• Naïve chicks do not prefer objects with stable body orientation, though they may prefer behavioural variability 

      Rosa-Salva, Orsola; Hernik, Mikołaj; Fabbroni, Martina; Lorenzi, Elena; Vallortigara, Giorgio (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-03-18)
      Domestic chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus) have been widely used as a model to study the motion cues that allow visually naïve organisms to detect animate agents shortly after hatching/birth. Our previous work has shown that chicks prefer to approach agents whose main body axis and motion direction are aligned (a feature typical of creatures whose motion is constrained by a bilaterally symmetric ...