Is the Symmetry Inference the Chicken or the Egg for LanguageLearning? : Direct Comparison of Human Infants and Chimpanzees

• Project/Area Number: 22653093
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Experimental psychology
• Research Institution: Keio University
• Principal Investigator: IMAI Mutsumi 慶應義塾大学, 環境情報学部, 教授 (60255601)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OKADA Hiroyuki 玉川大学, 工学部, 教授 (10349326)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,920,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
• Keywords: 非論理推論 / 比較心理学 / 対称性 / 推論 / 刺激等価性 / ヒューリスティクス

Research Abstract

It is considered that the symmetrical bias, which enables us toautomatically infer reversely-oriented relation B then A if we have learned one-way Athen B interaction alone, underlies our illogical but efficient thinking. This bias seemsto be deeply assoc

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Evolution of verb meanings ln children and L2 adult learners through reorganization of an entire semantic domain: ThR case of Chinese (2013)
  • Author(s): Noburo Saji
  • Journal Title: Scientific Studies of Reading Volume: 17:1 Issue: 1 Pages: 71-88
  • DOI: 10.1080/10888438.2012.689788
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Relation between Linguistic Categories and Cognition : The Case of Numeral Classifiers. (2011)
  • Author(s): Saalbach, H.
  • Journal Title: Language and Cognitive Processes Volume: (In press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Mimetic Vowel Harmony in Japanese. (2011)
  • Author(s): Akita, K.
  • Journal Title: Japan/Korean Linguistics Volume: 20(In press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Japanese sound symbolism facilitates word learning in English speaking children. (2011)
  • Author(s): Kantartzis, K.
  • Journal Title: Cognitive Science Volume: (In press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Object similarity bootstraps young children to action-based verb extensions. (2011)
  • Author(s): Haryu, E.
  • Journal Title: Child Development Volume: 82 Pages: 674-686
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Word learning does not end at fast-mapping : Evolution of verb meanings through reorganization of an entire semantic domain. (2011)
  • Author(s): Saji, N.
  • Journal Title: Cognition Volume: 118 Pages: 45-61
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 自己認識における運動主体感の役割と発達メガニズム (2011)
  • Author(s): 宮崎美智子
  • Journal Title: 認知科学 Volume: 18 Pages: 9-28
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] L2習得における類義語の使い分けの学習:複数のことばの意味関係理解の定量的可視化の試み. (2010)
  • Author(s): 佐治伸郎
  • Journal Title: Second Language Volume: 9 Pages: 83-100
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Are Chinese and German children taxonomic, thematic or shape biased? : Influence of classifiers and cultural contexts (2010)
  • Author(s): Imai, M.
  • Journal Title: Frontiers in Cultural Psychology Volume: 10
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A developmental shift from similar to language specific strategies in verb acquisition : A comparison of English, Spanish, and Japanese. (2010)
  • Author(s): Maguire, M.
  • Journal Title: Cognition Volume: 114 Pages: 299-319
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Influence of grammatical gender on deductive reasoning about sex-specific properties of animals. (2010)
  • Author(s): Imai, M.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 32nd Annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Volume: 32 Pages: 1160-1165
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Gesture in language : How sound symbolic words are processed in the brain. (2010)
  • Author(s): Arata, M.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 32nd Annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Volume: 32 Pages: 1374-1379
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Children learn sound symbolic words better : Evolutionary vestige of sound symbolic protolanguage. (2010)
  • Author(s): Kita, S.
