Basic Information

Email Address

• Email Address

  gao.jie.7ukyoto-u.ac.jp

Academic Degree

• 25 Sep. 2017

  京都大学修士（理学）
• 23 Sep. 2020

  京都大学博士（理学）

Academic Resume (Graduate Schools)

• Kyoto University, Graduate School of Science, Primatology and Wildlife Science

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

• Peking University（China）, School of Life Sciences, 卒業

Research History

• From Jul. 2023, To Present

  Kyoto University, Hakubi Assistant Professor
• From Oct. 2022, To Jun. 2023

  National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Researcher
• From Oct. 2020, To Sep. 2022

  Kyoto University, JSPS International Postdoctoral Fellow
• From Apr. 2018, To Sep. 2020

  Kyoto University, JSPS DC1

ID,URL

• J-Global ID

  202401003165382166

• Researcher number

  50998739

Website(s) (URL(s))

• https://sites.google.com/view/gaojie

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/gao_jie

Research

Research Topics, Overview of the research

• Research Topics

  Four-legged intelligence: how domestic animals see the world

• Overview of the research

  Humans have been domesticating animals for thousands of years. While many studies have focused on how domestic animals benefit humans, more research is rising on how they fundamentally perceive the world and how could humans improve their welfare. I plan to focus on domestic ungulates to systematically study their perception, and to compare them with their wildlife relatives. These investigations will elucidate how they perceive and adapt to the environment, as well as the function of the evolutionary and human factors on shaping minds.

Research Interests

• body perception
• face perception
• visual perception
• social cognition
• learning
• comparative cognitive science

Research Areas

• Humanities & social sciences, Experimental psychology
• Humanities & social sciences, Cognitive sciences
• Life sciences, Animals: biochemistry, physiology, behavioral science

Papers

• Body part categorical matching in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

  Jie Gao; Ikuma Adachi

  Scientific Reports, 10 Jul. 2024, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) detect strange body parts: an eye-tracking study

  Jie Gao; Ikuma Adachi; Masaki Tomonaga

  Animal Cognition, 28 Jan. 2022, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

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• How chimpanzees and children perceive other species’ bodies: Comparing the expert effect

  Jie Gao; Masaki Tomonaga

  Developmental Science, 18 May 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Body perception in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): The effect of body structure changes.

  Jie Gao; Masaki Tomonaga

  Journal of Comparative Psychology, May 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Body perception in chimpanzees and humans: The expert effect

  Jie Gao; Fumito Kawakami; Masaki Tomonaga

  Scientific Reports, 28 Apr. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• The body inversion effect in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

  Jie Gao; Masaki Tomonaga

  PLOS ONE, 03 Oct. 2018, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Learning the rules of the rock–paper–scissors game: chimpanzees versus children

  Jie Gao; Yanjie Su; Masaki Tomonaga; Tetsuro Matsuzawa

  Primates, 10 Aug. 2017, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Variation in gaze-following between two Asian colobine monkeys

  Tao Chen; Jie Gao; Jingzhi Tan; Ruoting Tao; Yanjie Su

  Primates, 24 May 2017, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  

Misc.

• The Rock-Paper-Scissors Game in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Test for Intransitive Inference Using the Computer Controlled Discrimination Task

  Jie Gao; Masaki Tomonaga; Tetsuro Matsuzawa; Yanjie Su

  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, Jul. 2016

  

Presentations

• Odd-item search using computer-controlled touchscreen tasks in domestic goats (Capra aegagrus hircus): a pilot study

  Gao, J.; Yamanashi Y.; Tanaka, M.

  ASAB (The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour) Winter Meeting 2024

  
• Visual search using a touchscreen in domestic goats: a pilot study

  Gao, J.; Yamanashi Y.; Tanaka, M.

  The 19th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science

  
• Visual search using a touchscreen in domestic goats (Capra aegagrus hircus): a pilot study

  Gao, J.; Yamanashi, Y.; Tanaka, M.

  The 84th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Psychology

  
• Setting up touchscreen testing systems for zoo animals: progress with domestic goats in Kyoto City Zoo

  Gao, J; Han, Y; Song, X; Yamanashi, Y; Tanaka, M

  The 5th Zoo-Aquarium Daigaku Symposium, Mar. 2024

  
• Body part categorization in chimpanzees

  Gao, J; Adachi, I

  The Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science 2023, Nov. 2023

  
• Body part categorization in chimpanzees: a complete analysis.

