Preferred Label : Imprinting, Psychological;
MeSH definition : A particular kind of learning characterized by occurrence in very early life, rapidity
of acquisition, and relative insusceptibility to forgetting or extinction. Imprinted
behavior includes most (or all) behavior commonly called instinctive, but imprinting
is used purely descriptively.;
MeSH synonym : imprintings (psychology); Imprintings, Psychological; Psychological Imprinting; Psychological Imprintings; Imprinting (Psychology); Imprinting, Psychology; Imprintings, Psychology; Psychology Imprinting; Psychology Imprintings;
CISMeF synonym : imprinting (psychology);
MeSH annotation : human & animal;
Origin ID : D007173;
UMLS CUI : C0021118;
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A particular kind of learning characterized by occurrence in very early life, rapidity
of acquisition, and relative insusceptibility to forgetting or extinction. Imprinted
behavior includes most (or all) behavior commonly called instinctive, but imprinting
is used purely descriptively.
