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MORITA Masahito

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Field of Economics
Date of Birth	1988
Mail Address
Homepage URL	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Masahito-Morita

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Research Interests 【 display / non-display 】

human behavioral ecology
evolutionary anthropology

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Graduating School 【 display / non-display 】

Osaka City University， Faculty of Science， Department of Biology

University， 2011.03， Graduated

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Graduate School 【 display / non-display 】

The Graduate University for Advanced Studies， School of Advanced Sciences， Department of Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems

Doctor's Course， 2016.03， Completed

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Degree 【 display / non-display 】

Doctor of Philosophy， Life Science / Evolutionary biology， The Graduate University for Advanced Studies， Coursework， 2016.03
Bachelor of Science， Life Science / Ecology and environment， Osaka City University， Coursework， 2011.03

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Campus Career 【 display / non-display 】

Shiga University Faculty of Economics Department of Economics,Business,and Social Systems Department of Social Systems，Associate Professor， 2025.10 - Now
Shiga University Graduate School of Economics，Associate Professor， 2025.10 - Now

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Research Areas 【 display / non-display 】

Life Science / Evolutionary biology
Life Science / Ecology and environment
Life Science / Physical anthropology
Humanities & Social Sciences / Childhood and nursery/pre-school education
Humanities & Social Sciences / Sociology

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Papers 【 display / non-display 】

Adolescence as a key period of identity development and connectedness: a comparative autophotography study in England and Japan， Journal of Adolescent Research， vol.in press, online first， 2025, Emmott, EH., Ihara, Y., Tokumasu, Y., Nozaki, M., Saito, A., Kawamoto, T., Ito, S., Hassan, A., Brown, LJ., Dennett, T., Crane, A., Borra, C., Nesci, A. & Morita, M.

DOI:10.1177/07435584251349497, ， Multiple Authorship

Authorship：Last author
Human musical capacity and products should have been induced by the hominin-specific combination of several biosocial features: a three-phase scheme on socio-ecological, cognitive, and cultural evolution， Evolutionary Anthropology， vol.33 (4) (p.e22031 - ) ， 2024, Morita, M., Nishikawa, Y. & Tokumasu, Y.

DOI:10.1002/evan.22031, ， Multiple Authorship

Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author
Childcare support and child social development in Japan: investigating the mediating role of parental psychological condition and parenting style， Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences， vol.376 (1827) (p.20200025 - ) ， 2021, Morita, M., Saito, A., Nozaki, M. & Ihara, Y.

DOI:10.1098/rstb.2020.0025, ， Multiple Authorship

Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author
Behaviours of dyads sitting outside in New York's Times Square: exploratory observation using webcam videos， Journal of Human Ergology， vol.48 (2) (p.69 - 81) ， 2019, Morita, M.

DOI:10.11183/jhe.48_2.69, ， Single Author

Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author
Human behavioral ecology， In: Shackelford, T. K. & Weekes-Shackelford V. A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham.， vol.Living Edition (p.4 pp. - ) ， 2019, Morita, M.

DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1380-1, ， Single Author

Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author