Body perception in chimpanzees: from the perspective of comparative cognitive science
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18J21474
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 国内 |
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| Research Field |
Cognitive science
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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| Research Fellow |
GAO JIE 京都大学, 理学研究科, 特別研究員(DC1)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2018-04-25 – 2021-03-31
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| Project Status |
Discontinued (Fiscal Year 2020)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
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| Keywords | body perception / inversion effect / configural processing / expert effect / body knowledge / comparative cognition / child development / eye-tracking / chimpanzees / body structure |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
I have finished all the data collection. I mainly completed the data collection of the eye tracking experiment to examine chimpanzees' cognition of body parts. I conducted data analyses of all my data and wrote my doctoral thesis. I have passed the defense and received my doctor's degree. I have 2 papers published in this year.
In summary, I studied body perception in chimpanzees in a comparative manner, focusing on their cognition of whole bodies and body parts. By comparing with humans, I found that chimpanzees have similar properties in body perception with humans, albeit less flexible in certain aspects. They also have knowledge about locations and appearances of body parts, as humans do. The results indicates that the common ancestor of chimpanzees and humans may already have a similar level of body perception in the evolutionary path.
In general, I have reached the goal of my research plan and got amazing results. My research provided important information of how humans’ closest living relatives, chimpanzees, perceive bodies, and provided implications of the evolutionary path of body perception. I hope my study could contribute to our understanding of human cognition and inspire interesting future research to shed light on our understanding of human mind evolution.
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| Research Progress Status |
令和2年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
令和2年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
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