The evolutionary foundations and function of empathy in relation to the expression of positive emotions in human nursing behaviors
Project/Area Number |
24300103
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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Allocation Type | Partial Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Cognitive science
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Research Institution | Kyoto University |
Principal Investigator |
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
FUKUSHIMA Hirokata 関西大学, 社会学部, 准教授 (50611331)
SAITO Atsuko 東京大学, 総合文化研究科, 専任講師 (00415572)
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Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
HIRATA Satoshi 京都大学, 野生動物研究センター熊本サンクチュアリ, 教授 (80396225)
ADACHI Ikuma 京都大学, 霊長類研究所, 助教 (80543214)
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Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥18,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,230,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥10,270,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,370,000)
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Keywords | 実験系心理学 / 認知科学 / 進化 / 行動学 / 発達 / チンパンジー / 情動 / 養育行動 / 乳児 / 母子関係 / 比較認知 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Empathy to positive emotions is unique to humans. What is the adaptive function of this ability? Humans, compared to great apes, show (i) increased infant rearing costs in terms of time and resources, and (ii) increased social smiling in childhood. This increased smiling-in conjunction with rearing adult’s empathy towards such positive emotions-may be driving the increased communal rearing (allomothering), which in turn is crucial for the successful rearing of costly human infants. We investigated the positive empathetic responses of humans and chimpanzees towards infant emotional expressions. For humans, the caregivers increased interactions with infants was positively correlated with the physiological measures for empathy. This suggests that empathy to positive emotions is linked with increased exposure to infants’ smiling. Data remain to be analyzed for chimpanzees. This preliminary evidence supports our theory that empathy to positive emotions is associated with allomothering.
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Report
(4 results)
Research Products
(101 results)
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[Journal Article] Infant's action skill dynamically modulates parental action demonstration in the dyadic interaction2015
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Fukuyama, H., Qin, S., Kanakogi, Y., Nagai, Y., Asada, M., & Myowa-Yamakoshi, M
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Developmental Science
Volume: in press
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[Journal Article] Neural representation of face familiarity in an awake chimpanzee2014
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Fukushima, H., Hirata, S., Matsuda, G., Ueno, A., Fuwa, K., Sugama, K., Kusunoki, K., Hiraki, K., Tomonaga, M., & Hasegawa, T
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[Journal Article] Effects of preterm birth on intrinsic fluctuations in neonatal cerebral activity examined using optical imaging2013
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Fuchino, Y., Naoi, N., Shibata, M., Kawai, M., Konishi, Y., Okanoya, K., & Myowa-Yamakoshi, M.
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Journal Title
PLoS One
Volume: 8
Issue: 6
Pages: e67432-e67432
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[Journal Article] Salivary biomarkers are not available for the newborn pain assessment2013
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Shibata, M., Kawai, M., Matsukura, T., Heike, T., Okanoya, K., & Myowa-Yamakoshi, M.
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Journal Title
Early Human Development
Volume: 89
Issue: 7
Pages: 503-506
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Peer Reviewed
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[Journal Article] Neural representation of face familiarity in an awake chimpanzee2013
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Fukushima, H., Hirata, S., Matsuda, G., Ueno, A., Fuwa, K., Sugama, K., Kusunoki, K., Hiraki, K., Tomonaga, M., and Hasegawa, T.
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PeerJ
Volume: 1
Pages: e223-e223
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[Journal Article] Brain response to affective pictures in the chimpanzee2013
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Hirata, S., Matsuda, G., Ueno, A., Fukushima, H., Fuwa, K., Sugama, K., Kusunoki, K., Tomonaga, M., Hiraki, K., & Hasegawa, T.
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Scientific reports
Volume: 3
Issue: 1
Pages: 1342-1342
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NAID
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[Journal Article] Decreased right temporal activation and increased interhemispheric connectivity in response to speech in preterm infants at term-equivalent age2013
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Naoi, N., Fuchino, Y., Shibata, M., Niwa, F., Kawai, M., Konishi, Y., Okanoya, K., & Myowa-Yamakoshi, M.
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Journal Title
Frontiers in Psychology
Volume: 4
Pages: 94-94
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[Journal Article] Brain response to affective pictures in the chimpanzee.2013
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Hirata, S., Matsuda, G., Ueno, A., Fukushima, H., Fuwa, K., Sugama, K., Kusunoki, K., Tomonaga, M., Hiraki, K., & Hasegawa, T.
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Scientific Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 1-342
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[Presentation] 心の誕生2014
Author(s)
明和政子
Organizer
平成26年度 知的世界への冒険
Place of Presentation
大阪府立北野高校
Year and Date
2014-09-13
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[Presentation] Development of social attention in preterm and full-term infants2014
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Imafuku, M., Kawai, M., Niwa, F., Shinya, Y., Inagawa, M., Kawahara, N., & Myowa-Yamakoshi, M
Organizer
The 19th International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS 2014)
Place of Presentation
ドイツ
Year and Date
2014-07-03 – 2014-07-05
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[Presentation] 視覚探索課題における乳児顏の効果2012
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斎藤慈孔, 濱田祥紀, 宇田川奈津子, 飯島雄松, 長谷川講一, 開一夫
Organizer
日本人間行動進化学会第5回大会
Place of Presentation
東京大学駒場キャンパス
Year and Date
2012-12-01
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[Book] Cerebral laterality for prosody processing in human neonates : Evidellce from multichannel near-infrared spcctroScopy.2012
Author(s)
Naoi. N, Fuchino, Y., Shibata, M., Kawai.M., Konlshi, Y., Okanoya, K, & Myowa-Yamakoshi, M.
Total Pages
2
Publisher
World Scientific. Singapore
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