Visual perception and spatial cognition in mice
Habituation and its relation to the environment in mice
Social behaviors and their developmental changes in mice

• Takao Okitsu and Katsunori Kato  2012  Behavioral studies of visual perception in mice: A review.  Tsukuba Psychological Research, 44, 7-15.
• Nakayasu T., and Kato, K.  2011  Is full physical contact necessary for buffering effects of pair housing on social stress in rats?  Behavioural Processes, 86, 230-235.
• Naomi Nakagawa and Katsunori Kato  2009  Effects of apomorphine on open-field behavior in high- and low-activity mouse strains. The Japanese Journal of Animal Psychology, 59, 161-168.
• Shoji, H., and Kato, K.  2009  Maternal care affects the development of maternal behavior in inbred mice. Developmental Psychobiology, 51, 345-357.
• Shoji, H., and Kato, K.  2006  Maternal behavior of primiparous females in inbred strains of mice: a detailed descriptive analysis.  Physiology and Behavior, 89, 320-328.
• Katsunori Kato  2006  Effects of social isolation on open-field behavior in mice.  The Japanese Journal of Animal Psychology, 56, 11-18,
• Katsunori Kato  2006  Effects of early social environments on social behaviors in later life.  Laboratory Animal Technology and Science, 18, 9-14.

The Japanese Psychological Association
The Japanese Society for Animal Psychology