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Transferring an inborn auditory perceptual predisposition with interspecies brain transplants.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 8 May 2001
Long K D, Kennedy G, Balaban E
Abstract excerpt
Inborn species' perceptual preferences are thought to serve as important guides for neonatal learning in most species of higher vertebrates. Although much work has been carried out on experiential contributions to the expression of such preferences, their neural and developmental correlates remain largely unexplored. Here we use embryonic neural transplants between two bird species, the Japanese quail and the...
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