Filial responses as predisposed and learned preferences: Early attachment in chicks and babies

• Published in: Behavioural brain research Vol. 325; no. Pt B; pp. 90 - 104
• Main Authors: Di Giorgio, Elisa, Loveland, Jasmine L., Mayer, Uwe, Rosa-Salva, Orsola, Versace, Elisabetta, Vallortigara, Giorgio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.05.2017
• Subjects: Animals; Autism Spectrum Disorder - physiopathology; Autism spectrum disorders (ASD); Behavior, Animal - physiology; Brain - physiology; Chickens - physiology; Humans; Infant; Infant Behavior - physiology; Naïve chicks (Gallus gallus); Neural and hormonal correlates; Newborn babies; Object Attachment; Septum; Social Behavior; Social Perception; Social predispositions (biological motion, face preferences, self-propulsion); Septum; Autism spectrum disorders (ASD); Newborn babies; Social predispositions (biological motion, face preferences, self-propulsion); Neural and hormonal correlates; Naïve chicks (Gallus gallus)

•Predispositions orient newborn babies and chicks towards animate objects.•Subcortical/subpallial structures may be sufficient to support social predispositions.•Social Behaviour Network areas might be involved in unlearnt social behaviours.•Hormones facilitate preferences for predisposed stimuli an...