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Cognitive and physiological responses to disgust elicitors in chimpanzees

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19F19088
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section外国
Review Section Basic Section 44050:Animal physiological chemistry, physiology and behavioral biology-related
Research InstitutionKyoto University
Host Researcher MacIntosh Andrew  京都大学, 霊長類研究所, 准教授 (30623136)
Foreign Research Fellow SARABIAN CECILE  京都大学, 霊長類研究所, 外国人特別研究員
Project Period (FY) 2019-10-11 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Granted (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Outline of Research at the Start

The sight, smell, feel or sound of disgusting things can affect our ability to think clearly, but they may also provoke changes in our body, such as activating certain muscles of our face or decreasing our nasal temperatures. In this project, we will test whether this is also true for other great apes like chimpanzees. We previously observed behavioral responses by chimpanzees to disgusting things that resemble reactions of humans. We would like to go one step further now by investigating innate physiological responses, which could further highlight the origins of disgust in humans.

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Published: 2019-10-15   Modified: 2021-08-30  

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