Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Memory systems in the chick: dissociations and neuronal analysis.

G Horn1, M H Johnson

  • 1University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Cambridge, U.K.

Neuropsychologia
|January 1, 1989
PubMed
Summary

Young chicks learn object recognition via visual exposure, involving the intermediate and medial part of the hyperstriatum ventrale (IMHV). This learning is separate from procedural skills and innate object preferences.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Rapid disruption of pollination function by the invasive plant Impatiens glandulifera.

Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany)·2026
Same author

Network analysis of NRG1 variants of uncertain significance (VUSes) in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer and their prognostic role in EGFR-mutant patients treated with first-line osimertinib.

ESMO open·2025
Same author

Optimization of long-term incubation of precision-cut kidney slices.

Toxicology mechanisms and methods·2024
Same author

[Not Available].

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al]·2016
Same author

Mitochondrial proteins, learning and memory: biochemical specialization of a memory system.

Neuroscience·2011
Same author

[Gluteoplasty with intramuscular silicone cohesive gel implants: a retrospective study of 50 cases].

Annales de chirurgie plastique et esthetique·2009

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • Domestic chicks exhibit rapid visual learning for object recognition.
  • The intermediate and medial part of the hyperstriatum ventrale (IMHV) is a key brain region for this learning.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the nature of visual recognition learning in young chicks.
  • To explore the role of the IMHV in memory formation and object recognition.
  • To compare chick learning with human memory and infant face recognition.

Main Methods:

  • Exposure learning paradigms in young domestic chicks.
  • Neuroanatomical and functional analysis of the IMHV.
  • Behavioral assessments of object recognition and procedural learning.

Related Experiment Videos

Main Results:

  • Chicks successfully learn to recognize visual object characteristics through exposure.
  • The IMHV is critically involved in this form of memory.
  • This learning is dissociable from skill acquisition and innate attentional biases.

Conclusions:

  • Visual exposure learning in chicks, mediated by the IMHV, provides a model for understanding memory.
  • The findings suggest parallels between chick object recognition and human amnesia and infant face recognition.
  • Differential roles of the right and left IMHV in imprinting memory are highlighted.