Imprinting is a special form of learning in which an animal's nervous system is rigidly programmed to learn a certain thing only at a certain period of development. It combines conditioning with insight learning.
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A widely accepted hypothesis for the evolution of genomic
imprinting is the "parental conflic.
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No, imprinting is limited to birds and a few other animals.
Humans form attachments.