Sanjana Kadam, a doctoral student from our laboratory, received one of two Best Poster Presentation Awards at the 11th European Federation for Primatology (EFP) Meeting, held in Montpellier, France, in 2026. The poster, titled “Temporal Dynamics of Attentional Capture in Chimpanzees,” presented research examining how emotionally significant stimuli influence visual temporal attention in chimpanzees over time. The study used an Attentional Blink paradigm to investigate how dif

Ai, a chimpanzee who contributed for many years to Kyoto University's research on the evolution of mind, passed away peacefully at 4:04 p.m. on January 9, 2026. She died of age-related multiple organ failure, surrounded by many devoted staff members. She was 49 years old. It has been 27 years since I first met Ai, and 18 years since we began working together. Nearly my contemporary, she was more than a subject of study—she was a true partner in research. Through her presence

Dr Iki has successfully got an assistant professor position under Hakubi Proejct ( https://www.hakubi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/outline/introducti...

Ayumu Santa and Shenwen have earned their PhD March, 2025. Here are their dissertation titles. Ayumu Santa: "Comparative approach to...

Dr. Iki has published a review paper on "play behavior". Here is the abstract. Abstract The origins of play remain a profound puzzle in...

Congratulations, Ayumu Santa! Here is the summary of the paper and the link to the article ( https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15/6/793 )....

Congratulations, Dr. Sakumi Iki! Here is the summary of the paper and the link to the article ( https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2549 )....

In the 84th annual conference of Japanese Society of Animal Psychology, Dr. Iki won an excellent oral presentation award. The title of...

From 25th to 27th, we host the 84th annual conference of Animal Psychology in Inuyama. Over 200 researchers participated the conference...

Congratulations, Shenwen Xu! Here is the summary of the paper and the link to the article. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240440 Referring...

Congratulations, Gao Jie! Here is the summary of the paper and the link to the article. Abstract: Humans categorize body parts,...

Congratulations, Ayumu! Here is the summary of the paper and the link to the article. Summary:Matching-to-sample tasks have been a...

Ayumu Santa, a PhD student in our lab, won the best oral presentation award in the 83rd annual conference of Japanese Society of Animal...

Henkjan (University of Amsterdam) and Andrea (Sapienza University of Rome) observed cognitive experiments on the chimpanzees, gave a...

Dr. Regina Gazes and her studnets from Bucknell University stayed with us under Student-Faculty Fellows Program​ by ASIANetwork. Reggie...

Well done, Sakumi! Here is the summary of the paper and the link to the article. Summary: Judgment bias is the cognitive tendency of...

Dr. Sakumi Iki won Takashima Prize 2023. This prize is awarded to outstanding young researchers in Primate Society of Japan. He won the...

Our lab website connected to the previous institute website have gone. Taking this opportunity, we are now renewing it. Stay tuned.