Biological and cultural anthropological research on children's social behavior led by the neural reward system

• Project/Area Number: 26560337
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Developmental mechanisms and the body works
• Research Institution: Tokyo Seitoku College
• Principal Investigator: YAGI Reiko 東京成徳短期大学, 幼児教育科, 准教授 (80281591)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KAWAI Norie 公益財団法人国際科学振興財団, 研究開発部, 研究主幹 (50261128) ; MATSUMOTO Sumiko 東京成徳短期大学, 幼児教育科, 教授 (90389859)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: 子ども / 社会行動 / 音楽行動 / 集団遊び / 情報的シェアリング / 生物学的文化人類学 / 報酬系 / シェアリング / 協調 / 向社会的行動 / 同期

Outline of Final Research Achievements

To examine the effect that "information sharing behavior" led by pleasant emotion on the formation of children's social behavior, we conducted field survey for traditional music activities and collective fun plays of children in Bali, Indonesia.　Recording these collective activities in audio-video, we analyzed the process and the mechanism by which children synchronize behaviors with others.
As a preliminary study, we also measured physiological and psychological changes of several children before and after the activity using salivary amylase activity as indicators and simple questionnaire. Furthermore, we clarified the opinions of local experts on the role that traditional music activities and collective fun plays in the formation of children's social　behavior through interviews with supporters of these group activities and translation of papers by local researchers.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 民族合唱劇“群芸「鳴神」”の表現戦略 (2016)
  • Author(s): 八木玲子
  • Journal Title: 民族藝術 Volume: 32 Pages: 95-101
• [Presentation] ヒトが快適に生きることのできる環境とは (2015)
  • Author(s): 八木玲子
  • Organizer: 慶應義塾大学 精神薬理研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 慶應義塾大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-01-23
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 民族藝術と合唱 (2014)
  • Author(s): 八木玲子
  • Organizer: 民族藝術学会
  • Place of Presentation: お茶の水女子大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-12-13
  • Invited
• [Book] 「子どもの生活を支える 相談援助」 (2015)
  • Author(s): 大塚良一･小野澤 昇・田中利則 編著
  • Total Pages: 174
  • Publisher: ミネルヴァ書房