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supernormal stimulus: a standalone construct

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Ethology

artificial stimulus exaggerating a natural cue, which draws a stronger response than the natural cue itself.

In ethology, supernormal stimulus refers to artificial stimulus exaggerating a natural cue, which draws a stronger response than the natural cue itself. This meaning comes from Staddon (1975) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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natural3 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs response4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs stimulus3 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Staddon, J. E. R. (1975). A Note on the Evolutionary Significance of "Supernormal" Stimuli. The American Naturalist, 109(969), 541-545. https://doi.org/10.1086/283025

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