Visual perception of biological motion in newly hatched chicks as revealed by an imprinting procedure

Animal Cognition

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-60

  Regolin, Lucia ^a   Tommasi, Luca ^a   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological motion; Chick; Imprinting; Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002980810     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100710050050     Document Type: Article

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