Development on ausitory recognition of non-social lizards through heterospecific eavesdropping

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25870369
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cognitive science; Ecology/Environment
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Ryo Ito 京都大学, 霊長類研究所, 研究員 (70583467)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 鳴かない動物 / 盗聴 / 音声学習 / 発達的変化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I have studied the developmental change of heterospecific eavesdropping ability of Oplurus cuvieri to compare the ability of auditory learning between vocal animals and non-vocal animals. I found the clear evidence on the developmental change of responses in the eavesdropping of O. cuvieri. This result suggests that developmental change on the ability of auditory learning may make this developmental change in the eavesdropping. Then I surveyed the auditory learning ability of the lizard. However, I could not show any clear evidence on associate learning between auditory stimuli and aversion.

Free Research Field

行動生物学