Early- and Late-Light Embryonic Stimulation Modulates Similarly Chicks’ Ability to Filter out Distractors

Chicks (Gallus gallus) learned to run from a starting box to a target located at the end of a runway. At test, colourful and bright distractors were placed just outside the starting box. Dark incubated chicks (maintained in darkness from fertilization to hatching) stopped significantly more often, a...

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Main Authors: Cinzia Chiandetti, Bastien S. Lemaire, Elisabetta Versace, Giorgio Vallortigara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-06-01
Series:Symmetry
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/9/6/84