2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Awareness, self-reflection, and mind-reading: Genesis and functions of cognitive meta-processes
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20220004
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)
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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 |
FUJITA Kazuo 京都大学, 大学院・文学研究科, 教授 (80183101)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ITAKURA Shoji 京都大学, 大学院・文学研究科, 教授 (50211735)
MYOWA Masako 京都大学, 大学院・教育学研究科, 准教授 (00372839)
HIRATA Satoshi 京都大学, 霊長類研究所, 特定准教授 (80396225)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2012
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| Keywords | 進化・発達 / メタ認知 / 意識 / 内省 / 読心 / 心の理論 |
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| Research Abstract |
We studied evolution and development of (a) active meta-access to agents’ own mental states referred to as awareness and self-reflection, (b) understanding of others’ mental states often labeled mindreading, and (c) interrelationship of the two by phylogenetic and ontogenetic comparisons. We have found that species including primates, dogs, and birds share such cognitive meta-processes. Nonhuman primates have been found to show excellent understanding of others as shown by their evaluating third-party interactions that have no value to themselves. We have also found that understanding others is enhanced by corresponding experience of the agents. This suggests strong relationship between understandingself and understanding others.
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Research Products
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[Presentation] Are birds metacognitive ?2011
Author(s)
Fujita K, Nakamura N, Iwasaki S, Watanabe S, & Betsuyaku T
Organizer
Invited Talk at the Satellite Symposium of the 15th annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousnes
Place of Presentation
Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Year and Date
2011-06-08
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