Development of an animal model for studying a reward strategy process based on social interactions
Project/Area Number |
24650102
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Sensitivity informatics/Soft computing
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Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
Principal Investigator |
OZAKI Shigeru 筑波大学, 医学医療系, 講師 (60292546)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MIZUHIKI Takashi 筑波大学, 医学医療系, 助教 (60463824)
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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 |
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
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Keywords | 感性情報学 / 動物モデル |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The study aimed to develop an animal model for studying a reward strategy process based on social interactions. Marmoset monkeys as well as humans were known the only primates showing unsolicited prosociality. We have trained marmosets to choose visual targets on a touch-screen monitor to get a juice reward. Next, we have been developing a behavior recording system of social-related (interindivisual) reward choice task for marmosets in the neighboring cages. The study suggests a possibility that development of an inetrindivisual behavioral task using marmosets can contribute to elucidate the basis of social-related reward strategy process in humans.
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Report
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Research Products
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