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Imprinting vs Emprinting - What's the difference?

imprinting | emprinting |

As verbs the difference between imprinting and emprinting

is that imprinting is present participle of lang=en while emprinting is present participle of emprint.

As a noun imprinting

is any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior.

imprinting

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Noun

  • (psychology, ethology) Any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior.

    • Derived terms

    * misimprinting * sexual imprinting

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    • emprinting

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