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Konrad Lorenz: 2 ideas worth knowing

2 ideas from Konrad Lorenz, each explained in a minute and credited to the original work. Free on Savvy.

• Big eyes and a round face trigger caretaking instincts before you even think about it

  Ethologist Konrad Lorenz proposed that a cluster of infantile features — large eyes, a big head, chubby cheeks — automatically triggers nurturing behavior in adults. The 'kindchens…

  — Konrad Lorenz, Die angeborenen Formen möglicher Erfahrung

• Goslings imprinted on a man instead of their mother, and followed him everywhere

  Konrad Lorenz found that newly hatched geese bond to the first moving thing they see during a brief critical window, real mother or not. When he made sure he was that first sight, …

  — Konrad Lorenz, King Solomon's Ring

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