Experiments and theory regarding the emergence of landmark based on point and open logic

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25540059
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cognitive science
• Research Institution: Waseda University (2014); Kobe University (2013)
• Principal Investigator: GUNJI Yukio 早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 教授 (40192570)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 認知地図 / 道標 / 探索戦略 / 社会性動物 / 時間

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Usage of logical symbol requires both the logic of symbols and the logic of meaning of the symbols. It is well known that there is a contradiction between point and open logic, and that the contradiction can be resolved by introducing a constraint on using logical operations. In our research we propose a hypothesis of which an agent confronting a logical contradiction perpetually construct a new symbol embedding a contradiction, and implement the hypothesis as an ethological experiment of garden ants. We finally show that garden ants could constructs a new landmark in confronting a contradiction of previous landmarks.

Free Research Field

動物行動学