2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The effect of "Frame of references" in the spatial perception : From a comparative study of cognitive development.
| Project/Area Number |
21830053
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Experimental psychology
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
IMURA Tomoko Kyoto University, 霊長類研究所, 助教 (00552423)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2010
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| Keywords | 比較認知発達 / チンパンジー / 絵画的手がかり |
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| Research Abstract |
In humans, visual attention is distributed over a "ground" surface rather than "ceiling" or "wall" surfaces when we search for some objects and judge a distance between objects ("the ground dominance effect"). In this study, we examined whether chimpanzees show similar search strategy on the ground-like or the ceiling-like surfaces defined by pictorial depth cues. The findings indicate that in both chimpanzees and humans, a ground-like surface facilitated the search for objects on it.
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