• Search Research Projects
  • Search Researchers
  • How to Use
  1. Back to previous page

Studies about psychological and physiological factors on horses' social bonds with conspecifics and humans

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K18339
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 90030:Cognitive science-related
Research InstitutionHokkaido University

Principal Investigator

TAKIMOTO AYAKA  北海道大学, 文学研究院, 准教授 (40726832)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywordsウマ / 社会的絆 / ストレス緩和 / 類似性の原則 / 音声コミュニケーション / 行動同期 / 食物共有 / 母子間コミュニケーション / 音声 / 嫉妬 / 利他行動 / 視覚的選好 / 同期 / ヒト / 類似性 / 社会的緩衝 / 性格
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we confirmed the strength of social bonds with conspecifics and humans and examined the factors that promote the formation of these social bonds. The results suggest that (1) the presence of a familiar horse or human decreases stress responses in horses when exposed to a novel environment, and such strong social bonds in horses are found not only with familiar conspecifics but also with humans. Our results also revealed that (2) social bond formation in horses is facilitated by similarity in reproductive status and genetic and age (day-old for foals) characteristics, (3) foals’ vocalization facilitates successful lactation after reunion with their mares and can help to form their social bonds, especially during early development, and (4) the gait synchronization occurs between the horse and his/her familiar human participant while they are walking together and can help to form social bonds between horses and humans.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究成果の意義としては、主に以下の2点がある。第1に、ヒトの生活に大きく貢献してきており、現在も乗用馬などとして高齢になるまで活躍するウマにおいて、おとな個体でも既知の同種他個体の存在によってストレス緩和効果が生じることに加え、既知の人の存在によっても同様の効果が生じることを実証した点である。第2に、集団放牧されているウマは自身と繁殖状態が一致している、または血縁度が高い、年齢(子の場合はさらに日齢)が類似している個体と社会的絆を築きやすいことを実証した点である。以上のことから、ウマの福祉に配慮した飼育を実現する際に考慮すべき点や具体的な方策を提案することが可能になったと考えている。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (31 results)

All 2021 2020 2019 2018 Other

All Journal Article (8 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 8 results) Presentation (15 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (5 results) Remarks (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Do domestic horses (Equus caballus) show a visual preference for the same-age conspecifics?2021

    • Author(s)
      鎌谷 美希, 瀧本(猪瀬)彩加
    • Journal Title

      The Annals of the Hokkaido Psychological Society

      Volume: 43 Issue: 0 Pages: 1-15

    • DOI

      10.20654/hps.43.0_1

    • NAID

      130008009400

    • ISSN
      0918-2756, 2189-7670
    • Year and Date
      2021-03-31
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] An empirical study about gait synchronization between horses (<i>Equus caballus</i>) and humans2020

    • Author(s)
      上田江里子,久保孝富,村重哲史,永澤美保,池田和司,瀧本-猪瀬彩加
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Journal of Animal Psychology

      Volume: 70 Issue: 2 Pages: 27-39

    • DOI

      10.2502/janip.70.2.1

    • NAID

      130007958823

    • ISSN
      0916-8419, 1880-9022
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Are horses (Equus caballus) sensitive to human emotional cues?2019

    • Author(s)
      Baba, C., Kawai, M., & Takimoto-Inose, A.
    • Journal Title

      Animals

      Volume: 9 Issue: 9 Pages: 630-630

    • DOI

      10.3390/ani9090630

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] ウマとヒトの絆を紡ぐ情動を介したコミュニケーション2019

    • Author(s)
      瀧本彩加
    • Journal Title

      心理学ワールド

      Volume: 85 Pages: 23-24

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 馬のこころ―動物心理学の研究からわかってきたこと―2019

    • Author(s)
      瀧本(猪瀬)彩加
    • Journal Title

      BTCニュース

      Volume: 116 Pages: 16-19

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The integration of group dynamics within social psychology and biology: Reviewing the history and future directions of research into conformity and cultural diffusion2019