  Gao, J; Adachi, I

  The 83rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Psychology, Oct. 2023

  
• Body part categorization in chimpanzees

  Gao, J; Adachi, I

  The 39th Annual Congress of the Primate Society of Japan, Jul. 2023

  
• Body Perception in Chimpanzees: From Comparative-Cognitive Perspectives

  Gao, J; Tomonaga M; Adachi, I

  The 8th CiNet Conference: Beyond Motor Control: Bridging the gap between action and perception, Mar. 2023

  
• Body part categorization in chimpanzees

  Gao, J; Adachi, I

  The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Psychology, Oct. 2022

  
• Body Representations in Chimpanzees

  Gao, J; Tomonaga M; Adachi, I

  The 17th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Mar. 2022

  
• A body-part matching task in chimpanzees

  Gao, J; Adachi, I

  The 81st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Psychology, Oct. 2021

  
• Chimpanzees detect strange body parts: an eye- tracking study

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 28th International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Apr. 2021

  
• Chimpanzees detect strange body parts: an eye- tracking study

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 36th Annual Congress of the Primate Society of Japan, Dec. 2020

  
• Chimpanzees detect strange body parts: an eye- tracking study

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 80th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Psychology, Oct. 2020

  
• Body Perception in Chimpanzees: A Comparative- Cognitive Study

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 13th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Mar. 2020

  
• Chimpanzees detect strangeness of location and appearance of body parts: An eye-tracking study

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 64th Primates Conference, Jan. 2020

  
• How Do Chimpanzees and Children Perceive Other Species’ Bodies

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  International Student Symposium on Animal Behavior & Cognition, Dec. 2019

  
• Chimpanzees detect strangeness in bodies: an eye- tracking study

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 79th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Psychology, Oct. 2019

  
• Chimpanzees can detect strangeness in bodies: an eye- tracking study

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 12th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Sep. 2019

  
• How Do Chimpanzees and Children Perceive Other Species’ Bodies

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The European Federation for Primatology & Primate Society of Great Britain (EFP/PSGB) International Conference, Sep. 2019

  
• Spatial Representations of Time in Chimpanzees: A STEARC-Like Effect

  Sandars, G; Gao, J; Matsuzawa, T

  The European Federation for Primatology & Primate Society of Great Britain (EFP/PSGB) International Conference, Sep. 2019

  
• The body inversion effect in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 42nd edition of the European Conference on Visual Perception, Aug. 2019

  
• How do chimpanzees and children perceive other species: use of embodied and visual experience

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 35th Annual Congress of the Primate Society of Japan, Jul. 2019

  
• How chimpanzees perceive other species: embodied and visual expertise

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 14th International Conference on Environmental Enrichment, Jun. 2019

  
• The understanding of body structures in chimpanzees

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 11th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Mar. 2019

  
• The understanding of body structures in chimpanzees: conspecifics and other species

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 63rd Primates Conference, Jan. 2019

  
• The Body Inversion Effect in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 6th Asian Primates Symposium & 5th Asian (Indo-Chinese) Primate Conservation Symposium, Oct. 2018

  
• The Understanding of Body Structures in Chimpanzees

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 10th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Sep. 2018

  
• Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) show the body inversion effect

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 27th International Primatological Society Congress, Aug. 2018

  
• The Understanding of Body Structures in Chimpanzees

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 78th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Psychology, Aug. 2018

  
• The Body Inversion Effect in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 34th Congress of the Primate Society of Japan, Jul. 2018

  
• The Body Inversion Effect in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 25th International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Apr. 2018

  
• The Body Inversion Effect in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 9th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Mar. 2018

  
• The Body Inversion Effect in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 62nd Primates Conference, Jan. 2018

  
• The Body Inversion Effect in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  SAGA (Support for African / Asian Great Apes) 20 Symposium, Nov. 2017

  
• The Body Inversion Effect in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 8th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Sep. 2017

  
• The Body Inversion Effect in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

  Tomonaga, M; Gao, J

  The 81st Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, Sep. 2017

  
• The Body Inversion Effect in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M

  The 77th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Psychology in the Joint Meeting “KOUDOU 2017”, Aug. 2017

  
• Learning the rules of the rock– paper–scissors game: Comparison between chimpanzees and human children

