Shifts of 'attention' in chicks during feeding

Abstract

Feeding in 'runs' of cryptic and conspicuous grains suggested the possibility that chicks may switch attention during the course of a few minutes. Choice tests designed to reveal the cues the chicks were utilizing were presented once while the chicks were feeding on conspicuous grains and again while they were feeding on cryptic grains. The chicks appear to 'shift attention' depending on what they are eating at the time. © 1971.