Wild Cognitive Science: Comparative-Cognitive Approach toward Understanding Evolution and Diversity of Mind
Description: The purpose of this project is to clarify how and why our mind has evolved. To this end, we studied various kinds of mammal species in the wild and in captivity from the perspective of “adaptation to evolutionary environments". As a result, in the recognition of physical environments, we clarified various aspects of basic perceptual processes, perception and recognition of complex objects, integration of multiple sensory information, and the influence of the body on cognition. In the recognition of social environments, we empirically clarified the perception and recognition of vocal sounds, faces, bodies, and emotions necessary for social communication. In addition to these experimental studies, we conducted field research on great apes, cetaceans, and pinnipeds, and found new evidence from the ecology and social structure in the habitat to social behavior and communication.
Amount: ¥198,500,000
Funding type: research
Funder scheme: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)
Start date: 2015-05-29
End date: 2020-03-31
Investigator: Masaki TOMONAGA
Institution: Kyoto University
Funded outputs count: 160
Funder award ID: 15H05709
OpenAlex ID: G1048586142