Ei-Ichi Izawa（Professors）
Specialties
Biological Psychology，Animal Behavior，Neuroethology
Introduction of my research
The ultimate goal of my lab is to understand the evolution of animal behavior at the different levels: brain/body anatomy and physiology, and behavioral functions. To achieve the goal, we study crows, highly social birds, as a striking model for the convergent evolution of the sophisticated behavior in comparison to primates by using multidisciplinary approaches (behavioral experiment/observation in the lab and the field station, and physiological and anatomical experiments).
Laboratory
Mita Laboratory B103C (TEL:23371）
Main publications / articles
Socio-ecological correlates of neophobia in corvids. (Current Biology, 2021)
Sex-specific effects of cooperative breeding and colonial nesting on prosociality in corvids. (eLife, 2020)
Different patterns of allogrooming between same-sex and opposite-sex in non-breeder groups of wild-caught large-billed crows. (Ethology, 2020)
Rapid adjustment of pecking trajectory to prism-induced visual shifts in crows as compared to pigeons. (Journal of Experimental Biology, 2019)
Adaptive bill morphology for enhanced tool manipulation in New Caledonian crows. (Scientific Reports, 2016)
Sex-reversed correlation between stress levels and dominance rank in a captive non-breeder flock of crows. (Hormones and Behavior, 2015)
A Stereotaxic Atlas of the Brain of the Jungle Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos). Watanabe & Hofman (Eds.), Integration of Comparative Neuroanatomy and Cognition, Keio University Press, 2007
Academic societies/organizations
The Japanese Society for Animal Psychology，Japan Ethological Society，The Japan Neuroscience Society，The Zoological Society of Japan，The Ornithological Society of Japan，The Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry， Society for Neuroscience，International Ethological Congress