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Evolutionary origins of music: A comparative cognitive study of apes

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K18699
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Psychology and related fields
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

Hattori Yuko  京都大学, 霊長類研究所, 助教 (60621670)

Project Period (FY) 2017-06-30 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords音楽性 / チンパンジー / リズム同調 / 身体協調 / 身体同調 / 比較認知科学 / 聴覚認知 / 情動 / 類人猿 / 社会性 / 聴覚コミュニケーション
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigated to what extent musicality, cognitive foundations for human music activity, is shared with non-human ape species. I investigated behavioral responses to various auditory stimuli such as conspecific voices, natural sound or artificial auditory stimuli. I found that salient auditory beat induced chimpanzees’ spontaneous rhythmic engagement like humans, a positive correlation between beat tempo and movement periodicity and spatial proximity to sound source, which suggest possible preference to the sound stimuli. These results indicate that to some extent cognitive foundations are shared between chimpanzees and humans and prerequisites for music and dance are deeply rooted in the common ancestor, approximately 7 million years ago.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

音楽は、音そのものが感情や動きに働きかけるという特徴から、異なる言語を話す相手や言語能力が十分に発達していない幼児など広い範囲の他者とのコミュニケーションが可能である。本研究では、リズム音がおよぼす運動への影響といった、音楽活動をささえる認知基盤が、ある程度はヒトに近縁なチンパンジーにも共有されていることを実験的に確認した。こうした「音楽性」は、ヒトが言語を獲得する以前から、その進化の過程で徐々に発達していったことが示唆される

Report

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

    (16 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 4 results) Book (3 results) Remarks (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Rhythmic swaying induced by sound in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)2020

    • Author(s)
      Hattori, Y., and Tomonaga, M.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

      Volume: 117 Issue: 2 Pages: 936-942

    • DOI

      10.1073/pnas.1910318116

    • NAID

      120006775921

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] チンパンジーのダンス2020

    • Author(s)
      服部裕子
    • Journal Title

      岩波「科学」

      Volume: 2

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 音楽の起源を探して2020

    • Author(s)
      服部裕子
    • Journal Title

      モンキー

      Volume: 6 Pages: 24-25

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 社会性と音楽の進化2018

    • Author(s)
      服部裕子
    • Journal Title

      岩波 「科学」

      Volume: 11 Pages: 1132-1133

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] リズム同調の霊長類的基盤2019

    • Author(s)
      服部裕子
    • Organizer
      日本赤ちゃん学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] ヒトにユニークな音楽性とは何か ―チンパンジーとの比較研究から―2019

    • Author(s)
      服部裕子
    • Organizer
      日本音楽療法学会研修・講習会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The difference of important frequency area for perception between chimpanzees and humans to discriminate sounds2019

    • Author(s)
      Takiyama H, Hattori Y, and Tomonaga M
    • Organizer
      The 11th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Evolutionary origins of Coordination, Sympathy and Interpersonal dynamics: A comparative study in chimpanzees and humans2018

    • Author(s)
      Yuko Hattori
    • Organizer
      日本体育学会第69回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Rhythmic engagement with auditory beat in chimapnzees2017

    • Author(s)
      服部裕子
    • Organizer
      行動2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Evolutionary origins of rhythmic entrainment: experimental study in chimpanzees and humans2017

    • Author(s)
      Yuko Hattori
    • Organizer
      The 6th Conference of the Asia-Pacific Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Book] チンパンジーのリズム感(『わたしたちに音楽がある理由』所収)2020

    • Author(s)
      服部裕子
    • Total Pages
      6
    • Publisher
      音楽之友社
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] "Understanding empathy from interactional synchrony in humans and non-human primates" in "Evolution of Primate Social Cognition"2018

    • Author(s)
      L Yu, Y Hattori, S Yamamoto, M Tomonaga
    • Total Pages
      299
    • Publisher
      Springer
    • ISBN
      3319937758
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Book] "Searching for the origins of musicality across species" in "The Origins of Musicality"2018

    • Author(s)
      Hoeschele, M, Merchant, H., Kikuchi, Y., Hattori, Y., & ten Cate,C.
    • Total Pages
      351
    • Publisher
      MIT Press
    • ISBN
      0262037459
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 音刺激で誘発されるチンパンジーのリズミカルな身体運動

    • URL

      http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/ronbun/1131/index-j.html

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 音刺激がチンパンジーのリズミカルな身体運動を誘発することを発見

    • URL

      http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/research/research_results/2019/191224_1.html

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 音刺激がチンパンジーのリズミカルな身体運動を誘発することを発見

    • URL

      http://langint.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ai/ja/publication/YukoHattori/Hattori2019-PNAS.html

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2017-07-21   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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