n. any experimental procedure in which an animal is held captive, deprived of its natural surroundings, and exposed to very limited sensory stimuli from birth onward. Named after the 19th-century German boy, Kaspar (Caspar) Hauser, who was allegedly kept for years in a dungeon.
CASPAR HAUSER EXPERIMENT: “The Caspar Hauser Experiment is based on the incredible tale of a human kept in solitary confinement by a stranger for years.”