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Goal-direction and context-dependency in adaptive processes.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 62410003
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Psychology
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

HIRANO Toshitsugu  Kyoto University, Department of Psychology, Professor., 文学部, 教授 (50046869)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SHIOTSUBO Ikuko  Kyoto University, Psychology, Instructor, 文学部, 助手 (30196357)
YAMAGUCHI Masahiro  Kyoto University, Psychology, Instructor, 文学部, 助手 (30191240)
OSAKA Naoyuki  Kyoto University, Psychology, Associate Prof., 文学部, 助教授 (20113136)
MUROFUSHI Kiyoko  Ritsumeikan University, Psychology, Prof., 文学部, 教授 (80027482)
SHIMIZU Miyoaki  Kyoto University, Psychology, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (20031669)
Project Period (FY) 1987 – 1989
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1989)
Budget Amount *help
¥20,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥20,300,000)
Fiscal Year 1989: ¥300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 1988: ¥10,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1987: ¥10,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,000,000)
KeywordsVisual Information Processing / Spatial Frequency / Effective Visual Field / Concept Acquisition / Category Formation / Chimpanzee / Searching Behavior / Superior Colliculus / カテゴリ- / 非見本合せ / 階属的構造記述 / 並列分散処理 / 言語文脈 / カテゴリー形成 / 空間探索行動 / 定位行動 / 並列処理 / 周辺視 / カテゴリーの形成 / 概念の獲得 / リーチング・パターン / 遅延非見本合せ / チンパンジー
Research Abstract

The present project was organized into three main sections corresponding to substantive issues in the adaptive processes, considering comparative, developmentals and physiological aspects. We may summarize these studies as follows:
In the first part of the study, the plasticity mechanism of the visual information processing was considered. (1) A pattern recognition model based on the computational theory was proposed, which could generate the original pattern when the 2-dimensional intensity differences were given (Inui). (2) Analyzing the eye movement while reading Japanese Kana and Kanji texts, their relations to the effective visual fields were explored (Osaka).
In the second part, the study focused on the acquisition of concept or category in human adults and a chimpanzee . (1) Examining the effects of the context dependency, a concept not existing in the native language was difficult to be attained by reading the text alone, unless the verbal definitions were given (Shimizu). (2) A … More chimpanzee previously trained to code objects, could apply those to several other objects differing in appearance: with difficulty, however, for colors, objects, and numbers in order (Murofushi).
The third part of the research investigated the orientation behavior in infants and animals: spatial and temporal aspects with special reference to physiological mechanisms. (1) In a developmental studies common characteristics were recognized in the response patterns in 10-month infants' selection of targets, regardless of hand-reaching or creeping (Shiotsubo). (2) Circling behavior typically observed after the colliculus lesions in the rat was shown to be conspicuous, when the ballistic orientation to the goal was required by introducing a gap on the pathway (yamagachi) (3) using successive nonmatching-to-samples, the hippo- campal lesions in the rat retarded performance in trials with smaller stimulus differences and longer interstimulus intervals (Hirano).
Considering the results all over, the project has thus prompted a mutual understanding of the contextual effects at different stages of individual cognitive behavior. Less

Report

(4 results)
  • 1989 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1988 Annual Research Report
  • 1987 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (19 results)

All Other

All Publications (19 results)

  • [Publications] 平野俊二: "海馬、帯状回と行動" 久保田競,小野武年(編)行動整理学、新生理科大学系、医学書院. 11. 336-346 (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1989 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hirano Toshitsugu: "A preliminary study of hippocampal activity on successive nonmatching-to-sample in the rat." Hiroshima Forum for Psychology(In Press). 13.

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1989 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 室伏靖子: "チンパンジ-における数の学習" 末永俊郎ほか(編)適応行動の基礎過程、培風館. 55-68 (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1989 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 室伏靖子: "高次機能の比較心理" 鈴木寿夫・酒田英夫(編)高次脳機能の生理学新生理科学大系、医学書院. 12. 343-352 (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1989 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Osaka Naoyuki: "Eye fixation and saccade during Kana and Kanji text reading:Comparison of English and Japanese text processing" Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society. 27. 548-550 (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1989 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Osaka Naoyuki: "Spread of visual attention during fixation while reading Japanese text." R.Groner(Ed.)Eye movements.Elsevier Publishing,Amsterdam.(In press). (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1989 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hirano, Toshitsugu: "A preliminary study of hippocampal activity on successive nonmatching-to-sample in the rat." Hiroshima Forum for Psychology. 13.

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1989 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Osaka, Naoyuki: "Eye fixation and saccade during Kana and Kanji text reading: Comparison of English and Japanese text processing." Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society. 27. 548-550 (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1989 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Osaka, Naoyuki: "Spread of visual attention during fixation while reading Japanese text." R. Croner (Ed.) Eye movements. Elsevier, Amsterdam.(1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1989 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 平野俊二: "海馬、帯状回と行動" 久保田・小野(編)行動の生理学、新生理科学大系、医学書院. 11. 336-346 (1989)

    • Related Report
      1989 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Hirano,Toshitsugu: "A preliminary study hippocampal activity on successive nonmatching-to-sample in the rat." Hiroshima Forum for Psychology. 13.

    • Related Report
      1989 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 室伏靖子: "チンパンジ-における数の学習" 末永俊郎ほか(編)適応行動の基礎過程、培風館. 55-68 (1989)

    • Related Report
      1989 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 室伏靖子: "高次機能の比較心理" 鈴木寿夫、酒田英夫(編)高次脳機能の生理学 新生理科学大系、医学書院. 12. 343-352 (1988)

    • Related Report
      1989 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Osaka,Naoyuki: "Eye fixation and saccade during Kana and Kanji text reading:Comparison of English and Japanese text processing." Bulletion of the Psychonomic Society. 27. 548-550 (1989)

    • Related Report
      1989 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Osaka,Naoyuki: "Spread of visual attention during fixation while reading Japanese text." R.Groner(Ed.)Eye movements.Elsevier Publishing. (1989)

    • Related Report
      1989 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 乾敏郎: 日本心理学会第52回大会予稿集.

    • Related Report
      1988 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 乾敏郎: UPU. (1988)

    • Related Report
      1988 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 苧阪直行: Hiroshima Forum of Psychology. 14. (1989)

    • Related Report
      1988 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 平野俊二: Hiroshima Forum of Psychology. 13. (1989)

    • Related Report
      1988 Annual Research Report

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