| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The aim of the current project was to study metacognition in various species and individuals by focusing on its relationship with behavioral attributes such as impulsivity. In an experiment using pigeons, we found that reward rate has a strong effect on whether or not an individual shows metacognitive behaviours. In some situations, metacognitive behaviours are not necessarily the best strategy for reward maximisation. In addition, we designed categorical discrimination tasks for pigeons and touchscreen tasks for domestic cats so that they can be used as the basis for future metacognitive research.
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