A framework for the study of filial imprinting and the development of attachment

Kampen, Hendrik S. Van

doi:10.3758/bf03210738

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“…Prenatal sound exposure has been suggested to aid dolphin calves in whistle development (Tyack & Sayigh, 1997), and exposure to sound in utero appears to aid learning processes in humans (e.g., DeCasper & Fifer, 1980;Partanen, Kujala, Tervaniemi, & Huotilainen, 2013) and other nonhuman mammals (guinea pigs, Cavia porcellus, Vince, 1979;sheep, Ovis aries, Vince, Armitage, Walser, & Reader, 1982). If dolphin calves process sound in utero, exposure to the mother's signature whistle prior to birth may decrease the calf's fear response to the sound following birth, inciting the calf to follow the object with which it is already familiar (Van Kampen, 1996). Alternatively, dolphins may increase signature production when stressed (Esch et al, 2009), and mothers may be stressed or restless prior to labor (Mello & Amundin, 2005) as cortisol increases during gestation, peaking near delivery (Tizzi, Accorsi, & Azzali, 2010).…”

Section: Adult Whistle Trendsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pre- and Post-Partum Whistle Production of a BottlenoseDolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Social Group

Ames¹,

Macgregor²,

Wielandt³

et al. 2019

IJCP

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The signature whistle of the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is a well-studied acoustic signal know for broadcasting identity and maintaining contact with conspecifics. Several studies have investigated the use of this signal surrounding the birth of calves to dolphin social groups, although there appears to be discrepancies between the findings of these studies. We aimed to add to the current literature in an attempt to reconcile some of these inconsistencies through investigation of signature whistle production by a bottlenose dolphin group two months prior to and two months following the birth of a calf to one of the social group members. We found that the production of signature whistles matching the contour belonging to our dolphin mother increased significantly in both the pre- and post-partum period. Heightened production of the mother’s signature whistle type in the first week of our focal calf’s life supports the establishment of a recognition system within this time period. Given that learning processes associated with the sound environment appear to begin shortly after calf birth, we also explored the signature whistle rates of the other social group members in an effort to determine whether any signature whistle production influenced the development of the dolphin calf’s own signature whistle type. We found that the signature whistles of the other social group members were significantly lower than production of the mother’s signature whistle until after the first week post-partum. None of the signature whistle types appeared to influence the signature whistle development of our focal calf within the scope of this study, however, as the calf did not develop a signature whistle in her first two months of life.

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Section: Adult Whistle Trendsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pre- and Post-Partum Whistle Production of a BottlenoseDolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Social Group

Ames¹,

Macgregor²,

Wielandt³

et al. 2019

IJCP

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“…While this may not always be correct, in practice, it almost always is. It is usually assumed that the template and the sensitive period coevolved in this way to facilitate correct imprinting [23,25].…”

Section: Imprintingmentioning

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Coevolution of learning and data-acquisition mechanisms: a model for cognitive evolution

Lotem

Halpern

2012

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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A fundamental and frequently overlooked aspect of animal learning is its reliance on compatibility between the learning rules used and the attentional and motivational mechanisms directing them to process the relevant data (called here data-acquisition mechanisms). We propose that this coordinated action, which may first appear fragile and error prone, is in fact extremely powerful, and critical for understanding cognitive evolution. Using basic examples from imprinting and associative learning, we argue that by coevolving to handle the natural distribution of data in the animal's environment, learning and data-acquisition mechanisms are tuned jointly so as to facilitate effective learning using relatively little memory and computation. We then suggest that this coevolutionary process offers a feasible path for the incremental evolution of complex cognitive systems, because it can greatly simplify learning. This is illustrated by considering how animals and humans can use these simple mechanisms to learn complex patterns and represent them in the brain. We conclude with some predictions and suggested directions for experimental and theoretical work.

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“…As seen earlier in this section, imprinting itself appears to entail elements of associative learning (see also Bolhuis, 1991;Shettleworth, 1998;Suzuki & Moriyama, 1999;van Kampen, 1996). As Shettleworth (1993) commented, progress in understanding imprinting recalls the changing views of taste aversion learning, once thought unique and now considered a standard associative preparation, one more malleable than initially thought.…”

Section: Biological Preparednessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The unresponsive objects or figures sometimes used as unnatural imprinting stimuli, however, can function as reinforcers-and without necessarily being imprinted (Gaioni, Hoffman, DePaulo, & Stratton, 1978). Indeed, the reinforcing effectiveness of simple stimulus change appears to play a role in imprinting (van Kampen, 1996).…”

Section: Consequencesmentioning

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Evolution, Behavior Principles, and Developmental Systems: A Review of Gottlieb's Synthesizing Nature‐nurture: Prenatal Roots of Instinctive Behavior

Schneider

2003

J Exper Analysis Behavior

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Gottlieb's developmental psychobiology book provides a base for reexamining the place of the experimental analysis of behavior in the life sciences. His experimental program demonstrating the critical function of the environment in the development of a species-typical behavior helped force an acceptance of probabilistic epigenesis, the acknowledgment that the developmental genomeenvironment system is fully interactional. (Indeed, nature vs. nurture is deader than a doornail.) The repercussions for evolutionary biology and the roles and categorizations of genes, behavior, and environment in behavior-environment relations are explored in light of current knowledge, including specific implications for the experimental analysis of behavior.

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A framework for the study of filial imprinting and the development of attachment

Cited by 19 publications

References 126 publications

Pre- and Post-Partum Whistle Production of a BottlenoseDolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Social Group

Pre- and Post-Partum Whistle Production of a BottlenoseDolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Social Group

Coevolution of learning and data-acquisition mechanisms: a model for cognitive evolution

Evolution, Behavior Principles, and Developmental Systems: A Review of Gottlieb's Synthesizing Nature‐nurture: Prenatal Roots of Instinctive Behavior

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