Abstract:Most of the previous investigations on imprinting have evaluated the response to the imprinting stimulus in brids who were housed and examined in isolation. It has been generally assumed in these studies that when neonates are given social experience, they imprint on one another, and consequently, are less likely to respond to the imprinting object.In order to evaluate this assumption, numerous investigations have examined the effects of social experience with siblings on imprinting. It is difficult to compare… Show more
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