Movement variables and the subsequent following response of the domestic chick

Gossop, Michael

doi:10.1016/0003-3472(74)90021-9

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“…SALZEN 1969;KLOPFER 1971;SLUCKIN 1972). This effect has generally been explained by arguing that movement as such contributes to the conspicuousness of a stimulus, for instance by increasing the contrast with its background (KLOPFER 1965;GOSSOP 1974;EISERER 1980). Moving stimuli were also found to elicit approach and following, which was thought necessary for imprinting to occur (e.g.…”

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Stimulus Movement, Hen Behaviour and Filial Imprinting in Japanese Quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

Cate

1989

Ethology

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A living hen is a very attractive imprinting stimulus compared to artificial stimuli. The present study examined to what extent this attractiveness is influenced by the behaviour of the hen. The effectiveness of a living quail hen as an imprinting stimulus was compared with that of a moving stuffed hen, a non‐moving stuffed hen and an empty cage. Naive quail chicks were exposed to one of these stimuli for 2 h. Both during and after this period chicks exposed to the living hen showed the strongest attachment to the stimulus, next came chicks exposed to a moving stuffed hen, while chicks exposed to a non‐moving stuffed hen showed no indication of any attachment, i.e. they behaved in the same way as chicks exposed to an empty cage. Also, among chicks exposed to the living hen a correlation was present between the strength of the attachment to the hen and the behaviour of this hen during the exposure. In particular pecking and behaviour directed at the chick seemed to stimulate the development of a filial bond. Together, these findings indicate that a living hen is attractive not just because she moved, but also because of specific qualities of this movement. The behaviour of the living hen differed in various ways from the movement of the moving stuffed hen. The influence of these differences on the filial imprinting process is discussed and compared with similar findings for sexual imprinting and song learning.

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Stimulus Movement, Hen Behaviour and Filial Imprinting in Japanese Quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

Cate

1989

Ethology

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Does behavior contingent stimulus movement enhance filial imprinting in Japanese quail?

Cate¹

1986

Developmental Psychobiology

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Japanese quail chicks were exposed for 2.5 hrs to either a white or a normal stuffed adult conspecific (= model). During this period the model was either nonmoving or it moved for short periods. This movement could be contingent or noncontingent upon distress calls of the chicks. In each condition, exposure led to a significant preference for the familiar model over the nonfamiliar one during a 10-min choice test. Chicks exposed to a nonmoving model had the weakest preference for the familiar model, whereas this preference was strongest in chicks exposed to the contingent moving model; the preference of the chicks exposed to the noncontingent moving model was in between. The results indicate that the extend to which stimulus movement enhances filial imprinting depends on the relation between the chicks behavior and the timing of the stimulus movement. However, it is not clear yet whether the effect arose because the chicks perceived the contingency between the stimulus movement and their behavior or by another mechanism.

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Gossop

1981

Theories of Neurosis

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Movement variables and the subsequent following response of the domestic chick

Cited by 4 publications

References 23 publications

Stimulus Movement, Hen Behaviour and Filial Imprinting in Japanese Quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

Stimulus Movement, Hen Behaviour and Filial Imprinting in Japanese Quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

Does behavior contingent stimulus movement enhance filial imprinting in Japanese quail?

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