2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Comparative cognitive studies of sensorimotor development in humans and nonhuman primates
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19680013
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Cognitive science
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
MYOWA Masako Kyoto University, 大学院・教育学研究科, 准教授 (00372839)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
HIRATA Satoshi 林原生物化学研究所, 類人猿研究センター, 心理行動学研究員・主任研究員 (80396225)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2010
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| Keywords | 進化・発達(細目表) / 胎児・新生児・乳児 / 身体マッピング / 感覚-運動 / 身体模倣 / チンパンジー / 行為理解(細目表以外) |
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| Research Abstract |
Humans transform perceptual information into matching motor movements just from after birth. We investigated human unique characteristic of sensorri-motor information processing from both evolutionary and developmental perspectives. We examined the development of the prenatal and postnatal behaviors comparing with the data on humans and chimpanzee. Our findings suggest that basic differences in early visual-motor information processing may be reflected in differences in higher social-cognitive aspects of humans and chimpanzees.
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