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2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Awareness, self-reflection, and mind-reading: Genesis and functions of cognitive meta-processes

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 20220004
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Cognitive science
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

FUJITA Kazuo  京都大学, 大学院・文学研究科, 教授 (80183101)

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)
Project Period (FY) 2008 – 2012
Keywords進化・発達 / メタ認知 / 意識 / 内省 / 読心 / 心の理論
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.

  • Research Products

    (28 results)

All 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 Other

All Journal Article (14 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 14 results) Presentation (3 results) Book (2 results) Remarks (9 results)

  • [Journal Article] a Third-party social evaluation of humans by monkeys2013

    • Author(s)
      Anderson JR, Kuroshima H, Takimoto A, & Fujita K
    • Journal Title

      Nature Communications

      Volume: 4 Pages: 1561

    • DOI

      doi:10.1038/ncomms2495

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] b Capuchin monkeys judge third-party reciprocity.2013

    • Author(s)
      Anderson JR, Takimoto A, Kuroshima H, & Fujita K
    • Journal Title

      Cognition

      Volume: 127 Pages: 140-146

    • DOI

      doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2012.12.007

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Do pigeons (Columba livia) seek information when they have insufficient knowledge?2013

    • Author(s)
      Iwasaki S, Watanabe S, & Fujita K
    • Journal Title

      Animal Cognition

      Volume: 16(2) Pages: 211-221

    • DOI

      doi:10.1007/s10071-012-0566-y

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Incidental memory in dogs (Canis familiaris): adaptive behavioral solution at an unexpected memory test2012

    • Author(s)
      Fujita K, Morisaki A, Takaoka A, Maeda T, & Hori Y
    • Journal Title

      Animal Cognition

      Volume: 15 Pages: 1055-1063

    • DOI

      doi:10.1007/s10071-012-0529-3

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) use conspecifics' emotional expressions to evaluate emotional valence of objects2012

    • Author(s)
      Morimoto Y, & Fujita K
    • Journal Title

      Animal Cognition

      Volume: 15 Pages: 341-347

    • DOI

      doi:10.1007/s10071-011-0458-6

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Humans and chimpanzees attend differently to goal-directed actions2012

    • Author(s)
      Myowa-Yamakoshi M, Scola C, & Hirata S
    • Journal Title

      Nature Communications

      Volume: 3 Pages: 693

    • DOI

      doi:10.1038/ncomms1695

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] I acknow- ledge your help: capuchin monkeys' sensitivity to others' labor.2011

    • Author(s)
      Takimoto A, & Fujita K
    • Journal Title

      Animal Cognition

      Volume: 14 Pages: 715-725

    • DOI

      doi:10.1007/s10071-011-0406-5

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Developmental correspondence between action prediction and motor ability in early infancy2011

    • Author(s)
      Kanakogi Y, & Itakura S
    • Journal Title

      Nature Communications

      Volume: 2 Pages: 341

    • DOI

      doi:10.1038/ncomms1342

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Visual experience influences 12-month-old infants' perception of goal-directed actions of others.2011

    • Author(s)
      Myowa-Yamakoshi M, Kawakita Y, Okanda M, & Takeshita H
    • Journal Title

      Developmental Psychology

      Volume: 47(4) Pages: 1042-1049

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) modify their own behaviors according to a conspecific's emotional expressions.2011

    • Author(s)
      Morimoto Y, & Fujita K
    • Journal Title

      Primates

      Volume: 52 Pages: 279-286

    • DOI

      doi:10.1007/s10329-011-0249-3

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Do birds (pigeons and bantams) know how confident they are of their perceptual decisions?2011

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura N, Watanabe S, Betsuyaku T, & Fujita K
    • Journal Title

      Animal Cognition

      Volume: 14(1) Pages: 83-93

    • DOI

      doi:10.1007/s10071-010-0345-6

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 比較メタ認知研究の動向2010

    • Author(s)
      藤田和生
    • Journal Title

      心理学評論

      Volume: 53(3) Pages: 270-294

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) are sensitive to others' reward: An experi- mental analysis of food-choice for conspe- cifics.2010

    • Author(s)
      Takimoto A, Kuroshima H, & Fujita K
    • Journal Title

      Animal Cognition

      Volume: 13(2) Pages: 249-261

    • DOI

      doi:10.1007/s10071-009-0262-8

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Metamemory in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella).2009

    • Author(s)
      Fujita K
    • Journal Title

      Animal Cognition

      Volume: 12(4) Pages: 575-585

    • DOI

      doi:10.1007/s10071-009-0217-00

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Understanding infants' mind through a robot: Challenge of Developmental Cybernetics2012

    • Author(s)
      Itakura S
    • Organizer
      Invited talk at: International Society on Study of Behavior and Development
    • Place of Presentation
      Alberta, Canada
    • Year and Date
      2012-07-10
  • [Presentation] A search for metacog- nition in avians2012

    • Author(s)
      Fujita K
    • Organizer
      Invited talk at: The 9th International Conference on the Evolution of Language (Evolang IX)
    • Place of Presentation
      Campus Plaza Kyoto
    • Year and Date
      2012-03-14
  • [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
  • [Book] Are birds metacognitive? In: Beran M et al (eds.), Foundations of metacognition2012

    • Author(s)
      Fujita K, Nakamura N, Iwasaki S, Watanabe S
    • Total Pages
      50-61
    • Publisher
      Oxford University Press.
  • [Book] 比較行動学-ヒト観の再構築2011

    • Author(s)
      藤田和生
    • Total Pages
      255
    • Publisher
      放送大学教育振興会
  • [Remarks] 4-(2)- フサオマキザルの第3者評価に関する紹介記事

    • URL

      http://www.psy.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/kiban_S_fujita/

  • [Remarks] 2013年3月6日~7日にかけて、日経新聞、朝日新聞、毎日新聞、京都新聞、中日新聞、読売新聞、東京新聞他にて紹介記事

    • URL

      http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDG0504X_W3A300C1CR0000/

  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/top/article/20130306000023

  • [Remarks] (国外)

    • URL

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-21683054

  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://scientificchicago.com/2013/03/06/capuchin-monkeys-hold-grudge/

  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://www.topnews.us/content/253781-monkeys-repel-bad-people

  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://www.livescience.com/27637-monkeys-shun-selfish-others.html

  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/news_data/h/h1/news6/2012/130306_2.htm

  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/news_data/h/h1/news6/2012/130306_2.htm

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Published: 2014-08-29  

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