Ikuma ADACHI, Ph.D.
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• Comparative cognitive science
• Evolution of cognitive abilities
• Cognitive development
• Mnemonic processes
• Cross-modal aspects of concepts
• Social concepts in non-human animals
• Intermodal transfer of representations
• Face recognition
• Perception of Biological motion

2009(Jan) -	Program-Specific Assistant Professor (Grant-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research): Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Aichi, Japan 　　Lab: Section of Language and Intelligence
2008(Apr) -2008(Dec)	Postdoc fellow: Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Aichi, Japan. 　　Lab: Section of Language and Intelligence 　　Supervisor: Dr. Tetsuro Matsuzawa
2006(Apr) -2008(Mar)	Postdoc fellow: Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, GA, USA. 　　Lab: Laboratory of Comparative Primate Cognition 　　Supervisor: Dr. Robert R. Hampton
2006(Mar)	Ph.D, Psychology, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan 　　Lab: Laboratory of Comparative Cognitive Science 　　Supervisor: Dr. Kazuo Fujita
2003(Mar)	M. A., Psychology, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan 　　Lab: Laboratory of Comparative Cognitive Science 　　Supervisor: Dr. Kazuo Fujita
2001(Mar)	B.S., Psychology, Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan 　　Lab: Laboratory of Comparative Cognitive Science 　　Supervisor: Dr. Kazuo Fujita

• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Postdoctoral Research Fellowships: 2008(Apr)-2011(Mar)
  
  
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Postdoctoral Research Fellowships for Research Abroad: 2006(Apr)-2008(Mar)
  
  
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Research Fellowships: 2003(Apr)-2006(Mar)
  
  

• Computer Language Programming
• Visual Basic
• Presentation


• Multi-media Editing
• Video Edit: Adobe Premier Pro, Ulead Media Studio
• Picture Edit: Adobe Photoshop CS
• Audio Edit: Audacity


• Statistic
• SPSS

• Adachi I, Dina P Chou, & Rober R Hampton (2009)
  
  Thatcher effect in monkeys demonstrates conservation of face perception across primates
  Current Biology, Volume 19, Issue 15, pp. 1270-1273
  


• Adachi I (2009)
  
  Cross-modal representations in primates and dogs: A new framework of recognition of social objects
  Intraction Studies, Volume 10, Issue 2, pp. 225-251
  


• Adachi I, Kuwahata H, Fujita K, Tomonaka M, & Matsuzawa T (2009)
  
  Plasticity of ability to form cross-modal representations in infant Japanese macaques
  Developmental Science,Volume 12, No. 3, pp. 446-452
  


• Adachi I & Fujita K (2007)
  
  Cross-modal representation of human caretakers in squirrel monkeys
  Behavioural Processes, Volume 74, Issue 1, pp. 27-32
  


• Adachi I, Kuwahata H, & Fujita K (2007)
  
  Dogs recall owner's face upon hearing owner's voice
  Animal Cognition, Volume 10, Issue 1, pp. 17-21
  


• Miyata H. Ushitani T, Adachi I, & Fujita K (2006)
  
  Performance of Pigeons (Columba livia) on Maze Problems Presented on the LCD Screen: In Search for Preplanning Ability in an Avian Species.
  Journal of Comparative Psychology, Volume 120, Issue 4, pp. 358 - 366
  


• Adachi I, Kuwahata H, Fujita K, Tomonaga M, & Matsuzawa T (2006)
  
  Japanese macaques form a multi-modal representation of their own species in their first year of life
  Primates, Volume 47, Issue 4, pp. 350-354
  


• Adachi I & Fujita K (2005)
  
  Categorical discrimination of human faces from the other body parts in pigeons
  doubutsu shinrigaku kenkyu(Japanese Journal of Animal Psychology), Volume 55 Issue 2, pp. 49-57. in Japanese with English summary
  


• Kuwahata H, Adachi I, Fujita K, Tomonaga M & Matsuzawa T (2004)
  
  Development of schematic face preference in macaque monkeys
  Behavioural Processes, Volume 66, Issue 1, pp. 17-21
  


• Kuroshima H, Fujita K, Adachi I, Iwata K, & Fuyuki A (2003)
  
  A Capuchin monkey (Cebus apella) recognizes when people do and do not know the location of food
  Animal Cognition, Volume 6, pp. 283 - 291
  

• Adachi I, Fujita K, Kuwahata H, and Ishikawa S (2003)
  
  Visual perception of biological motion in infant macaques
  In: Tomonaga M, Tanaka T, Matsuzawa T (eds) Cognitive and behavioral development in chimpanzees A comparative approach. pp. 333-336: in Japanese
  
  
  
• Kuwahata H, Fujita K, Ishikawa S, Adachi I, Tomonaga M, Kato Y, Matsubayashi N, Kamanaka H, and Matsuzawa T (2003)
  
  Recognition of face-like figure in　infant macaques
  In: Tomonaga M, Tanaka T, Matsuzawa T (eds) Cognitive and behavioral development in chimpanzees A comparative approach. pp. 337-342: in Japanese

• ScienceNOW Daily News (Jan 04, 2007), Fido Can Place Your Face
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• Profil (October 30, 2006), Das Experiment der Gesichtserkennung (in German)

• Behavioural Brain Research
• Behavioural Processes
• Cognition
• Folia Primatologica
• Interaction Studies
• Journal of Comparative Psychology
• PLoS ONE
• Proceedings of the Royal Society B
• The Japanese Journal of Animal Psychology

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• The Japanese Psychological Association
• The Japanese Society for Animal Psychology
• Primate Society of Japan
• Comparative Cognition Society
• Society for NeuroScience

• Laboraoty of Comparative Primate Cognition, Yerkes National Primate Research Center
• Yerkes National Primate Research Center
• Department of Psychology, Emory University
• Center for Behavioral Neuroscience
• Department of Psychology, Kyoto Univ.
• Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
• Section of Language and Intelligence Primate Researce Institute, Kyoto Univ.
• Support for African/Asian Great Apes
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

• Japanese (native)
• English

Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
41-2 Kanrin, Inuyama, Aichi, 484-8506, Japan

E-mail:adachi[at]pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp