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Biological basis of sunk-cost effect: Social foraging modifies learning rule and causes irrational behaviors

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K07351
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 51020:Cognitive and brain science-related
Research InstitutionHokkaido University

Principal Investigator

Matsushima Toshiya  北海道大学, 理学研究院, 教授 (40190459)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords埋没費用効果 / コンコルドの誤信 / 最適採餌理論 / 行動生態学 / 統計モデル / 行動経済学 / 強化学習 / 学習理論 / コンコルド効果 / 社会採餌理論 / Roth-Erev学習則 / Roscola-Wagner学習則
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Sunk-cost effect (Concorde fallacy) refers to an irrational human behavior in economics/psychology, where people often ascribe higher value for such an item that they have invested a huge amount of cost. To understand the biological basis, we studied newly hatched foraging behavior in domestic chicks by experimental manipulation of the running cost for food. As the results, (1) naive chicks revealed sunk-cost effect in gradually deleting food patches, (2) which paradoxically contributed to the long-term gain rate. However (3) the payoff yielded sub-optimal and the gain rate was not maximized. Mathematical analysis using statistical models revealed that the disengaging decision is stochastically determined by short-term profitability and a longer-term gain rate as threshold.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

ヒトは経済学的局面でも多くの不合理行動を示す。これはヒトが本来の生態学的環境のもとで小集団による狩猟採集行動を採ってきた進化的背景のためであると想定した。そうであれば、他の多くの動物も一見不合理な行動を採ることが予想される。その行動・心理・認知・神経機構を総合的に明らかとしたことが本研究の意義である。孵化後間もないヒヨコは生後のすべての給餌条件と採餌行動を実験的に操作できる稀有な例である。収益が徐々に逓減する採餌条件の下で、餌場にたどり着くためのコストを操作することで、餌場での滞在時間の延長を見た。この結果は、妥当な労働投資とは何か、という社会的課題について生物学的な基礎を与えるものである。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (30 results)

All 2021 2020 2019 2018 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 11 results,  Open Access: 6 results) Presentation (15 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Invited: 3 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Trento(イタリア)

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Ruhr University Bochum(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] What Do Adolescents Know About One-Health and Zoonotic Risks? A School-Based Survey in Italy, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Mauritius, and Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Zucca Paolo、Rossmann Marie-Christin、Dodic Mitja、Ramma Yashwantrao、Matsushima Toshiya、Seet Steven、Holtze Susanne、Bremini Alessandro、Fischinger Ingrid、Morosetti Giulia、Sitzia Marcello、Furlani Roberto、Greco Oronzo、Meddi Giulio、Zambotto Paolo、Meo Fabiola、Pulcini Serena、Palei Manlio、Zamaro Gianna
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Public Health

      Volume: 9 Pages: 658876-658876

    • DOI

      10.3389/fpubh.2021.658876

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Resurgence of an Inborn Attraction for Animate Objects via Thyroid Hormone T32021

    • Author(s)
      Lorenzi Elena、Lemaire Bastien Samuel、Versace Elisabetta、Matsushima Toshiya、Vallortigara Giorgio
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

      Volume: 15 Pages: 675994-675994

    • DOI

      10.3389/fnbeh.2021.675994

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Blockade of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor by scopolamine impairs the memory formation of filial imprinting in domestic chicks (Gallus Gallus domesticus)2020

    • Author(s)
      Aoki N, Fujita T, Mori C, Fujita E, Yamaguchi S, Matsushima T, Homma KJ.
    • Journal Title

      Behav Brain Res.

      Volume: 379 Pages: 112291-112291

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112291

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Combined predisposed preferences for colour and biological motion make robust development of social attachment through imprinting.2019

    • Author(s)
      Miura M., Nishi D., Matsushima T.
    • Journal Title

      Animal Cognition

      Volume: 23 Issue: 1 Pages: 169-188

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10071-019-01327-5

    • NAID

      120006896754

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The chick pallium displays divergent expression patterns of chick orthologues of mammalian neocortical deep layer-specific genes2019

    • Author(s)
      Fujita T, Aoki N, Fujita E, Matsushima T, Homma KJ, Yamaguchi S.
    • Journal Title

      Sci Rep.

      Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Pages: 20400-20400

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-019-56960-4

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Gene expression of Dio2 (thyroid hormone converting enzyme) in telencephalon is linked with predisposed biological motion preference in domestic chicks2018

    • Author(s)
      Takemura Y, Yamaguchi S, Aoki N, Miura M, Homma KJ, Matsushima T.
    • Journal Title

      Behav Brain Res.

      Volume: 349 Pages: 25

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.bbr.2018.04.039

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Wnt-2b in the intermediate hyperpallium apicale of the telencephalon is critical for the thyroid hormone-mediated opening of the sensitive period for filial imprinting in domestic chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus)2018

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi S, Aoki N, Matsushima T, Homma KJ,
    • Journal Title

      Hormones and Behavior

      Volume: 102 Pages: 120

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.05.011

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Ecological Validity of Impulsive Choice: Consequences of Profitability-Based Short-Sighted Evaluation in the Producer-Scrounger Resource Competition2018

    • Author(s)
      Ogura Yukiko、Amita Hidetoshi、Matsushima Toshiya
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics

      Volume: 4 Pages: 49-49

    • DOI

      10.3389/fams.2018.00049

    • NAID

      120006532006

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Thyroid hormone sensitizes the imprinting-associated induction of biological motion preference in domestic chicks2018

    • Author(s)
      Miura M, Aoki N, Yamaguchi S, Homma KJ, Matsushima T
    • Journal Title

      Front Physiol.

