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Testosterone has previously been implicated in memory and attentional processes in the domestic chick (Andrew et al., 1981). Imprinting is a type of learning by which exposure of a chick to an object results in the restriction of the chick’s preference to that object. Is imprinting influenced by testosterone?
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Bolhuis, J.J., McCabe, B.J., Horn, G. (1985). Testosterone and Imprinting. In: Will, B.E., Schmitt, P., Dalrymple-Alford, J.C. (eds) Brain Plasticity, Learning, and Memory. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 28. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5003-3_59
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