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Perceptual imprinting: Genetic influences and genotype‐environment interactions
Author(s) -
Kovach Joseph K.,
Wilson Gregory
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.420160506
Subject(s) - quail , imprinting (psychology) , coturnix coturnix , psychology , genotype , perception , color vision , coturnix japonica , communication , luminance , control line , audiology , biology , colored , developmental psychology , genetics , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , ecology , medicine , computer science , composite material , gene , telecommunications , materials science , transmission line
Abstract One‐day‐old visually naive and experienced quail chicks ( C. coturnix japonica ) were mass‐screened for approach preferences by pairs of stimuli that were identical in size and luminance but different in color, or patter, or both color and pattern Subjects were drawn from the 18th generation of quail lines that were bidirectionally selected for color preferences, and from and unselected genetic control line. Experience consisted of 12 hr of unreinforced perceptual exposure to colored or white stimuli, with and without associated pattern. Data indicated strong genetic influences in the preferences of colors, which were partially generalized unselected preferences between colors and patterns. Joint exposure to color and pattern resulted in selective learning of color but not pattern. Systematic variations in postexposure choices between composite stimuli of colors and patterns were traced to variations of genotype, experience, and genotype‐experience interactions.