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A new study investigates the strength of filial imprinting in domestic chicks, Gallus gallus domesticus. It is suggested that chicks thought to be poor learners are really slow learners and their initial lack of response to imprinting training is not caused by lack of motivation and can be improved with further training.
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Anexperiment on filial preferences in domestic chicks shows that such behavior involves learning and predisposition. The predisposition becomes evident with agrowing preference for a rotating, stuffed adult fowl over arotating red box. The experiment reveal that preferences remained unchanged over time when chicksare trained with the red box. Such findings imply that the mechanism fundamental to learning could be separated from the mechanism underlying the predisposition.
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A study on theinteraction between auditory and visual learning during filial imprinting was conducted on 83 chicks hatched in a dark incubator. Results indicate that the simultaneous presentation of auditory and visual cues enhanced learning of bothstimuli. The presence of a maternal call in visual imprinting hastened the learning process. Data from the experiment were analyzed through three-factor ANOVA for training factor, sound and testing stimulus and through two-factor ANOVA for training sound and object.
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