| Numerical memory span in a chimpanzee N Kawai, T Matsuzawa Nature 403 (6765), 39-40, 2000 | 272 | 2000 |
| Rapid detection of snakes by Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata): an evolutionarily predisposed visual system. M Shibasaki, N Kawai Journal of comparative psychology 123 (2), 131, 2009 | 187 | 2009 |
| An infant chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) follows human gaze S Okamoto, M Tomonaga, K Ishii, N Kawai, M Tanaka, T Matsuzawa Animal cognition 5, 107-114, 2002 | 157 | 2002 |
| Human young children as well as adults demonstrate ‘superior’rapid snake detection when typical striking posture is displayed by the snake N Masataka, S Hayakawa, N Kawai PloS one 5 (11), e15122, 2010 | 101 | 2010 |
| Color classification by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in a matching-to-sample task T Matsuno, N Kawai, T Matsuzawa Behavioural Brain Research 148 (1-2), 157-165, 2004 | 91 | 2004 |
| Simulator platform that enables social interaction simulation—SIGVerse: SocioIntelliGenesis simulator T Inamura, T Shibata, H Sena, T Hashimoto, N Kawai, T Miyashita, ... 2010 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, 212-217, 2010 | 87 | 2010 |
| The influence of color on snake detection in visual search in human children S Hayakawa, N Kawai, N Masataka Scientific reports 1 (1), 80, 2011 | 85 | 2011 |
| Ordering and planning in sequential responding to Arabic numerals by a chimpanzee. N Kawai Psychologia: An International Journal of Psychology in the Orient, 2001 | 83 | 2001 |
| Glucose branches in chondroitin sulfates from squid cartilage O Habuchi, K Sugiura, N Kawai The Journal of biological chemistry 252 (13), 4570-4576, 1977 | 82 | 1977 |
| Fetal habituation correlates with functional brain development S Morokuma, K Fukushima, N Kawai, M Tomonaga, S Satoh, H Nakano Behavioural Brain Research 153 (2), 459-463, 2004 | 78 | 2004 |
| A conventional approach to chimpanzee cognition: Response to MD Hauser (2000) N Kawai, T Matsuzawa Trends in Cognitive Sciences 4 (4), 128-129, 2000 | 78 | 2000 |
| Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata) quickly detect snakes but not spiders: Evolutionary origins of fear-relevant animals. N Kawai, H Koda Journal of Comparative Psychology 130 (3), 299, 2016 | 75 | 2016 |
| Distinct aging effects for two types of inhibition in older adults: a near-infrared spectroscopy study on the Simon task and the flanker task N Kawai, N Kubo-Kawai, K Kubo, T Terazawa, N Masataka Neuroreport 23 (14), 819-824, 2012 | 66 | 2012 |
| Elimination of the enhanced Simon effect for older adults in a three-choice situation: Ageing and the Simon effect in a go/no-go Simon task N Kubo-Kawai, N Kawai Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 63 (3), 452-464, 2010 | 64 | 2010 |
| The “social” facilitation of eating without the presence of others: Self-reflection on eating makes food taste better and people eat more R Nakata, N Kawai Physiology & behavior 179, 23-29, 2017 | 63 | 2017 |
| Avoidance learning in the crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) depends on the predatory imminence of the unconditioned stimulus: a behavior systems approach to learning in invertebrates N Kawai, R Kono, S Sugimoto Behavioural Brain Research 150 (1-2), 229-237, 2004 | 58 | 2004 |
| Marmoset monkeys evaluate third-party reciprocity N Kawai, M Yasue, T Banno, N Ichinohe Biology Letters 10 (5), 20140058, 2014 | 55 | 2014 |
| Cognitive functions of the fetus AS Kadic, A Kurjak Ultraschall in der Medizin-European Journal of Ultrasound 39 (02), 181-189, 2018 | 53 | 2018 |
| Breaking snake camouflage: Humans detect snakes more accurately than other animals under less discernible visual conditions N Kawai, H He PLoS One 11 (10), e0164342, 2016 | 51 | 2016 |
| Spiders do not evoke greater early posterior negativity in the event-related potential as snakes H He, K Kubo, N Kawai Neuroreport 25 (13), 1049-1053, 2014 | 46 | 2014 |
