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Guinea pig pups were removed from their sow immediately after delivery and given following response (FR) training in a circular runway every 2 h over the first day after birth. A variety of imprinting objects were employed. Ss were subsequently given preference trials wherein the original lure was pitted against novel stimuli. Every pup developed a FR to the moving lure and, in choice testing, followed that object in preference to competing stimuli. These observations provided a clear-cut demonstration of classical imprinting in a mammal.
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Gaston, M.G., Stout, R. & Tom, R. Imprinting in guinea pigs. Psychon Sci 16, 53–54 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331912
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