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IMPRINTING as a phenomenon in early behavioural development owes much of its importance to the fact that it occurs only during a limited period of an animal's life. Although there is some disagreement as to the exact nature and duration of this sensitive period, there is general agreement that such a period exists.
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MACDONALD, G. Imprinting: Drug-produced Isolation and the Sensitive Period. Nature 217, 1158–1159 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2171158b0
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