2007-2012: Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, worked with chimpanzees using computerized methods including eye-tracking and touch-panel, and received Master and Ph.D. degree (Advisor: Dr. Masaki Tomonaga).
Background
A comparative psychologist working with great apes (bonobos, chimpanzees, orangutans, and gorillas), birds (pigeons and crows), monkeys (Japanese monkeys), and humans (children and adults). Interested in what animals see, feel, and think, and ultimately how humans, as one of the primate species, are unique in perception, cognition, and social behavior.