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Birdsong reward system: the relationship between intrinsic and extrinsic motivations

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17H01015
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Experimental psychology
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Okanoya Kazuo  東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 教授 (30211121)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 池渕 万季  国立研究開発法人理化学研究所, 脳神経科学研究センター, 研究員 (20398994)
関 義正  愛知大学, 文学部, 教授 (50575123)
和多 和宏  北海道大学, 理学研究院, 准教授 (70451408)
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥43,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥33,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥9,930,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥11,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥15,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,480,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥16,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,750,000)
Keywords鳴禽類 / ドパミン / 発声 / 動機づけ / 腹側被蓋野 / 黒質 / 大脳基底核 / 鳴禽 / 進化 / 歌行動 / 発達 / 比較認知 / オペラント行動 / 歌学習 / 中脳腹側被蓋野 / 中脳黒質緻密部 / 電気生理学 / 神経細胞 / 電気生理
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The male songbird sings to the female in courtship, and the bird sings to her even alone. The latter is thought to be sustained by intrinsic motivation, but its underlying neural mechanisms are unknown. In this study, we measured neural activity in the midbrain dopaminergic system and basal ganglia to determine how motivation is generated and leads to spontaneous vocalizations. We found a group of cells in the basal ganglia that showed a gradual increase in firing rate starting a few seconds before the onset of vocalization. In contrast, we found cells in the ventral tegmental area and substantia nigra showing a transient increase in neural activity at the onset of vocalization. These results suggest that the midbrain dopaminergic system pulls the final trigger to initiate vocalization.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の結果から、鳥が自発的に発声を開始する際に中脳のドパミン神経系が関与することが明らかになった。最近のげっ歯類を用いた研究からも、自発的な歩行やレバー押し行動の開始に中脳ドパミンニューロンが関わることが報告されている。これらより、内発的動機づけに基づく行動を支える神経機構は、哺乳類と鳥類の間で共通していることが示唆された。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • 2017 Annual Research Report

Research Products

(56 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (15 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 8 results,  Peer Reviewed: 14 results,  Open Access: 12 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (33 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 8 results,  Invited: 2 results) Book (3 results) Remarks (3 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] マギル大学(カナダ)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Statistical learning for vocal sequence acquisition in a songbird2020

    • Author(s)
      James Logan S.、Sun Herie、Wada Kazuhiro、Sakata Jon T.
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 10 Issue: 1 Pages: 2248-2248

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-020-58983-8

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Different Reactions of Zebra Finches and Bengalese Finches to a Three-Component Mixture of Anesthetics2020

    • Author(s)
      Ikebuchi M, Okanoya K and Bischof, H-J
    • Journal Title

      Zoological Science

      Volume: 37 Issue: 2 Pages: 159-167

    • DOI

      10.2108/zs190055

    • NAID

      210000174406

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Corticobasal ganglia projecting neurons are required for juvenile vocal learning but not for adult vocal plasticity in songbirds2019

    • Author(s)
      Sanchez-Valpuesta M, Suzuki Y, Shibata Y, Toji N, Ji Y, Afrin N, Asogwa CN, Kojima I, Mizuguchi D, Kojima S, Okanoya K, Okado H, Kobayashi K, Wada K
    • Journal Title

      Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

      Volume: 116 Issue: 45 Pages: 22833-22843

    • DOI

      10.1073/pnas.1913575116

    • NAID

      120006842193

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Transcriptional regulatory divergence underpinning species-specific learned vocalization in songbirds2019

    • Author(s)
      Wang Hongdi、Sawai Azusa、Toji Noriyuki、Sugioka Rintaro、Shibata Yukino、Suzuki Yuika、Ji Yu、Hayase Shin、Akama Satoru、Sese Jun、Wada Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      PLOS Biology

      Volume: 17 Issue: 11 Pages: e3000476-e3000476

    • DOI

      10.1371/journal.pbio.3000476

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Auditory-Motor Matching in Vocal Recognition and Imitative Learning2019

    • Author(s)
      Tramacere Antonella、Wada Kazuhiro、Okanoya Kazuo、Iriki Atsushi、Ferrari Pier F.
    • Journal Title

      Neuroscience

      Volume: 409 Pages: 222-234

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.01.056

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Comparative approaches for cognitive studies exploring the origin of synchronization of movements to musical rhythms2019

