Updated on 2025/09/30

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PEREIRA COSTA Raquel Filomena
 
Organization
Institute for Advanced Research Designated Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Education and Human Development Designated Assistant Professor
Title
Designated Assistant Professor

Research Areas 2

  1. Life Science / Zoological sciences  / Animal Behavior, Welfare and Conservation

  2. Humanities & Social Sciences / Social psychology  / Human-animal behavior, Public Education, OneHealth

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Research History 4

  1. Tokai Pathways to Global Excellence   Nagoya University Institute for Advanced Research   T-Gex Fellow

    2025.4 - 2030.3

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    Country：Japan

  2. New York University   Department of Anthropology   External research collaborator

    2024.4 - 2025.3

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    Country：United States

  3. Leipzig University   External research collaborator

    2023.1 - 2024.3

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    Country：Germany

  4. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science   Japan Monkey Centre   Postdoctoral fellow

    2022.4 - 2024.3

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    Country：Japan

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Committee Memberships 3

  1. Open Meeting for Portuguese Primatology 2nd Edition   Scientific and Organizing Committees  

    2023.11   

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    Committee type：Other

  2. Workshop @ 12th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, CICASP, Kyoto University   Organizing Committee  

    2019.9   

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    Committee type：Academic society

  3. Open Meeting for Portuguese Primatology 1st Edition   Organizing Committee  

    2018.7   

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    Committee type：Other

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Papers 4

  1. Reconnection with nature through empathy: rewiring people and animals by assessing zoo visitors' connection to species and the need for their conservation Open Access

    Raquel Costa, Shenwen Xu, Angela Brandão, Misato Hayashi

    Frontiers in Psychology     2025.3

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    Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)  

    DOI： 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1517430

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  2. GorillaFACS: The Facial Action Coding System for the Gorilla spp. Open Access

    Catia Correia Caeiro, Raquel Costa, Misato Hayashi, Anne Burrows, Jordan Pater, Takako Miyabe-Nishiwaki, Jack Richardson, Martha M. Robbins, Bridget Waller, Katja Liebal

    PLOS ONE     2025.1

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    Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)  

    <jats:p>The Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is an objective observation tool for measuring human facial behaviour. It avoids subjective attributions of meaning by objectively measuring independent movements linked to facial muscles, called Action Units (AUs). FACS has been adapted to 11 other taxa, including most apes, macaques and domestic animals, but not yet gorillas. To carry out cross species studies of facial expressions within and beyond apes, gorillas need to be included in such studies. Hence, we developed the GorillaFACS for the <jats:italic>Gorilla spp</jats:italic>. We followed similar methodology as previous FACS: First, we examined the facial muscular plan of the gorilla. Second, we analysed gorilla videos in a wide variety of contexts to identify their spontaneous facial movements. Third, we classified the individual facial movements according to appearance changes produced by the corresponding underlying musculature. A diverse repertoire of 42 facial movements was identified in the gorilla, including 28 AUs and 14 Action Descriptors, with several new movements not identified in the HumanFACS. Although some of the movements in gorillas differ from humans, the total number of AUs is comparable to the HumanFACS (32 AUs). Importantly, the gorilla’s range of facial movements was larger than expected, suggesting a more relevant role in social interactions than what was previously assumed. GorillaFACS is a scientific tool to measure facial movements, and thus, will allow us to better understand the gorilla’s expressions and communication. Furthermore, GorillaFACS has the potential be used as an important tool to evaluate this species welfare, particularly in settings of close proximity to humans.</jats:p>

    DOI： 10.1371/journal.pone.0308790

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  3. The impact of tourist visits on mountain gorilla behavior in Uganda

    Raquel Costa, Rafaela S. C. Takeshita, Masaki Tomonaga, Michael A. Huffman, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Fred Bercovitch, Misato Hayashi

    Journal of Ecotourism     2024.7

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    DOI： 10.1080/14724049.2023.2176507

  4. The behavioral sequences of mountain gorillas under tourism pressure – insights for tourism sustainability. Open Access

    Raquel Costa

    Primates Conservation     page： 121 - 133   2024.1

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    Publisher：121-133  

    Open Access

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Presentations 1

  1. People and Gorillas, from Uganda to Japan: the impacts of interactions between tourists and gorillas on their behavior and species conservation Invited

    Delivered in the MSc Environmental Sustainability, MSc. Program in Psychology & Environmental Sustainability, Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon  2024.9.17 

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    Presentation type：Oral presentation (invited, special)  

