Tetsurō Matsuzawa

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Tetsurō Matsuzawa

Tetsurō Matsuzawa ( Japanese 松 沢 哲 郎 , Matsuzawa Tetsurō ; born October 15, 1950 ) is a Japanese primatologist and behavioral scientist and currently director of the renowned Primate Research Institute at the University of Kyoto .

biography

Matsuzawa is a student of the two well-known Japanese primatologists and founders of the Primate Research Center, Kinji Imanishi and Jun'ichirō Itani . Matsuzawa's research focus is on the memory performance of great apes, especially chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes ). The special focus of his research is on the female chimpanzee “Ai”, who has been tested since 1978 with various cognitive experiments, including her memory for series of numbers.

Another focus of Matzuzawa's research is the study of the ability of chimpanzees to develop different tools and use them for different activities, such as: B. foraging, to use and apply.

Awards

Works

  • Cognitive Development in Chimpanzees , Springer Verlag Gmbh, 2006, ISBN 978-4431302469
  • Primate Origins of Human Cognition and Behavior , Springer Verlag Gmbh, 2008, ISBN 978-4431094227
  • Mind of the Chimpanzee: Ecological and Experimental Perspectives , University of Chicago Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0226492780

Publications (selection)

  • Matsuzawa, T. (1985): Use of numbers by a chimpanzee. Nature, 315, 57-59
  • Matsuzawa, T. (1986): Spontaneous sorting in man and chimpanzee. Primate Report, 14, 180
  • Matsuzawa, T. (1991): Nesting cups and meta-tool in chimpanzees. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 14 (4), 570-571
  • Matsuzawa, T. (1997): Phylogeny of intelligence: A view from cognitive behavior of chimpanzees. IIAS Reports, No 1997-004, 17-26
  • Iversen, I. & Matsuzawa, T. (2001): Acquisition of navigation in an automated fingermaze task for the chimpanzee. Animal Cognition, 4: 179-192
  • Tanaka, M., Tomonaga, M. & Matsuzawa, T. (2003): Finger drawing by infant chimpanzees (Pan toroglodytes). Animal Cognition, 6: 245-251
  • Hayashi, M., Mizuno, Y., & Matsuzawa, T. (2005): How does the stone-tool use emerge? Introduction of stones and nuts to naive chimpanzees in captivity. Primates, 46: 91-102

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  1. ↑ Monkey beats people. In: Wissenschaft.de. December 4, 2004, accessed September 8, 2019 .

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personal data
SURNAME Matsuzawa, Tetsurō
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 松 沢 哲 郎 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese primatologist and behaviorist
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1950