  • Journal Title: The evolution of language : Proceedings of the 8^<th> International Conference (EVOLANG8) Volume: 8 Pages: 206-213
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 第二言語の動詞学習における意味推論のための手がかり-中国語を母語とする日本語学習者を対象として- (2010)
  • Author(s): 坂本杏子
  • Journal Title: 電子情報通信学会技術研究報告 Volume: 110:163 Pages: 7-12
• [Journal Article] ことばについて脳を調べてわかること・わからないこと-言語認知神経科学への招待- (2010)
  • Author(s): 酒井弘
  • Journal Title: 第二言語としての日本語習得研究 Volume: 13 Pages: 147-160
• [Journal Article] コミュニケーションにおける曖昧さとその機能、知能と情報 (2010)
  • Author(s): 高橋英之
  • Journal Title: 日本知能情報ファジィ学会誌 Volume: 22 Pages: 450-463
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Learning Novel Objects Using Out-of-Vocabulary Word Segmentation and Object Extraction for Home Assistant Robots. (2010)
  • Author(s): Muhammad Attamimi
  • Journal Title: The proceedings of ICRA 2010 Pages: 745-750
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Gaze-contingencyパラダイムを用いた乳児における行為の意図性の評価 (2012)
  • Author(s): 宮崎美智子,高橋英之,岡田浩之,大森隆司
  • Organizer: 日本認知科学会第29回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台国際センター
  • Year and Date: 2012-12-14
• [Presentation] 予測と創造:モデルベース的意思決定プロセスの基礎 (2012)
  • Author(s): 今井 むつみ
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会第76回大会シンポジウム指定討論
  • Place of Presentation: 専修大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-09
• [Presentation] 社会的能力はどのように発達するのか:心の理論・言語・文化の獲得 (2012)
  • Author(s): 今井 むつみ
  • Organizer: 東京学芸大学国際教育センター 国際シンポジウム 指定討論
  • Place of Presentation: 東京学芸大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-18
• [Presentation] 社会的能力はどのように発達するのか:心の理論・言語・文化の獲得 (2012)
  • Author(s): 今井むつみ
  • Organizer: 東京学芸大学国際教育センター国際シンポジウム指定討論
  • Place of Presentation: 東京学芸大学(東京都)(招待講演)
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-18
• [Presentation] Bootstrapping mechanismin young children's verb learning (2012)
  • Author(s): Mutsumi Imai
  • Organizer: Talkpresented at a research seminar at the CityUniversity of Hong Kong
  • Place of Presentation: Hong Kong (China)
  • Year and Date: 2012-02-21
• [Presentation] Bootstrapping mechanism in young children's verb learning (2012)
  • Author(s): Mutsumi Imai
  • Organizer: Talk presented at a research seminar at the City University of Hong Kong
  • Place of Presentation: Hong Kong(招待講演)
  • Year and Date: 2012-02-21
• [Presentation] The Influence ofGrammatical Gender on German Speakers`Reasoning about Biological Properties ofAnimals (2011)
  • Author(s): Mutsumi Imai
  • Organizer: Talk presented at a colloquiumat Bangor University
  • Place of Presentation: Bangor (United Kingdom)
  • Year and Date: 2011-12-01
• [Presentation] The Influence of Grammatical Gender on German Speakers' Reasoning about Biological Properties of Animals (2011)
  • Author(s): Mutsumi Imai
  • Organizer: Talk presented at a colloquium at Bangor University
  • Place of Presentation: Department of Psychology and the Center for Bilingualism Research(招待講演)
  • Year and Date: 2011-12-01
• [Presentation] Bootstrapping mechanismin young children's verb learning (2011)
  • Author(s): Mutsumi Imai
  • Organizer: Talkpresented at a colloquium at NorthwesternUniversity SILC center
  • Place of Presentation: Evanston (USA)
  • Year and Date: 2011-11-08
• [Presentation] Bootstrapping mechanism in young children's verb learning (2011)
  • Author(s): Mutsumi Imai
  • Organizer: Talk presented at a colloquium at Northwestern University SILC center
  • Place of Presentation: Evanston, IL, USA(招待講演)
  • Year and Date: 2011-11-08
• [Presentation] 心の先端研究の現在と未来 (2011)
  • Author(s): 今井 むつみ
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会第75回大会シンポジウム指定討論
  • Place of Presentation: 日本大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-17
• [Presentation] 心の先端研究の現在と未来 (2011)
  • Author(s): 今井むつみ
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会第75回大会シンポジウム指定討論
  • Place of Presentation: 日本大学(東京都)
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-17
• [Presentation] 共感覚と共感覚的認知 (2011)
  • Author(s): 今井 むつみ
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会第75回大会ワークショップ指定討論
  • Place of Presentation: 日本大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-16
• [Presentation] 共感覚と共感覚的認知 (2011)
  • Author(s): 今井むつみ
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会第75回大会ワークショップ指定討論
  • Place of Presentation: 日本大学(東京都)
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-16
• [Presentation] Sound SymbolismBootstraps Word Learning (2011)
  • Author(s): Mutsumi Imai
  • Organizer: The BiennialMeeting of Society for Research in ChildDevelopment
  • Place of Presentation: Montreal(Canada)
  • Year and Date: 2011-04-01
• [Presentation] Sound Symbolism Bootstraps Word Learning (2011)
  • Author(s): Imai, M.
