Perceptual Basis of Social Cognition: Comparative-Cognitive Approaches

• Project/Area Number: 13610086
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 実験系心理学
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: TOMONAGA Masaki Kyoto University, Primate Research Institute, Associate Professor, 霊長類研究所, 助教授 (70237139)
• Project Period (FY): 2001 – 2003
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2003)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000); Fiscal Year 2003: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000); Fiscal Year 2002: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000); Fiscal Year 2001: ¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
• Keywords: social cognition / gaze perception / recognition / direct-gaze preference / orienting of attention / chimpanzees / macaque monkeys / comparative cognition / comparative cognitive development / 視線の知覚 / 社会的注意 / 視覚探索 / 選好注視 / 比較認知科学 / 視線の理解 / 弁別課題 / 選好注視法 / タマリン

Research Abstract

In the present research project, we investigated (1)direct-gaze preference in infants, (2)superiority in detecting direct-gaze face, and (3)orienting of attention triggered by the gaze stimuli in nonhuman primates, in order to clarify the perceptual bases of social cognition from the comparative-cognitive perspective. We found that (1)chimpanzee infants at 2 moths old, preferentially looked at direct-gaze face longer than averted-gaze face, (2)adult chimpanzee showed efficient search for direct-gaze face among averted-gaze faces than vice versa (stare-in-the-crowd effect), and (3)both chimpanzee adults and infants showed attention shift caused by gaze cue only in the high precue validity conditions.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Looking Back : The "representational mechanism" of joint attention in an infant chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) (2004)
  • Author(s): Okamoto, S
  • Journal Title: Japanese Psychological Research 46 Pages: 236-245
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Journal Article] 二つの革命-チンパンジーの社会的認知の発達における二つの変化 (2004)
  • Author(s): 友永雅己
  • Journal Title: 発達 25 Pages: 129-136
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Journal Article] Development of social cognition in infant chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) : Face recognition, smiling, gate and the lack of triadic interactions (2004)
  • Author(s): Tomonaga, M.
  • Journal Title: Japanese Psychological Research 46 Pages: 227-235
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Journal Article] Looking Back : The "representational mechanism" of joint attention in an infant chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). (2004)
  • Author(s): Okamoto, S., Tanaka, M., Tomonaga, M.
  • Journal Title: Japanese Psychological Research 46 Pages: 236-245
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Journal Article] Development of social cognition in infant chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) : Face recognition, smiling, gaze and the lack of triadic interactions. (2004)
  • Author(s): Tomonaga, M., Myowa-Yamakoshi, M., Mizuno, Y., Yamaguchi, M.K., Kosugi, D., Bard, K.A., Tanaka, M., Matsuzawa, T.
  • Journal Title: Japanese Psychological Research 46 Pages: 227-235
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Journal Article] Preferrence for human direct gaze in infant chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) (2003)
  • Author(s): Myowa-Yamakoshi, M.
  • Journal Title: Cognition 89
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Journal Article] Preference for human direct gaze in infant chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). (2003)
  • Author(s): Myowa-Yamakoshi, M., Tomonaga, M., Tanaka, M., Matsuzawa, T.
  • Journal Title: Cognition 89
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Journal Article] An infant chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) follows human gaze. (2002)
  • Author(s): Okamoto, S.
  • Journal Title: Animal Cognition 5 Pages: 97-114
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Journal Article] An infant chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) follows human gaze. (2002)
  • Author(s): Okamoto, S., Tomonaga, M., Ishii, K., Kawai, N., Tanaka, M., Matsuzawa, T.
  • Journal Title: Animal Cognition 5 Pages: 97-114
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Publications] Tomonaga, M.: "Attentional capture in the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) : Effects of a singleton distractor on visual search performances"Current Psychology Letters. 8号. 97-105 (2002)
• [Publications] Tomonaga, M.: "Attention visuelle et perception de regards par le chimpanze (Pan troglodytes) et le babouin (Papio papio)"Primatologie. 5号. 49-73 (2002)
• [Publications] Myowa-Yamakoshi, M.: "Preference for human direct gaze in infant chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)"Cognition. 89巻. B53-B64 (2003)
• [Publications] Imura, T.: "Perception of depth from shading in infant chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)"Animal Cognition. 6巻. 253-258 (2003)
• [Publications] Murai, C.: "Do infant Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) categorize objects without specific training?"Primates. 45巻. 1-6 (2004)
• [Publications] Kuwahata, H.T.: "Development of schematic face preference in macaque monkeys"Behavioural Processes. (in press). (2004)
• [Publications] 広中直行(編)(分担執筆): "「実験心理学の新しい形」 第7章 比較認知科学のめざすもの"誠信書房(印刷中).
• [Publications] Tomonaga, M.: "Action-based distractor effects on the manualrespense times of chimpanzees during discrimination tasks"Cognitire Brain Research. 13. 235-240 (2002)
• [Publications] Tomonaga, M.: "Enumeration of briefly presented items by the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and humans (Homo Sapiens)"Animal Learning & Behavior. 30. 143-157 (2002)
• [Publications] Tomonaga, M.: "Attentional capture in the chimpanzee (Pan Troglodytes) : Effects of a singleton distractor on visual search performances"Current Psychology Letters. (in press).
• [Publications] 友永 雅己: "視覚認知への比較認知科学的アプローチへの可能性"基礎心理学研究. 20. 193-208 (2002)
• [Publications] 友永 雅己: "チンパンジーの認知と行動の発達-チンパンジー認知発達研究プロジェクトの二年間-(霊長類の比較発達心理学(71))"発達. 23(92). 103-112 (2002)
• [Publications] 友永雅己, 田中正己, 松沢哲郎(編著): "京都大学学術出版会"チンパンジーの認知と行動の発達. 508 (2003)
• [Publications] Fugot, J., Tomonaga, M.: "Effects of element separation on perceptual grouping by humans and chimpanzees"Animal Cognition. Vol.4. 171-177 (2001)
• [Publications] Myowa-Yamakoshi, M., Tomonaga, M.: "Perceiving eye gaze in an infant gibbon"Psychologia. Vol.44. 24-30 (2001)
• [Publications] Tomonaga, M.: "Action-based distractor effects on the manual response times of chimpanzees during discrimination tasks"Cognitive Brain Research. (in press).
• [Publications] Tomonaga, M., Matsuzawa, T.: "Enumeration of briefly presented items by the chiupavzee and humans"Animal Learuing & Behavior. (in press).
• [Publications] Myowa-Yamakoshi, M., Tomonaga, M.: "Development of face recognition in an infant gibbon"Infant Behavior and Development. (in press).
• [Publications] 友永雅己: "こころの起源をさぐる-比較認知科学からのアプローチ-"こころの科学. 100号. 29-40 (2001)