: a rapid learning process that takes place early in the life of a social animal (such as a goose) and establishes a behavior pattern (such as recognition of and attraction to its own kind or a substitute)
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Recent Examples on the WebWhat is original antigenic sin or immunological imprinting? Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2022 Something about mothers and children, and the unmothered, and human frailty, and imprinting. Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2022 Perhaps my appreciation of this car is the result of generational imprinting. Brett Berk, Car and Driver, 15 July 2022 To get there, researchers are using technologies such as nanoparticles and molecular imprinting, which create cavities in a polymer structure that match the size and shape of a specific drug. Emily Mullin, Wired, 30 Mar. 2022 Prior research to force mammals to reproduce via parthenogenesis have failed because of genomic imprinting, per a statement. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2022 Something about friendship, which can and should provide support and understanding and company and a different sort of imprinting. Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2022 Evidence is building that this phenomenon, also known as immune imprinting, is at work in Covid-19. Denise Roland, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2021 Distance is a measurement set early in life, the landmarks of childhood imprinting on our geographic sensibilities forever, even as the magnitude of the world grows and shrinks around us.Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2021 See More