  • Organizer: The Biennial Meeting of Society for Research in Child Development
  • Place of Presentation: Montreal, Canada
  • Year and Date: 2011-04-01
• [Presentation] 母語と外国語習得における語意と語彙の再編成 (2010)
  • Author(s): 今井むつみ
  • Organizer: 明海大学応用言語学セミナー「言語習得」
  • Place of Presentation: 明海大学(招待講演)
  • Year and Date: 2010-12-12
• [Presentation] Does Japanese Draw Grammatical Count/Mass Distinction? : an ERP study. (2010)
  • Author(s): Kanero, J.
  • Organizer: The 51st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.
  • Place of Presentation: St.Louis., US.
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-20
• [Presentation] 語意と語彙の発達的変遷:即時マッピングから意味領域の構造的再編成を経た語意の精緻化 (2010)
  • Author(s): 今井むつみ
  • Organizer: 日本第二言語習得学会 秋の研修会
  • Place of Presentation: 中央大学(招待講演)
  • Year and Date: 2010-10-03
• [Presentation] ことばの意味と概念-語意発達の視点から (2010)
  • Author(s): 今井むつみ
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会第74回大会 概念ワークショップ
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-20
• [Presentation] 発達心理学に脳波は役に立つか (2010)
  • Author(s): 今井むつみ
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会第74回大会 ワークショップ「脳波解析の新たな可能性-心理学分野への応用と問題点-」
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-20
• [Presentation] 音象徴をめぐるoutstanding issues (2010)
  • Author(s): 今井むつみ
  • Organizer: 認知科学会第27回大会 オノマトペと音象徴ワークショップ
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-19
• [Presentation] 触覚の音象徴が与える幼児の物認識への影響 (2010)
  • Author(s): 荒田真実子
  • Organizer: 日本認知科学会第27回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-17
• [Presentation] 子どもは類像性の程度が異なる音象徴性をどのように理解するか:日本語オノマトペにおける意味的区分を用いた実験的検討 (2010)
  • Author(s): 佐治伸郎
  • Organizer: 日本認知言語学会第11回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 立教大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-11
• [Presentation] 乳幼児における音象徴知覚 (2010)
  • Author(s): 荒田真実子
  • Organizer: 日本神経科学会第33回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸コンベンションセンター
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-03
• [Presentation] Sound Symbolism on Touch.Talk (2010)
  • Author(s): Arata, M.
  • Organizer: the 7th International Conference on Cognitive Science
  • Place of Presentation: China National Convention Center, Beijing : China.
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-18
• [Presentation] Influence of grammatical gender on deductive reasoning about sex-specific properties of animals. (2010)
  • Author(s): Imai, M.
  • Organizer: the 32nd Annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
  • Place of Presentation: Portland, Oregon, US.
