Imprinting
Imprinting was the act of an infant of a species, soon after its birth, identifying an adult as its parent.

In 2154, Captain Jonathan Archer once suffered what Phlox called "reverse-imprinting" when a substance ejected from an Xindi-Insectoid egg made Archer believe he was the "caretaker" of an entire Xindi hatchery. ()

In 2367, the spaceborne entity known as  imprinted on the  and latched onto it, draining the vessel's energy. ()

See also 
 Dermal imprint
 Family imprints
 Sub-quantum imprint (aka Quantum imprint)
 Trace imprint

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Psychology