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innate releasing mechanism: a standalone construct

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Animal behaviour

in classical ethology, a neural mechanism that responds to a specific sign stimulus and releases a fixed behaviour pattern.

In animal behaviour, innate releasing mechanism refers to in classical ethology, a neural mechanism that responds to a specific sign stimulus and releases a fixed behaviour pattern. This meaning comes from Tinbergen (1951) in The study of instinct.[1]

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References

Tinbergen, N. (1951). The study of instinct. Oxford University Press. Open Library record

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