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The evolution face recognition in vertebrates: from the studies of fish face recognition

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K18712
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Psychology and related fields
Research InstitutionOsaka City University

Principal Investigator

kohda Masanori  大阪市立大学, 大学院理学研究科, 教授 (70192052)

Project Period (FY) 2017-06-30 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Keywords顔認知 / 倒立効果 / 個体識別 / 脊椎動物 / 脳神経回路の相同性 / 系統進化 / 視点追従 / 顔認識 / 鏡像自己認知 / 自分の顔 / 顔の倒立効果 / 真の個体識別 / 顔神経 / 硬骨魚類 / 相当と相似 / 系統関係
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the two study years, we evidenced, 1) true individual recognition, 2) inversion effect in face recognition, and 3) face viewing pattern in the subject fish Neolamprologus pulcher in laboratory experiments. In face viewing, fish pay attention to facial area not to the other body parts, and distinguish familiar fish individually so quickly as 0.4 second as in the human cases of 0.45 seconds. The face recognition of this fish and these results suggest that the face recognition system of fish will have neural bases such as ‘face neuron’, and the face-recognition systems are quite similar to those of primates and mammals. We hypothesize that the face neuron-system will evolve in the early evolutionary stage of fishes in the Devonian period in Paleozoic era. The neuron-anatomical study of fish brain will be important for considering the hypothesis.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究成果は、魚からヒトまでの脊椎動物の顔認知が、全体処理能力を伴ないかつ瞬時の処理をするなど多くの面での高い類似性を示した。この発見は、顔認識過程の脊椎動物での相同性を示唆しており、顔認識様式が脊椎動物の初期進化段階で進化した可能性の高さも示唆している。さらに顔神経という共通の神経基盤を共有している可能性が高い事も推察される。魚類の認知と顔神経の関連性の指摘が、脊椎動物の脳神経科学へ与える影響は極めて高いと考えられ、魚類を含む脊椎動物での認知神経系の解明が今後促進されることが期待される。また、本課題と今回の諸成果は、この分野が脊椎動物の社会認知進化研究の好材料となり得ることを示している。

Report

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

    (24 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (6 results) Journal Article (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 7 results,  Open Access: 5 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (10 results) (of which Invited: 2 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] ベルン大学/ヌーシャテル大学(スイス)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] マックスプランク研究所(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] CRH/ウビラ(コンゴ民主共和国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ヌシャーテル大学理学部/ベルン大学行動生態学部門(スイス)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] 国立陸水学研究所ウビラ支所(コンゴ民主共和国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] 水産食糧省タンガニイカ湖研究所(ザンビア)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] If a fish can pass the mark test, what are the implications for consciousness and self-awareness testing in animals?2019

    • Author(s)
      Kohda M, Hotta T, Takeyama T, Awata Satoshi, Tanaka H, Asai J, Jordan AL
    • Journal Title

      PLOS Biology

      Volume: 17 Issue: 2 Pages: e3000021

    • DOI

      10.1371/journal.pbio.3000021

    • NAID

      120006556218

    • URL

      https://ocu-omu.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/2020436

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Does a cichlid fish process face holistically? Evidence of the face inversion effect?2019

    • Author(s)
      Kawasaka K, Hotta T, Kohda M
    • Journal Title

      Animal Cognition

      Volume: 22 Issue: 2 Pages: 153-162

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10071-018-01231-4

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Territorial fish distinguish familiar neighbours individually2018

    • Author(s)
      Saeki D, Sogawa S, Hotta T, Kohda M
    • Journal Title

      Behaviour

      Volume: 印刷中 Issue: 4 Pages: 279-293

    • DOI

      10.1163/1568539x-00003489

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report 2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Tut for tat in the dear enemy relationship between territorial females of a cichlid fish2018

    • Author(s)
      Shumpei Sogawa and Masanori Kohda
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

      Volume: 印刷中 Pages: 44-44

    • DOI

      10.3389/fevo.2018.00044

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report 2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] A Tanganyikan cichlid Neolamprologus mustax selectively exploits territories of another cichlid Variabilichromis moorii due to its inter-individual variation in aggression.2017

    • Author(s)
      Ochi, H., Awata, S., Hata, H., Kohda, M.
    • Journal Title

      Hydrobiologia

      Volume: 791 Issue: 1 Pages: 103-114

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10750-016-2822-7

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Face recognition in the Tanganyikan cichlid Julidochromis transcriptus2017

    • Author(s)
      Hotta T, Satoh S, Kosaka N, Kohda M
    • Journal Title

      Animal Behaviour

      Volume: 127 Pages: 1-5

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.03.001

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Parental females of a nest-brooding cichlid improve and benefit from the protective value of young masquerading as snails2017

    • Author(s)
      Satoh S, Takahashi T, Tada S, Tanaka H, Kohda M
    • Journal Title

      Animal Behaviour

      Volume: 124 Pages: 75-82

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.12.001

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] 縄張り性魚類における隣人の縄張りへの侵入に対する攻撃は罰なのか?2018

    • Author(s)
      十川俊平、幸田正典
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 魚も眼と眼で通じ合う?-魚類における視線追従に関する研究2-2018

    • Author(s)
      川坂健人、幸田正典
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 魚類における優劣関係の記憶時間:忘れることは適応的なのか?2018

    • Author(s)
      堀田崇・安房田智司・幸田正典
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] エビ-ハゼ共生関係での新知見:お互いに給餌し合う関係だった2018

    • Author(s)
      安房田智司・山内宏子・佐伯泰河・佐藤駿・十川俊平・幸田正典
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ゼブラガニ雄による宿主(ラッパウニ)の操作:夏の夜、雄は雌の家まで車を走らせる2018

    • Author(s)
      幸田正典・野崎龍彦・神田橋由久・太田和孝・平田智法・安房田智司
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 基質産卵魚類ではじめて見つかった古典的一妻多夫:性役割の逆転を伴う繁殖特性2018

    • Author(s)
      Mushagalusa Deo, 安房田智司、太田和孝、幸田正典
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] タンガニイカ・シクリッドのきょうだい間 競争の進化: なぜ幼魚同士は争うか?2018

    • Author(s)
      佐藤 駿, 田中 宏和, 佐伯 泰河, 堀 道雄, 守田 昌哉, 安房田 智司, 幸田 正典
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] タンガニイカ湖産カワスズメ科魚類における協同繁殖2018

    • Author(s)
      佐伯泰河, 佐藤駿, 安房田智司, 幸田正典
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 魚類の顔認知能力2017

    • Author(s)
      幸田正典
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 魚類の共感性2017

    • Author(s)
      十川俊平
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Funded Workshop] Animal Sociology Seminar with Prof R Bshary2018

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-07-21   Modified: 2022-02-22  

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