インプリント:雛のストレス反応に与える影響

W R THOMPSON, M W O'KIEFFE

Science (New York, N.Y.)

|March 16, 1962

まとめ

代理母へのインプリントは,聴覚のストレス中に若い仔犬の緊急呼び出しを軽減しました. この発見は,インプリントが発達中の鳥のストレス抵抗性を高めることを示唆しています.

科学分野:

動物の行動動物の行動
発達心理学の心理学について
ストレス生理学ストレス生理学

背景:

インプリントなどの初期の経験は,生物の行動および生理学的反応を形作ることができます.
ストレスに対する回復力を理解することは,動物の福祉と発達に関する研究において極めて重要です.

研究の目的:

幼鳥のストレス抵抗に対するインプリントの影響を調査する.
異なる条件下でインプリントされた子とインプリントされていない子のストレス反応を比較する.

主な方法:

幼鳥はインプリントと非インプリントのグループに分けられました.
両グループは,飢餓状態での生存と聴覚刺激への反応という2つのストレステストを受けていました.
ストレスのときの代理母の存在または不在は,様々でした.

主要な成果:

飢餓状態での生存時間は,インプリントされた子とインプリントされていない子の間には違わなかった.
インプリントされたチキは,インプリントされていないコントロールと比較して,聴覚刺激にさらされたときに,救急呼び出しを大幅に少なくしました.

結論:

代理母へのインプリントは,若い雛のストレスレジリエンス,特に声のストレス反応を高めるようです.
ストレスのときの代理母の存在は,緊急通話に対する観察された影響を有意に変更しませんでした.

キーワード:

学ぶこと学ぶこと STRESS/実験的なこと

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