Visually Inexperienced Chicks Exhibit Spontaneous Preference for Biological Motion Patterns

Giorgio Vallortigara; Lucia Regolin; Fabio Marconato

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Visually Inexperienced Chicks Exhibit Spontaneous Preference for Biological Motion Patterns

Giorgio Vallortigara

Lucia Regolin

Fabio Marconato

PLOS Biology Vol. 3 No. 7 pp. e208 · Public Library of Science (PLoS)

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Published: Jun 07, 2005
Vol/Issue: 3(7)
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Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

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Fabio Marconato

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Giorgio Vallortigara, Lucia Regolin, Fabio Marconato (2005). Visually Inexperienced Chicks Exhibit Spontaneous Preference for Biological Motion Patterns. PLOS Biology, 3(7), e208. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030208

Visually Inexperienced Chicks Exhibit Spontaneous Preference for Biological Motion Patterns

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