashi Y, Utagawa M, Ito S, Yasui S, Nagao M, Tanaka M
    • Organizer
      International Gorilla Workshop
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Development of bed‐building behaviors in captive chimpanzees: implication for critical period hypothesis and captive management.2018

    • Author(s)
      Yamanashi Y, Bando H, Ito F, Matsunaga M, Mizuno M, Shimada K, Kado R, Tanaka M, Nogami E, Hirata S
    • Organizer
      International Primatological Society XXVII Congress
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ニシゴリラ幼児における系列学習と作業記憶2018

    • Author(s)
      田中正之,櫻庭陽子
    • Organizer
      第34回日本霊長類学会大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Age Effect in Serial Learning by Captive Primates- Acquisition of Arabic Number Sequence at Kyoto City Zoo-.2018

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka M,Sakuraba Y
    • Organizer
      日本動物心理学会第78回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Exhibition of Primate Intelligence at the Kyoto City Zoo.2017

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka, M, Sakuraba, Y.
    • Organizer
      2017 The 6th AZEC & 33rd ASET Joint International Conference.
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Eight years of long-lasting enrichiment for zoo primates: Serial learning task as cognitive enrichment and exhibition of parimate intelligence in Kyoto City Zoo.2017

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka M, Ito F, Bando H, Mizuno A, Nagao M.
    • Organizer
      The 13th International Conference on Environmental Enrichment
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] シロテテナガザルにおけるアラビア数系列の学習2017

    • Author(s)
      田中正之
    • Organizer
      行動2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 京都市動物園におけるチンパンジーの学習展示.2017

    • Author(s)
      田中正之・吉田信明
    • Organizer
      日本霊長類学会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Environmental enrichment for facilitating behavioral acquisition in captive chimpanzees: maintaining behavioral diversity among zoo population.2017

    • Author(s)
      Yamanashi Y, Matsunaga M, Ito F, Bando H, Shimada K, Mizuno A, Kado R, Tanaka M
    • Organizer
      The 13th International Conference on Environmental Enrichment
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] いのちをつなぐ動物園2020

    • Author(s)
      京都市動物園生き物・学び・研究センター
    • Total Pages
      176
    • Publisher
      小さ子社
    • ISBN
      9784909782045
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 野生動物ー追いかけて、見つめて知りたいキミのこと2018

    • Author(s)
      京都大学野生動物研究センター(編)
    • Total Pages
      175
    • Publisher
      京都通信社
    • ISBN
      9784903473604
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 京都市動物園> 生き物・学び・研究センター

    • URL

      https://www5.city.kyoto.jp/zoo/crew

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 生き物・学び・研究センター > 研究

    • URL

      https://www5.city.kyoto.jp/zoo/crew/research_2

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 京都市動物園における研究成果(2019年度)

    • URL

      https://www5.city.kyoto.jp/zoo/crew/20190728-35750.html

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 京都市伊動物園 生き物・学び・研究センター

    • URL

      https://www5.city.kyoto.jp/zoo/crew

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 研究成果・業績

    • URL

      https://www5.city.kyoto.jp/zoo/crew/achievement

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 動物園は研究フィールド! --動物園にいきる京都大学の知を探せ!

    • URL

      http://www.thats.pr.kyoto-u.ac.jp/2019/04/25/6877/

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] チンパンジーたちのお勉強

    • URL

      https://www5.city.kyoto.jp/zoo/crew/schedule

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 生き物・学び・研究センターブログ

    • URL

      https://www5.city.kyoto.jp/zoo/crew/crew-blog

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 生き物・学び・研究センター

    • URL

      http://www5.city.kyoto.jp/zoo/crew

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 霊長類の知性に関する比較認知科学的研究

    • URL

      http://www5.city.kyoto.jp/zoo/crew/research_2

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 京都市動物園における研究成果(2017年度)

    • URL

      http://www5.city.kyoto.jp/zoo/crew/20170524-24898.html

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] チンパンジーたちのお勉強

    • URL

      http://www5.city.kyoto.jp/zoo/crew/schedule

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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