    • Author(s)
      Seki Yoshimasa
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Journal of Animal Psychology

      Volume: 69 Issue: 2 Pages: 101-111

    • DOI

      10.2502/janip.69.1.9

    • NAID

      130007768888

    • ISSN
      0916-8419, 1880-9022
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] オウムの声まねから学べるもの2019

    • Author(s)
      関 義正
    • Journal Title

      心理学ワールド

      Volume: 85 Pages: 27-28

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Effects of metronomic sounds on a self-paced tapping task in budgerigars and humans.2019

    • Author(s)
      Seki Y. & Tomyta K
    • Journal Title

      Current Zoology

      Volume: 65 Issue: 1 Pages: 121-128

    • DOI

      10.1093/cz/zoy075

    • NAID

      130007680719

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Vocal practice regulates singing activity-dependent genes underlying age-independent vocal learning in songbirds2018

    • Author(s)
      Hayase Shin、Wang Hongdi、Ohgushi Eri、Kobayashi Masahiko、Mori Chihiro、Horita Haruhito、Mineta Katsuhiko、Liu Wan-chun、Wada Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      PLOS Biology

      Volume: 16 Issue: 9 Pages: e2006537-e2006537

    • DOI

      10.1371/journal.pbio.2006537

    • NAID

      120006585779

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Inter- and intra-specific differences in muscarinic acetylcholine receptor expression in the neural pathways for vocal learning in songbirds2018

    • Author(s)
      Asogwa Norman C.、Mori Chihiro、Sanchez-Valpuesta Miguel、Hayase Shin、Wada Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Comparative Neurology

      Volume: 526 Issue: 17 Pages: 2856-2869

    • DOI

      10.1002/cne.24532

    • NAID

      120006769955

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Singing activity-driven Arc expression associated with vocal acoustic plasticity in juvenile songbird2018

    • Author(s)
      Hayase Shin、Wada Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      European Journal of Neuroscience

      Volume: 48 Issue: 2 Pages: 1728-1742

    • DOI

      10.1111/ejn.14057

    • NAID

      120006585776

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Recurrent development of song idiosyncrasy without auditory inputs in the canary, an open-ended vocal learner2018

    • Author(s)
      Mori Chihiro、Liu Wan-chun、Wada Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 8732-8732

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-018-27046-4

    • NAID

      120006522664

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Neurotensin and neurotensin receptor 1 mRNA expression in song-control regions changes during development in male zebra finches.2018

    • Author(s)
      Merullo DP, Asogwa CN, Sanchez-Valpuesta M, Hayase S, Pattnaik BR, Wada K, Riters LV.
    • Journal Title

      Dev Neurobiol.

      Volume: Accepted Issue: 7 Pages: 671-686

    • DOI

      10.1002/dneu.22589

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Sex Differences in Brain Thyroid Hormone Levels during Early Post-Hatching Development in Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)2017

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi S., Hayase S., Aoki N., Takehara A., Ishigohoka J., Matsushima T., Wada K., Homma K.J.
    • Journal Title

      PLoS One

      Volume: 12(1) Issue: 1 Pages: 1-15

    • DOI

      10.1371/journal.pone.0169643

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Chick Development and Asynchroneous Hatching in the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata castanotis)2017

    • Author(s)
      Ikebuchi M, Okanoya K, Hasegawa T, Bischof HJ.
    • Journal Title

      Zoological Science

      Volume: 34 Issue: 5 Pages: 369-376

    • DOI

      10.2108/zs160205

    • NAID

      40021336130

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Neural basis of social influences on vocal learning in a songbird2020

    • Author(s)
      Shin Yanagihara
    • Organizer
      Symposium ‘Emotion, Mirror, and Reward: Reconsidering the Russian Doll model’ The University of Tokyo, supported by ‘Evolinguistics’ project
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 鳥類における三種混合麻酔薬の検討:カエデチョウ科鳥類キンカチョウとジュウシマツを用いた研究2019

    • Author(s)
      池渕万季・岡ノ谷一夫・Hans-Joachim Bischof
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会第90回大会・大阪市大、大阪府
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 近縁種における麻酔の影響の種差:カエデチョウ科鳥類を用いた研究2019

    • Author(s)
      池渕万季・岡ノ谷一夫・Hans-Joachim Bischof
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会第38回大会・大阪市大、大阪府
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 鳥類における三種混合麻酔薬の検討:カエデチョウ科鳥類二種を用いた研究2019