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-13
• [Presentation] Gesture in language : How sound symbolic words are processed in the brain. (2010)
  • Author(s): Arata, M.
  • Organizer: the 32nd Anuual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
  • Place of Presentation: Portland, Oregon, US.
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-13
• [Presentation] 助数詞による可算・不可算区別は文法処理か (2010)
  • Author(s): 加根魯絢子
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会-言語と思考研究会-/Mental Archite cture for Processing and Learning of Language
  • Place of Presentation: 東京・機械振興会館
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-05
• [Presentation] Evolution of verb meanings in children and L2 adult learners through reorganization of an entire semantic domain : The case of Chinese carry/hold verbs. (2010)
  • Author(s): Mutsumi Imai
  • Organizer: Reading in Chinese and related Asian Language Conference.
  • Place of Presentation: University of Toronto.Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Year and Date: 2010-07-02
• [Presentation] 予測と創造：モデルベース的意思決定プロセスの基礎
  • Author(s): 今井むつみ
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会 第76回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 専修大学 生田キャンパス（神奈川県）
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Gaze - contingency パラダイムを用いた乳児における行為の意図性の 評価
  • Author(s): 宮崎美智子
  • Organizer: 日本認知科学会第29回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台国際センター（宮城県）
• [Book] ことばの発達の謎を解く (2013)
  • Author(s): 今井むつみ
  • Total Pages: 240
  • Publisher: 筑摩書店
• [Book] Advances in Culture and Psychology (2013)
  • Author(s): Mutsumi Imai
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
• [Book] なるほど!赤ちゃん学:ここまでわかった赤ちゃんの不思議 (2012)
  • Author(s): 宮崎美智子, 梶川祥世, 村井千寿子, 高橋英之, 岡田浩之
  • Publisher: 新潮社
• [Book] 新・人が学ぶということ-認知学習論からの視点 (2012)
  • Author(s): 今井むつみ, 岡田浩之, 野島久雄 北樹出版
  • Total Pages: 249
• [Book] なるほど！赤ちゃん学―ここまでわかった赤ちゃんの不思議― (2012)
  • Author(s): 玉川大学赤ちゃんラボ
  • Total Pages: 222
  • Publisher: 新潮社
• [Book] ことばと思考 (2010)
  • Author(s): 今井むつみ
  • Total Pages: 240
  • Publisher: 岩波新書
• [Book] Categories in mind and categories in language : Are classifier categories reflection of the mind? In B.Malt & P.Wolff (Eds.), Words and the mind : How words capture human experience. (2010)
  • Author(s): Imai, M.
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press.
• [Book] Lexicalization Patterns and the World-to-Words Mapping.In B.Malt & P.Wolff (Eds.), Words and the mind : How words capture human experience. (2010)
  • Author(s): Malt, B.
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press.
• [Book] ことばの意味を「習得」するとは何を意味するのか:認知心理学からの言語発達理論への貢献.遊佐典昭(編)言語の可能性9:言語と哲学・心理学 (2010)
  • Author(s): 今井むつみ
  • Publisher: 朝倉書店
• [Book] 外国語学習研究への認知心理学の貢献-語意と語彙の学習の本質をめぐって-」市川伸一(編)現代の認知心理学5 発達と学習 (2010)
  • Author(s): 今井むつみ
  • Publisher: 北大路書房
• [Book] The role of language and culture inuniversality and diversity of humanconcepts,Advances in Culture and Psychology
  • Author(s): Mutsumi Imai & Takahiko Masuda,In M.Gelfand, CY. Chiu,& Y. Hong(Eds.)
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
• [Remarks]
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• [Remarks] MUTSUMI IMAI LAB
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• [Remarks] 認知発達ロボティクス研究室
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• [Remarks] 今井むつみ(研究代表者)
  • URL: http://cogpsy.sfc.keio.ac.jp/imai/
• [Remarks] 岡田浩之(研究分担者)
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