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Masahito MORITA

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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Association Memberships 【 display / non-display 】

Human Behavior and Evolution Society of Japan， 2010 - Now
Japan Ethological Society， 2011 - Now
The Japan Society of Health Sciences of Mind and Body， 2022 - Now
The Anthropological Society of Nippon， 2023 - Now
The Science of Modest Human Understanding， 2025 - 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, Research paper (scientific journal)， Multiple Authorship

Authorship：Last 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, Research paper (scientific journal)， 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, Research paper (scientific journal)， Single Author

Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author
Parental condition and infant sex at birth in the Japan Environment and Children's Study: a test of the Trivers–Willard hypothesis， Letters on Evolutionary Behavioral Science， vol.8 (2) (p.40 - 44) ， 2017, Morita, M., Go, T., Hirabayashi, K., Heike, T., Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS) Group

DOI:10.5178/lebs.2017.63, Research paper (scientific journal)， Multiple Authorship

Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author
Does sexual conflict between mother and father lead to fertility decline? A questionnaire survey in a modern developed society， Human Nature， vol.27 (2) (p.201 - 219) ， 2016, Morita, M., Ohtsuki, H., Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, M.

DOI:10.1007/s12110-016-9254-y, Research paper (scientific journal)， Multiple Authorship

Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author

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Review Papers 【 display / non-display 】

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, Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal), Multiple Authorship
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, Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (other), Single Author
Demographic studies enhance the understanding of evolutionarily (mal)adaptive behaviors and phenomena in humans: a review on fertility decline and an integrated model， Population Ecology， vol.60 (1–2) (p.143 - 154) ， 2018, Morita, M.

DOI:10.1007/s10144-017-0597-y, Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal), Single Author
An evolutionary perspective on child sciences: towards interdisciplinary studies [in Japanese]， Child Science， vol.13 (p.33 - 36) ， 2017, Morita, M.

Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal), Single Author
The relationship between evolutionary studies of human behavior and society: with reference to the sociobiology debate [in Japanese with an English abstract]， Japanese Journal of Ecology， vol.66 (3) (p.549 - 560) ， 2016, Morita, M.

DOI:10.18960/seitai.66.3_549, Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal), Single Author