Imprinting: A Reassessment

15 January 1965

journal article
research article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 147 (3655) , 302-303
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.147.3655.302

Abstract

Chicks exposed to a moving model during their critical period for imprinting will subsequently demonstrate a preference for that model if it is stationary. In preference tests with moving models, other preferences appear to over-ride the effects of the imprinting experience.

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CRITICAL PERIOD

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