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J R Alberts1, G J Decsy

  • 1Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405.

Developmental Psychobiology
|November 1, 1990
PubMed
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This study explores how thermal stimuli influence animal learning and attachment, linking these innate behaviors to the evolution of affective meanings of "warm" and "cool" in human language.

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Area of Science:

  • Animal Psychobiology
  • Evolutionary Linguistics
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • The term "innate" is complex, with related concepts like congenital, predetermined, and heritable offering nuanced distinctions.
  • Animal nonverbal recognition and communication systems exhibit phenomena relevant to innate behaviors.
  • Thermotactile stimulation and heat are significant factors in learning and attachment across endothermic species.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To differentiate implicit elements within the broad concept of "innate" behaviors.
  • To investigate the role of thermal stimuli in animal ontogeny and its parallels in human language.
  • To analyze the co-evolution of thermal and affective meanings in human language.

Main Methods:

  • Review of animal psychobiology literature on innate behavior terminology.

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  • Ontogenetic analyses of thermotactile stimulation effects on learning and attachment in endothermic species.
  • Linguistic analysis of thermal and affective word meanings in diverse languages (temperate, tropical, Indo-European, Proto-Uralic).

    • Main Results:

    • Thermotactile stimulation is a potent determinant of learning and attachment in endothermic animals.
    • Preliminary data show parallels between physiological/affective thermal aspects in animal development and human language evolution.
    • Languages across different climates and origins exhibit shared thermal and affective meanings for words like "warm" and "cool".

    Conclusions:

    • Fundamental homeothermic biology appears reflected in the psychology of human language.
    • Thermal stimuli play a crucial role in shaping innate behaviors and their linguistic representations.
    • The study highlights the interconnectedness of biological drives, developmental processes, and linguistic evolution.