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Comparative Cognitive Science Lab
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A lab that compares the minds of many animal species to trace the evolution of the mind.
AboutAbout the lab
Comparing animal minds to trace how the mind evolved.
The Comparative Cognitive Science Lab compares how the mind works across the diverse animal species alive today, in order to understand the diversity of minds and trace the path of their evolution.
Professor Hika Kuroshima studies social cognition, emotion, metacognition, and self- and other-understanding in monkeys, birds, rodents, and companion animals.
Kyoto University CAMP (Companion Animal Mind Project), which explores the minds of dogs and cats, is recruiting pet owners and others willing to help with its surveys.
Key terms
- Comparative cognitive science
- The field that compares how the mind works across diverse animal species to explore the diversity of minds and the path of their evolution
- Metacognition
- The ability to monitor and control one's own internal states
- Interoception
- The sense of perceiving the internal state of the body, such as heartbeat, breathing, and gastrointestinal movement
- Companion animals
- Animals, typified by dogs and cats, that have built a special relationship with humans and evolved alongside them
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The lab's research theme is to understand diverse minds and trace the process of their evolution by comparing how the mind works across the diverse animal species that exist today. The lab's website introduces its research in four areas: social cognition, emotion, self- and other-understanding, and companion animals.
Social Cognition Underlying Cooperation and Deception
Asking what is needed to communicate smoothly with others, the lab studies the various cognitive abilities seen in social interactions with others, such as cooperation and deception. Humans are not the only species that can cooperate with others to achieve a goal.
Higher-Order Emotions in Animals
Animals other than humans also have emotions. The lab studies higher-order emotions such as a sense of unfairness, guilt, and shame, as well as how interoception changes depending on emotional state.
Metacognition and Understanding Others
The lab focuses on metacognition, the ability to monitor and control one's own internal states. Across diverse animal species, it examines metacognitive abilities concerning emotional, perceptual, and cognitive states and memory, and investigates how these abilities affect the understanding of others.
Cognitive Abilities of Dogs and Cats
The lab investigates the cognitive abilities of companion animals such as dogs and cats, which have built a special relationship with humans and evolved alongside them, and explores how cognitive abilities have evolved through artificial selection. Kyoto University CAMP is recruiting pet owners, dog schools, and cat cafés willing to help with its surveys.
MembersFaculty
The lab's members consist of faculty, postdoctoral researchers, doctoral and master's students, research students, technical assistants, and collaborating researchers.As of 2026
- ProfessorHika Kuroshima
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