    • Author(s)
      須山 巨基・山田 順子・瀧本 彩加
    • Journal Title

      THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

      Volume: 58 Issue: 2 Pages: 161-170

    • DOI

      10.2130/jjesp.si4-3

    • NAID

      130007620501

    • ISSN
      0387-7973, 1348-6276
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] ウマにおけるクロスモーダルなヒトの感情認知―ウマはヒトの感情を読みとる際にその表情と音声を関連づけるか?―2019

    • Author(s)
      中村航介・瀧本彩加・長谷川寿一
    • Journal Title

      馬の科学

      Volume: 56 Pages: 20-28

    • NAID

      40021846449

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Cross-modal perception of human emotion in domestic horses (Equus caballus)2018

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura, K., Takimoto-Inose, A., & Hasegawa, T.
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 8660-8660

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-018-26892-6

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] 比較認知科学研究における複数の指標の同時測定.2021

    • Author(s)
      瀧本彩加
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第85回大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 仔ウマの親和的関係の形成に母ウマが及ぼす影響.2021

    • Author(s)
      瀧本彩加・田中未菜・上野将敬・河合正人
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第85回大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Behavioral switching of a mare for her newborn foal before going down a steep slope toward a river: a case report in domestic horses (Equus caballus).2021

    • Author(s)
      Kamatani, M., Kawai, M., & Takimoto-Inose, A.
    • Organizer
      The 81st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Psychology
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] An exploratory study on developmental changes of contexts and functions of mare-foal vocalizations in domestic horses (Equus caballus).2021

    • Author(s)
      Wada, C., Katsu, N., Adachi, I., Kawai, M., & Takimoto-Inose, A.
    • Organizer
      The 81st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Psychology
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] An exploratory study on contexts, developmental changes and functions of mare-foal vocalizations in domestic horses (Equus caballus)2021

    • Author(s)
      Wada, C., Katsu, N., Adachi, I., Kawai, M., & Takimoto-Inose, A.
    • Organizer
      20th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Comparative Psychology
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 母ウマに対する子ウマの音声の発声文脈の発達的変化についての探索的検討2020

    • Author(s)
      和田知里・勝野吏子・足立幾磨・河合正人・瀧本(猪瀬)彩加
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会第39回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ウマにおける利他行動―食物共有課題を用いた実験的検討―2020

    • Author(s)
      瀧本(猪瀬)彩加・井上真緒・河合正人
    • Organizer
      日本人間行動進化学会第13回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Social buffering by conspecifics and humans in adult domestic horses2019

    • Author(s)
      Takimoto-Inose A., Baba, C., Mitani, T., & Kawai, M.
    • Organizer
      The 14th International Conference on Environmental Enrichment (ICEE2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] An exploratory study about gait synchronization between horses and humans by measuring acceleration2019

    • Author(s)
      Ueda, E., Nagasawa, M., Kubo, T., Murashige, S., Ikeda, K., & Takimoto, A.
    • Organizer
      The 79th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Psychology (日本動物心理学会第79回大会)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Do domestic horses (Equus caballus) show a visual preference for the same-age conspecifics?2019

    • Author(s)
      Kamatani, M. & Takimoto, A.
    • Organizer
      The 79th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Psychology (日本動物心理学会第79回大会)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ヒト‐ウマ間での歩行同期の加速度計測による探索的検討2019

    • Author(s)
      上田江里子・永澤美保・久保孝富・村重哲史・池田和司・瀧本-猪瀬彩加
    • Organizer
      日本発達神経科学学会第8回学術集会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ウマは同年齢の同種他個体への視覚的選好を示すか?2019

    • Author(s)
      鎌谷美希・瀧本彩加
    • Organizer
      日本人間行動進化学会第12回大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Do horses (Equus caballus) have social buffering effects to conspecifics?2018

    • Author(s)
      Baba, C., Kawai, M., Mitani, T., & Takimoto, A.
    • Organizer
      The 78th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Psychology (日本動物心理学会第78回大会)
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Do horses show some signs of emotional contagion from humans?2018

