A constructive approach toward the origin of human sociality from the viewpoint of the coevolutinary emergence of intelligence

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23500176
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Intelligent informatics
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: ARITA Takaya 名古屋大学, 情報科学研究科, 教授 (40202759)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SUZUKI Reiji 名古屋大学, 大学院情報科学研究科, 准教授 (20362296)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 共進化 / 社会的知能 / 利他性 / 言語起源 / 心の理論 / 構成論的手法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focused on the origin of the human nature, especially theses three traits: language, theory of mind, and altruistic behavior. We used multifaceted constructive methods based on simulation, analysis and experiments with human subjects, and successfully proposed and demonstrated a hypothesis that these traits were coevolved affecting each other. We also explored the possibility for utilizing the results to encourage altruistic behavior in the real world.

Free Research Field

知能情報学，複雑系科学，人工生命