Problems in Animal Perception and Learning and their Implications for Models of Imprinting

摘要: A common model of imprinting holds that a representation the imprinted object, formed in nervous system young bird, is compared to later stimulus input. This “neuronal model” or “internal representation” view raises two problems, both them general ones for understanding organization animal behavior. The first role recognition behavior; number neurophysiological, ethological and psychological theories, giving primary classes, fail grasp dynamic, fine-grained control behavior by environment characteristic many animals, particularly vertebrates.