    • Author(s)
      Ueda, E. & Takimoto, A.
    • Organizer
      The 78th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Psychology (日本動物心理学会第78回大会)
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Does raising experience facilitate multisensory emotion perception of dogs in humans?2018

    • Author(s)
      Kawase, M., Tanaka, A., & Takimoto, A.
    • Organizer
      The 78th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Psychology (日本動物心理学会第78回大会)
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Comparative Cognition-Commonalities and Diversity (Evolutionary Perspective on Prosocial Behaviors in Nonhuman animalsの執筆担当)2021

    • Author(s)
      Anderson, J.R., Kuroshima, H., Takimoto-Inose, A. et al.
    • Total Pages
      323
    • Publisher
      Springer
    • ISBN
      9789811620270
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 美しさと魅力の心理(第Ⅱ部 日常の中にみる「美しさと魅力」 顔・身体 (ペット 9) なぜヒトは伴侶動物の虜になるのか の執筆を担当)2019

    • Author(s)
      三浦佳世・河原純一郎・山田祐樹・松田 憲・筒井亜湖・伊藤大幸・佐々木恭志郎・北崎充晃・上田祥行・近藤あき・木村 敦・鷲見成正・長潔容江・高橋純一・新美亮輔・小山慎一・伊村知子・大塚由美子・十河宏行・川畑秀明・越智啓太・互 恵子・阿部恒之・蒲池みゆき・上田彩子・宮崎由樹・尾形明子・三浦彩美・入戸野 宏・瀧本彩加 他
    • Total Pages
      216
    • Publisher
      ミネルヴァ書房
    • ISBN
      9784623086597
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 生物の科学遺伝 Vol.73 No.3(201―生き物の多様性、生きざま、人との関わりを知る 特集:ウマの世界ー野生のくらしと人との関わり)(ヒトとの絆を紡ぐウマ-コミュニケーション能力に着目して の執筆を担当)2019

    • Author(s)
      松沢哲郎・平田 聡・リングホーファー萌奈美・井上漱太・前田玉青・越智咲穂・山本真也・レナータメンドンサ・小長谷有紀・高倉浩樹・瀧本彩加・友永雅己・村山美穂・堀 裕亮
    • Total Pages
      107
    • Publisher
      エヌ・ティー・エス
    • ISBN
      9784860435936
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 恋する人間ー人文学からのアプローチ(第8章求め合うこころ―人間と伴侶動物が育んできた絆 の執筆を担当)2018

    • Author(s)
      阿部嘉昭・鈴木幸人・宮下弥生・松嶌明男・川口暁弘・ミシェル ラフェイ・樽本英樹・瀧本彩加・近藤 智彦
    • Total Pages
      296
    • Publisher
      北海道大学出版会
    • ISBN
      9784832934023
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 基礎心理学実験法ハンドブック(第5部第4章 5. 社会的知性に関わる方法 6. 感情に関わる方法 の執筆を担当)2018

    • Author(s)
      日本基礎心理学会/ 坂上貴之 ・河原純一郎 ・木村英司 ・三浦佳世 ・行場次朗 ・石金浩史 責編
    • Total Pages
      608
    • Publisher
      朝倉書店
    • ISBN
      9784254520231
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 北海道大学 大学院文学研究院行動科学分野 瀧本彩加 研究室

    • URL

      https://lynx.let.hokudai.ac.jp/~takimoto/

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 北海道大学大学院文学研究院行動科学分野 瀧本彩加研究室

    • URL

      https://lynx.let.hokudai.ac.jp/~takimoto/

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report 2019 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 北海道大学大学院文学研究科行動システム科学講座 瀧本彩加研究室

    • URL

      https://lynx.let.hokudai.ac.jp/~takimoto/

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

URL: 

Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2023-01-30  

Information User Guide FAQ News Terms of Use Attribution of KAKENHI

Powered by NII kakenhi