  Gao, J; Su, Y; Tomonaga, M; Matsuzawa, T

  The 7th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Mar. 2017

  
• Learning the rock-paper-scissors game rule in chimpanzees and children

  Gao, J; Su, Y; Tomonaga, M; Matsuzawa, T

  The 61st Primates Conference, Jan. 2017

  
• The Rock-Paper-Scissors Game in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

  Gao, J; Su, Y; Tomonaga, M; Matsuzawa, T

  The 6th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Sep. 2016

  
• The Rock-Paper-Scissors Game in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Test for Intransitive Inference Using the Computer Controlled Discrimination Task

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M; Matsuzawa, T; Su, Y

  Joint meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists, Aug. 2016

  
• The Rock-Paper-Scissors Game in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Test for Intransitive Inference Using the Computer Controlled Discrimination Task

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M; Matsuzawa, T; Su, Y

  The 31st International Congress of Psychology, Jul. 2016

  
• The Rock-Paper-Scissors Game in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

  Gao, J; Su, Y; Tomonaga, M; Matsuzawa, T

  The 32nd Congress of the Primate Society of Japan, Jul. 2016

  
• The Rock-Paper-Scissors Game in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

  Gao, J; Su, Y; Tomonaga, M; Matsuzawa, T

  The 5th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Mar. 2016

  
• The Rock-Paper-Scissors Game in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

  Gao, J; Su, Y; Tomonaga, M; Matsuzawa, T

  The 60th Primates Conference, Inuyama, Jan. 2016

  
• The Rock-Paper-Scissors Game in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M; Matsuzawa, T; Su, Y

  SAGA (Support for African / Asian Great Apes) 18 Symposium, Nov. 2015

  
• The Rock-Paper-Scissors Game in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M; Matsuzawa, T; Su, Y

  The 4th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Jul. 2015

  
• The Rock-Paper-Scissors Game in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M; Matsuzawa, T; Su, Y

  The 31st Congress of the Primate Society of Japan, Jul. 2015

  
• The Rock-Paper-Scissors Game in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Decision Making in Competitive Contexts

  Gao, J; Tomonaga, M; Matsuzawa, T; Su, Y

  The 3rd International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Mar. 2015

  
• Gaze Following in Two Species of Colobine Monkeys

  Gao, J; Tan, J; Chen, T; Tao, R; Su, Y

  The 59th Primates Conference, Feb. 2015

  
• The Comparative Inhibitory Control Ability of Two Kinds of Colobus

  Chen, T; Su, Y; Gao, J

  The 74th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Psychology, Jul. 2014

  
• The Personality of François’ Langur (Trachypithecus francoisi): The First Glance

  Gao, J; Chen, T; Su, Y

  The 74th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Psychology, Jul. 2014

  

Awards

• 31 Jan. 2016

  The Best Poster Presentation Award（The 60th Primates Conference）
• 24 Sep. 2018

  The 1st Prize of Oral Presentation （The 10th International Symposium on PWS）
• 12 Mar. 2019

  京都大学総長賞（京都大学）
• 28 Jan. 2018

  The Best Oral Presentation Award（The 62nd Primates conference）
• 23 Oct. 2018

  Young Scholar Award （The 6th Asian Primates Symposium等）
• 01 Sep. 2017

  The 1st Prize of Research Award for Young Scientists（Japanese Society for AP）
• 14 Jul. 2018

  2018 Primates Social Impact Award（Japan Monkey Centre；Springer）
• 28 Sep. 2017

  The 1st Prize of Oral Presentation （The 8th International Symposium on PWS）
• 05 Mar. 2017

  The 1st Prize of Oral Presentation（The 7th International Symposium on PWS）

Media Coverage

• Learning the rule of the rock-paper-scissors game in chimpanzees and children

  Science, Reader's Digest etc., Aug. 2017, Paper

  
• Interview

  Kyoto University Magazine 紅萠, Mar. 2020, Paper

  
• Learning the rule of the rock-paper-scissors game in chimpanzees and children

  BBC etc., Aug. 2017, Media report

  

External funds: Kakenhi

• Face and body perception in goats and giraffes: a comparative cognitive study in ungulates

  Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

  1002:Human informatics, applied informatics and related fields

  Kyoto University

  GAO JIE

  From 31 Jul. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2026, Granted

  comparative cognition;ungulates;face perception;body perception;social cognition

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-24K23891/