    • Author(s)
      池渕万季・岡ノ谷一夫・Hans-Joachim Bischof
    • Organizer
      第43回鳥類内分泌研究会・麻布大、神奈川県
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] オカメインコによる斉唱 -ヒト以外の動物における階層系列を介した意図共有の例-2019

    • Author(s)
      関義正
    • Organizer
      日本認知科学会第36回大会・静岡大学、静岡県
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Imitation of human music in a parrot species.2019

    • Author(s)
      Seki Y.
    • Organizer
      Protolang 6 (Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian: Lisbon)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Emergence of sound sequences in vocalizations of cockatiels.2019

    • Author(s)
      Seki Y.
    • Organizer
      第6回生物音響学会年次研究会 ・文科省研究交流センター、茨城県
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Differences between motor control for whistle and that for vocalization; a neuro-psychological test in a sound imitation task.2019

    • Author(s)
      Tomyta, K & Seki, Y.
    • Organizer
      第6回生物音響学会年次研究会・文科省研究交流センター、茨城県
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] オウムの仲間による新たな発声の獲得と創出.2019

    • Author(s)
      関義正
    • Organizer
      第9回日本歴史言語学会 ・広島大学、広島県
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Social influence on VTA/SNc auditory activity in zebra finches2019

    • Author(s)
      Shin Yanagihara
    • Organizer
      Minisymposium for Comparative Neurobiology of Songbirds, Center for Evolutionary Cognitive Science, The University of Tokyo, co-supported by ‘Evolinguistics’ project
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Social influence on VTA/SNc auditory activity in a songbird2019

    • Author(s)
      柳原真・池渕万季・森千紘・橘亮輔・岡ノ谷一夫
    • Organizer
      第42回日本神経科学学会・第62回日本神経化学会大会合同大会、新潟県
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Neural mechanisms for social enhancement of vocal learning in a songbird2019

    • Author(s)
      Shin Yanagihara, Maki Ikebuchi, Chihiro Mori, Ryosuke, O. Tachibana, Kazuo Okanoya
    • Organizer
      日本動物心理学会第79回大会、専修大学生田キャンパス、神奈川県
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Preparatory neural activations in basal ganglia related with learned songs and innate calls in Java sparrows2019

    • Author(s)
      Umemoto, S., Yanagihara, S., & Okanoya, K.
    • Organizer
      日本比較生理生化学会大41回大会 "拡大"若手の会「数学―生物学領域横断ワークショップ」、東京大学駒場Ⅱキャンパス、東京
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Role of VTA/SNc neurons in social enhancement of vocal learning in a songbird2019

    • Author(s)
      Shin Yanagihara, Maki Ikebuchi, Chihiro Mori, Ryosuke, O. Tachibana, Kazuo Okanoya
    • Organizer
      日本比較生理生化学会第41回大会、東京大学駒場キャンパス、東京
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 鳴禽類の歌学習における中脳ドーパミン神経系の役割2019

    • Author(s)
      柳原真、池渕万季、森千紘、橘亮輔、岡ノ谷一夫
    • Organizer
      第43回鳥類内分泌研究会、麻布大学、神奈川県
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Neural basis for social enhancement of vocal learning in a songbird2019

    • Author(s)
      S. YANAGIHARA, M. IKEBUCHI, C. MORI, R. O. TACHIBANA1, K. OKANOYA
    • Organizer
      次世代脳プロジェクト冬のシンポジウム 一橋大学一橋講堂 学術総合センター、東京
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Social context modulates auditory activity in a songbird VTA/SNc2019

    • Author(s)
      Shin Yanagihara, Maki Ikebuchi, Chihiro Mori, Ryosuke, O. Tachibana, Kazuo Okanoya
    • Organizer
      The 10th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, Daegu, Korea,
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Preparatory neural activations in basal ganglia related with learned songs and innate calls in Java sparrows.2019

    • Author(s)
      Umemoto, S., Yanagihara, S., & Okanoya, K.
    • Organizer
      The 10th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, Daegu, Korea
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Social modulation of auditory activity in a songbird VTA/SNc2019

