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The brain's first-glance copyright: whatever moves early gets filed as Mom forever.
means A rapid, hardwired form of learning where a young animal forms an attachment to the first moving thing it sees.
from From the printing press metaphor, formalized in German as Pragung (stamping) by Konrad Lorenz in the 1930s, who watched goslings adopt him on sight.
Critical windowMostly locks in within hours of hatching.
Famous proofLorenz had ducklings following him like a parent.
Wrong targetsBirds have imprinted on boots and beach balls.