      Volume: 9 Pages: 1740-1740

    • DOI

      10.3389/fphys.2018.01740

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] GABA-A and GABA-B receptors in filial imprinting linked with opening and closing of the sensitive period in domestic chicks (gallus gallus domesticus)2018

    • Author(s)
      Aoki N, Yamaguchi S, Fujita T, Mori C, Fujita E, Matsushima T, Homma KJ
    • Journal Title

      Front Physiol.

      Volume: 9 Pages: 1837-1837

    • DOI

      10.3389/fphys.2018.01837

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Complex social ecology needs complex machineries of foraging. Commentary to the review article “How foraging works: uncertainty magnifies food-seeking motivation”2018

    • Author(s)
      Matsushima Toshiya、Amita Hidetoshi、Ogura Yukiko
    • Journal Title

      Behavioral and Brain Sciences

      Volume: 42

    • DOI

      10.1017/s0140525x18002078

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 最適採餌理論と行動の乖離:認知プロセス解明のための確率的意思決定モデル2021

    • Author(s)
      川森愛・小倉有紀子・藤川雄基・松島俊也
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会第68回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 発生後期の神経活動が刷り込みに伴う生物的運動への選好性誘導に必要である。2020

    • Author(s)
      三浦桃子・Sgado P.・Vallortigara G.・松島俊也
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会第91回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ヒヨコのパッチ利用採餌の努力コストに関わる神経機構2020

    • Author(s)
      Huang J.・松島俊也
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会第91回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ヒヨコのパッチ利用行動の確率的意思決定モデル2020

    • Author(s)
      松島俊也・藤川雄基・小倉有紀子・川森愛
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会第39回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Pre-natal neural activity is necessary for biological motion preference in domestic chicks: effects of valproic acid and ketamine infusion to embryos.2020

    • Author(s)
      Matsushima T., Sgado P., Vallortigara, G., Mira, M.
    • Organizer
      日本動物心理学会第80回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Gordian knot of imprinting: functions of biological motion and thyroid hormone2019

    • Author(s)
      Toshiya Matsushima
    • Organizer
      CogEvo2019 (Rovereto Workshop on Cognition and Evolution)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 数学の認知とその進化的基盤:ヒヨコのコア知識から2019

    • Author(s)
      松島俊也
    • Organizer
      日本応用物理学会秋季学術講演会シンポジウム「数理がひもとく自然・生命現象と知的計算能力」
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 刷り込みの研究(1):生物的運動への選好性は記憶形成と共役する2019

    • Author(s)
      松島俊也・三浦桃子・竹村友里・山口真二・青木直哉・本間光一
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会第38回大会、大阪市立大、大阪市
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 刷り込みの研究(2):生物的運動は刷り込みの頑健な発達をもたらす2019

    • Author(s)
      三浦桃子・松島俊也・西大介
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会第38回大会、大阪市立大、大阪市
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Predisposed developments of economic, social and mathematical comprehension in domestic chicks.2019

    • Author(s)
      Toshiya Matsushima
    • Organizer
      Yoshida Memorial Lecture, Japanese Society of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Dio2 gene expression in telencephalon is correlated with the biological motion preference in chicks: role of thyroid hormone on the imprinting predisposition2018

    • Author(s)
      Takemura Y., Yamaguchi S., Aoki N., Homma K.J., Miura M., Matsushima T.
    • Organizer
      FENS2018 (Berlin)
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Morphology and volumetrics of the Baird’s beaked whale (Berardius bairdii) brain from magnetic resonance imaging2018

    • Author(s)
      Patzke N., Watanabe A., Khin K.T., Kobayashi M., Wada K., Matsushima T., Bruno M.
    • Organizer
      FENS2018 (Berlin)
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 刷り込みは生物的運動への選好性を高め臨界期を延長することよって、より生物的な対象への社会的選好性を形成する。2018

    • Author(s)
      三浦桃子・山口真二・青木直哉・本間光一・竹村友里・松島俊也
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会第37回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Ecological validity of impulsive choice: consequences of profitability-based short-sighted evaluation under resource competition2018

    • Author(s)
      Ogura Y., Amita H., Matsushima T.
    • Organizer
      日本比較生理生化学会 第40回神戸大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Acute effects of thyroid hormone on pallial associative area involved in imprinting: an in vitro study2018

    • Author(s)
      Saheki Y., Aoki N., Homma K.J., Matsushima T.
    • Organizer
      日本比較生理生化学会 第40回神戸大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Book] オールコック・ルーベンスタイン 動物行動学 原書11版2021

    • Author(s)
      J. Alcock、D. R. Rubenstein、松島 俊也、相馬 雅代、的場 知之
    • Total Pages
      492
    • Publisher
      丸善出版
    • ISBN
      9784621305898
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 松島研究室

    • URL

      https://www.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/~matusima/chinou3/Welcome.html

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report 2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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