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Olfaction mediates developmental transition in the altricial newborn of selected species of mammals
Author(s) -
Rosenblatt Jay S.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
developmental psychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1098-2302
pISSN - 0012-1630
DOI - 10.1002/dev.420160502
Subject(s) - altricial , precocial , ontogeny , orientation (vector space) , period (music) , zoology , biology , psychology , developmental psychology , evolutionary biology , ecology , genetics , geometry , mathematics , physics , acoustics
Abstract “We should compare the manner in which orientation develops, first to the mother and later to an expanding environment. It would be interesting to carry out detailed comparisons of the ontogeny of such adjustments in blind‐born mammals such as the dog in comparison with mammals that have vision at birth–ungulates, for example. Important changes occur in the orientation of blind‐born mammals in the presight period, which we do not as yet have the techniques to investigate adequately.” T.C. Schneirla (1954)