Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7303612 | Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews | 2015 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The view that filial imprinting might serve as a useful model system for studying the neurobiological basis of memory was inspired, at least in part, by a simple idea: acquired filial preferences reflect the formation of a memory or representation of the imprinting object itself, as opposed to the change in the efficacy of stimulus-response pathways, for example. We provide a synthesis of the evidence that supports this idea; and show that the processes of memory formation observed in filial imprinting find surprisingly close counterparts in other species, including our own.
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Authors
Luke M. Montuori, Robert C. Honey,