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2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Is the Symmetry Inference the Chicken or the Egg for LanguageLearning? : Direct Comparison of Human Infants and Chimpanzees

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 22653093
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Experimental psychology
Research InstitutionKeio University

Principal Investigator

IMAI Mutsumi  慶應義塾大学, 環境情報学部, 教授 (60255601)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) OKADA Hiroyuki  玉川大学, 工学部, 教授 (10349326)
Project Period (FY) 2010 – 2012
Keywords非論理推論 / 比較心理学 / 対称性
Research Abstract

It is considered that the symmetrical bias, which enables us toautomatically infer reversely-oriented relation B then A if we have learned one-way Athen B interaction alone, underlies our illogical but efficient thinking. This bias seemsto be deeply assoc

  • Research Products

    (14 results)

All 2013 2012 2011 Other

All Journal Article (1 results) Presentation (9 results) Book (3 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Evolution of verb meanings in children andL2 adult learners through reorganizationof an entire semantic domain: The case ofChinese carry/hold verbs2013

    • Author(s)
      Noburo Saji, & Mutsumi Imai
    • Journal Title

      ScientificResearch in Reading, Special issue:Reading in Chinese

      Volume: Vol. 17 Pages: 71-88

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1080/10888438.2012.689788

  • [Presentation] Gaze-contingencyパラダイムを用いた乳児における行為の意図性の評価2012

    • Author(s)
      宮崎美智子,高橋英之,岡田浩之,大森隆司
    • Organizer
      日本認知科学会第29回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      仙台国際センター
    • Year and Date
      2012-12-14
  • [Presentation] 予測と創造:モデルベース的意思決定プロセスの基礎2012

    • Author(s)
      今井 むつみ
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第76回大会シンポジウム指定討論
    • Place of Presentation
      専修大学
    • Year and Date
      2012-09-09
  • [Presentation] 社会的能力はどのように発達するのか:心の理論・言語・文化の獲得2012

    • Author(s)
      今井 むつみ
    • Organizer
      東京学芸大学国際教育センター 国際シンポジウム 指定討論
    • Place of Presentation
      東京学芸大学
    • Year and Date
      2012-03-18
  • [Presentation] Bootstrapping mechanismin young children's verb learning2012

    • Author(s)
      Mutsumi Imai
    • Organizer
      Talkpresented at a research seminar at the CityUniversity of Hong Kong
    • Place of Presentation
      Hong Kong (China)
    • Year and Date
      2012-02-21
  • [Presentation] The Influence ofGrammatical Gender on German Speakers`Reasoning about Biological Properties ofAnimals2011

    • Author(s)
      Mutsumi Imai
    • Organizer
      Talk presented at a colloquiumat Bangor University
    • Place of Presentation
      Bangor (United Kingdom)
    • Year and Date
      2011-12-01
  • [Presentation] Bootstrapping mechanismin young children's verb learning2011

    • Author(s)
      Mutsumi Imai
    • Organizer
      Talkpresented at a colloquium at NorthwesternUniversity SILC center
    • Place of Presentation
      Evanston (USA)
    • Year and Date
      2011-11-08
  • [Presentation] 心の先端研究の現在と未来2011

    • Author(s)
      今井 むつみ
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第75回大会シンポジウム指定討論
    • Place of Presentation
      日本大学
    • Year and Date
      2011-09-17
  • [Presentation] 共感覚と共感覚的認知2011

    • Author(s)
      今井 むつみ
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第75回大会ワークショップ指定討論
    • Place of Presentation
      日本大学
    • Year and Date
      2011-09-16
  • [Presentation] Sound SymbolismBootstraps Word Learning2011

    • Author(s)
      Mutsumi Imai
    • Organizer
      The BiennialMeeting of Society for Research in ChildDevelopment
    • Place of Presentation
      Montreal(Canada)
    • Year and Date
      2011-04-01
  • [Book] なるほど!赤ちゃん学:ここまでわかった赤ちゃんの不思議2012

    • Author(s)
      宮崎美智子, 梶川祥世, 村井千寿子, 高橋英之, 岡田浩之
    • Total Pages
      190-217
    • Publisher
      新潮社
  • [Book] 新・人が学ぶということ-認知学習論からの視点2012

    • Author(s)
      今井むつみ, 岡田浩之, 野島久雄 北樹出版
    • Total Pages
      249
  • [Book] The role of language and culture inuniversality and diversity of humanconcepts,Advances in Culture and Psychology

    • Author(s)
      Mutsumi Imai & Takahiko Masuda,In M.Gelfand, CY. Chiu,& Y. Hong(Eds.)
    • Publisher
      Oxford University Press
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://cogpsy.sfc.keio.ac.jp/imai/

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Published: 2014-08-29  

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