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KAKENHI (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research) 3

  1. Exploring Turn-Taking Communicative Signals between apes and humans in face-to-face interactions

    2025.4 - 2030.3

    Young Leaders Cultivation Program 

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    Authorship：Principal investigator 

  2. Bridging Worlds: Exploring Turn-Taking Communication Between Apes and Humans to Promote Nature Conservation, One Health, and Responsible Tourism

    2025.4 - 2030.3

    Tokai Pathways to Global Excellence 

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    Authorship：Principal investigator 

  3. Social connection: rewiring people and gorillas for wildlife conservation and One Health

    Grant number：22KF0376  2023.3 - 2024.3

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

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Social Contribution 13

  1. “Why do mountain gorillas need social distance – proximity to tourists and risk of extinction” Museum talk at Japan Monkey Centre, Inuyama, Japan (Sep 22th, 2022).

    Role(s)：Appearance

    Japan Monkey Centre 

  2. “Tourist Interactions with Gorillas: Impacts on Behavior and Conservation” Open Science Dialogue at Fukuroi High School, Hamamatsu, Japan (Dec, 18th 2022).

    Role(s)：Appearance

    JSPS 

  3. “Taro the Western Gorilla 50th Anniversary” Outreach talk

    Role(s)：Appearance

    Japan Monkey Centre 

  4. “On the path to ethical and sustainable tourism: what to do and what you should not do when visiting mountain gorillas”. Faunalytics (2024)

    Role(s)：Contribution

    Faunalytics  https://faunalytics.org/mountain-gorilla-tourism-the-gorillas-perspective/ 

  5. “O Bom, o Mau e o Vilão do Ecoturismo: O Frágil Sucesso do Turismo de Gorilas e a Vulnerabilidade Desta Espécie” Wilder (issue 2024)

    Role(s)：Contribution

    Wilder  https://wilder.pt/opiniao/o-bom-o-mau-e-o-vilao-do-ecoturismo-o-fragil-sucesso-do-turismo-de-gorilas-e-a-vulnerabilidade-desta-especie 

  6. From Wild to Zoo: Lessons from Animal and Human Behavior to Enhance Animal Welfare and Species Conservation”. Special event for the celebration of the Gorilla International Day (Sep 24th, 2024).

    Role(s)：Contribution

    Japan Monkey Centre 

  7. Egotourism: How mountain gorillas see and react to tourists (Oct 14th, 2019).

    Role(s)：Appearance

    NerdNite Kansai 

  8. Costa, R. & Hayashi, M. "Mountain Gorilla Water Play: First Observation in Bwindi National Park, Uganda"

    Role(s)：Contribution

    科学, 90(4), 342-343 

  9. Case Study: Mountain gorillas and tourism in Uganda. ”The Science of Hope: Eye to eye with our world’s wildlife

    Role(s)：Contribution

    Exisle Publishing (ed Wiebke Finkler and Scott Davis)  Book "The Science of Hope: Eye to eye with our world’s wildlife" 

  10. "Why do gorillas need social distancing?” Open Science Dialogue at Ena High School, Seki, Japan (Feb 1st 2023).

    Role(s)：Appearance

    JSPS 

  11. "Der Einfluss von Touristen auf Berfforillas" Gorilla Journal #2/2023

    Role(s)：Contribution

    Berggorilla & Regenwald Direkthilfe, Germany 

  12. "Closing the gap between human and non-human animals" Monkey Magazine (issue November 2024)

    Role(s)：Contribution

    Japan Monkey Centre 

  13. "Close encounters with mountain gorillas: Tourists gone bananas!" The Academic, Research Explained (2023)

    Role(s)：Contribution

    The University of New South Wales 

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Media Coverage 1

  1. Water play behavior in mountain gorillas Internet

    IFLScience  https://www.instagram.com/p/B2PQ8Wtp820/ 

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Academic Activities 7

  1. ACTA ETHOLOGICA

    Role(s)：Peer review

    Springer Nature 

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  2. VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SCIENCE

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    Wiley 

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  3. PRIMATES

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    Japan Monkey Centre, Springer Nature 

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  4. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL WELFARE SCIENCE

    Role(s)：Peer review

    Taylor & Francis Group 

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  5. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

    Role(s)：Peer review

    Wiley-Blackwell 

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  6. BULLETIN OF UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE CLUJ-NAPOCA. HORTICULTURE

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    AcademicPres 

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  7. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

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    Wiley 

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