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Research Area 
We try to uncover evolutionary precursors of human higher cognitive functions
grounded onto physical morphologies and patterns of structured bodily actions,
based on behavioral and neurophysiological analyses on chronic macaque
monkeys, which were trained to use tools and other high-tech apparatus.
By sharing above machineries among individuals, we extrapolate these mechanisms
to constitute bases of communicatory functions, and eventually understand
neural mechanism of social behaviours. Further, we are aiming at extending
these mechanisms onto evolutionary as well as developmental clues of symbolic
cognitive functions to subserve inference, metaphysical thoughts, etc.
that characterise human intelligence.
Research Subjects
1. Dynamic modulation of body-image during self objectification by view
point conversion
2. Interactions among multiple agents as bases of social behaviors
3. Rodent model of higher cognitive functions to reveal mechanisms of curiosity
4. Combined NIRS and multi-unit recordings to link human and monkey brain
functions
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