Potentiation in learning about the visual features of an imprinting stimulus

Potentiation in learning about the visual features of an imprinting stimulus

Whether the development of attachment to one color of an imprinting stimulus containing two colors is dependent upon the effectiveness of the other color was investigated using junglefowl chicks. Together, the findings of this and a previous study indicate that the potentiation effect is fundamental...

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Veröffentlicht in:Animal behaviour 1994-06, Vol.47 (6), p.1468-1470
Hauptverfasser: VAN KAMPEN, H. S, DE HAAN, J, DE VOS, G. J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal
Animal behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Children & youth
Color
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Learning
Learning. Memory
Parents & parenting
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
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Zusammenfassung:Whether the development of attachment to one color of an imprinting stimulus containing two colors is dependent upon the effectiveness of the other color was investigated using junglefowl chicks. Together, the findings of this and a previous study indicate that the potentiation effect is fundamental to the learning process underlying filial imprinting.
ISSN:0003-3472
1095-8282
DOI:10.1006/anbe.1994.1196