    • Author(s)
      Shin Yanagihara, Maki Ikebuchi, Chihiro Mori, Ryosuke, O. Tachibana, Kazuo Okanoya
    • Organizer
      49th Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, USA
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Long-term change in neural activity of basal ganglia prior to vocal behavior in Java sparrows.2019

    • Author(s)
      Umemoto, S., Yanagihara, S., & Okanoya, K.
    • Organizer
      49th annual meeting of Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, USA
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Imitation of human music and synchronized singing by cockatiels2018

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Seki
    • Organizer
      第5回生物音響学会年次研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] メトロノーム音が自己ペースのタップタイミングに 及ぼす影響―セキセイインコとヒトの比較実験―2018

    • Author(s)
      関義正・富田健太
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第82回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Sensitivity to, or talent for, music of the cockatiel2018

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Seki
    • Organizer
      日本動物心理学会第78回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Cockatiels: a novel animal model for studying the evolution of music and language2018

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Seki
    • Organizer
      the 12th International Conference on Language Evolution
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Neural activity in the basal ganglia prior to vocal behavior in Java sparrows2018

    • Author(s)
      梅本祥央・柳原真・岡ノ谷一夫
    • Organizer
      第78回日本動物心理学会大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 鳴禽類の発声開始に関連した中脳腹側被蓋野・黒質の神経活動2018

    • Author(s)
      柳原真、池渕万季、森千紘、橘亮輔、岡ノ谷一夫
    • Organizer
      「次世代脳」プロジェクト 2018年度冬のシンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 鳴禽類の発声学習における中脳ドーパミン神経系の役割2017

    • Author(s)
      柳原真・池渕万季・岡ノ谷一夫
    • Organizer
      行動2017 (日本動物行動関連学会・研究会 合同大会)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 発声学習中におけるブンチョウの大脳基底核の神経活動2017

    • Author(s)
      梅本祥央・柳原真・岡ノ谷一夫
    • Organizer
      行動2017 (日本動物行動関連学会・研究会 合同大会)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Neural correlate of vocal activity in Java sparrows recorded in basal ganglia2017

    • Author(s)
      Umemoto, S., Yanagihara, S., & Okanoya, K.
    • Organizer
      The 4th Annual Meeting of the Society for Bioacoustics
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 鳴禽類ソングバードの種特異的発声パターン生成の神経分子基盤2017

    • Author(s)
      和多和宏
    • Organizer
      日本進化学会第19回東京大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 自発的行動に起因する発声学習表現型の個性創発の神経分子基盤2017

    • Author(s)
      和多和宏
    • Organizer
      日本分子生物学会年会(2017年度生命科学系学会合同年次大会)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ジュウシマツにおける歌の複雑化は家畜化症候群の神経堤細胞仮説に合致するか?2017

    • Author(s)
      池渕万季・鈴木研太・岡ノ谷一夫
    • Organizer
      行動2017 (日本動物行動関連学会・研究会 合同大会)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Individual difference and vocal learning of contact-call-like sounds in juvenile cockatiels2017

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Seki
    • Organizer
      4th Annual Meeting of the Society for Bioacoustics
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 「トリの行動から歌と音楽について何を学べるか」 今川恭子(編)わたしたちに音楽がある理由(わけ)音楽性の学際的探究(第2章)2020

    • Author(s)
      関 義正
    • Total Pages
      328
    • Publisher
      音楽之友社
    • ISBN
      9784276139107
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 生き物と音の事典2019

    • Author(s)
      高梨琢磨,松尾行雄,力丸裕,宋文杰,小池卓二,小田洋一,市川光太郎,相馬雅代,関義正
    • Total Pages
      464
    • Publisher
      朝倉書店
    • ISBN
      9784254171679
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Brain Evolution by Design: From Neural Origin to Cognitive Architecture2017

    • Author(s)
      Wada K, Chen C-C & Jarvis ED (Shigeno S, Murakami Y & Nomura T 編著)
    • Total Pages
      438
    • Publisher
      Springer
    • ISBN
      9784431564676
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 岡ノ谷研究室

    • URL

      https://marler.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/home/

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 生物の音声と コミュニケーション 研究室

    • URL

      http://psy.aichi-u.ac.jp/yseki/

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 生まれもつ個性をもとに、個体の学習行動表現型はいかに発達するのか?

    • URL

      https://www.wada-lab.org/

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Emotion, Mirror, and Reward: Reconsidering the Russian Doll model2019

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report

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