Species‐specific auditory discrimination in bobwhite quail neonates

Heaton, Marieta Barrow; Miller, David B.; Goodwin, Donna G.

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“…These results parallel those obtained with normally hatched chicks, who also exhibit a significant preference for their species-typical maternal call at these ages (Heaton et al, 1978;Lickliter & Virkar, 1989).…”

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Premature visual stimulation accelerates intersenory functioning in bobwhite quail neonates

Lickliter

1990

Developmental Psychobiology

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Recent evidence from both altricial and precocial neonates suggests that premature stimulation of a later developing sensory system may alter the functioning of earlier developing sensory systems. The present study examined the influence of prenatal visual stimulation on postnatal auditory functioning in precocial bobwhite quail chicks. Hatchlings that experienced patterned light during the 24-36 hr prior to hatching did not exhibit a naive auditory preference for their species-specific maternal call at 24 hr or 48 hr following hatching, a reliable phenomenon in chicks not receiving embryonic visual stimulation. To examine whether this lack of responsiveness resulted from enhanced intersensory functioning, hatchlings were tested for preference for both auditory and visual features of the bobwhite hen. Results indicate that prematurely stimulated chicks require species-typical auditory and visual stimulation earlier in postnatal development than do normally reared chicks to direct their filial behavior. These findings point to the importance of normally occurring developmental limitation of sensory input to early species-typical sensory/perceptual organization.

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Premature visual stimulation accelerates intersenory functioning in bobwhite quail neonates

Lickliter

1990

Developmental Psychobiology

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“…The increase in unbiased subjects observed in all three species, rather than an increase in the nonspecies typical pattern (for example, a significant increase in left footedness rather than right footedness) further supports the idea that late stage hatching behaviors are a canalizing influence on the development of postnatal motor laterality in these species. Moreover, the egg opening procedures used to disrupt hatching behaviors in this study have been routinely employed for over 80 years (see Oppenheim, Levin, & Harth, 1973 for a review of egg-opening techniques) and do not appear to have a negative influence on the development of other forms of species typical behavior (Gottlieb, 1968(Gottlieb, , 1971Gottlieb, Tomlinson, & Radell, 1989;Rogers & Workman, 1989), physiological processes and brain function (Rogers, 1982;Vince, 1972), prenatal auditory learning (Sleigh, Columbus, & Lickliter, 1996), sensory dominance hierarchies (Lickliter, 1994;McBride & Lickliter, 1995), intersensory functioning (Lickliter, 1990a;Lickliter & Virkar, 1989;Radell & Gottlieb, 1992), reproductive behaviors and visual discrimination abilities (Rogers, 1990), and a wide range of perceptual abilities (Banker & Lickliter, 1993;Heaton & Galleher, 1981;Heaton, Miller, & Goodwin, 1978;Lickliter, 1990b;Lickliter & Lewkowicz, 1995;Lickliter & Stoumbos, 1991;Sleigh & Lickliter, 1995, 1996. Indeed, the negative effects of disrupting the final stages of hatching seem to be specific to the development of postnatal motor biases.…”

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Asymmetrical hatching behaviors: The development of postnatal motor laterality in three precocial bird species

Casey

2005

Dev. Psychobiol.

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The effects of asymmetrical hatching behaviors on the development of turning bias and footedness in domestic chicks, bobwhite quail, and Japanese quail chicks were examined. Control tests with incubator reared domestic chicks and bobwhite quail revealed significant individual and population left-side turning bias and right footedness. When late stage hatching behaviors were disrupted, population laterality was not evident and individual laterality was reduced. By contrast, Japanese quail chicks demonstrated no population turning bias or footedness and only weak individual biases. Disruption of hatch behaviors further decreased laterality. Examination of discarded eggshells showed significant differences in the degree of rotation made to cut out of the egg by Japanese quail versus domestic chicks and bobwhite quail. Taken together these findings suggest that the counterclockwise hatching behaviors that are characteristic of many precocial bird species serve to facilitate the development of motor laterality at both the individual and population level.

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“…All significance levels reported are two-tailed. Heaton et al (1978) were able to demonstrate that experimentally naive bobwhite quail chicks show a high degree of responsiveness to their species-typical maternal call in both single and simultaneous auditory choice tests. However, in their study chicks were tested only at 24 hr following hatching.…”

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Intersensory functioning in bobwhite quail chicks: Early sensory dominance

Lickliter

Virkar

1989

Developmental Psychobiology

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Two sensory systems known to be important for the control of early filial behavior in precocial avian neonates are the auditory and visual modalities. This study examined the interaction between naturally occurring auditory and visual stimulation in the control of filial behavior in bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) during the first four days of postnatal development. Results revealed a hierarchy in the functional priority of the auditory and visual systems in the days immediately following hatchling. At one and two days of age, species identification in quail hatchlings was found to depend on the auditory component of maternal stimulation. Later in development (at three and four days of age), combined auditory-visual stimulation was necessary to control species-specific filial behavior. Even at these later stages of development, however, the auditory modality remained dominant over the visual in eliciting responsiveness to the maternal hen. These findings conform well to what is known about the neuroembryological development of the sensory systems, in that the auditory system of birds (and mammals) develops in advance of the visual system. This prenatal sequence of sensory system development appears to influence the nature of early postnatal perceptual preferences and serves to question several traditional assumptions regarding the imprinting process.

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Species‐specific auditory discrimination in bobwhite quail neonates

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Premature visual stimulation accelerates intersenory functioning in bobwhite quail neonates

Premature visual stimulation accelerates intersenory functioning in bobwhite quail neonates

Asymmetrical hatching behaviors: The development of postnatal motor laterality in three precocial bird species

Intersensory functioning in bobwhite quail chicks: Early sensory dominance

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