2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Cognitive development of vocal communication in nonhuman primates and humans.
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13410024
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
実験系心理学
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| Research Institution | Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
MASATAKA Nobuo Kyoto University, Primate Research Institute, Professor, 霊長類研究所, 教授 (60192746)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SUGIURA Hideki Kyoto University, Primate Research Institute, Instructor, 助手 (80314243)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2001 – 2004
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| Keywords | vocalization / music / language / nonhuman primate / seqmentation |
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| Research Abstract |
The Project outlines an approach to the development of expressive and communicative behavior from early infancy to the onset of single-word utterances. Nobuo Masataka's research is rooted in ethology and dynamic action theory. He argues that expressive and communicative actions are organized as a complex and cooperative system with other elements of the infant's physiology, behavior and the social environments.
Overall, humans are provided with a finite set of specific behavior patterns, each of which is phylogenetically inherited as a primate species. However, the patterns are uniquely organized during ontogeny and a coordinated structure emerges which eventually leads us to acquire language. This fascinating book offers exciting, new insights into the precursors of speech and will be of interest to researchers and students of psychology, linguistics and animal behavior biology.
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