Among the drivers of behaviour, external stimuli play a highly significant role, evoking responses that are often essential for an individual’s survival. Their importance is such that selective adaptation processes have favoured stereotyped and immediate responses to certain types of stimuli, classifying them as innate behaviours that the individual does […]
Niko Tinbergen
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Ethology and animal behaviour are two terms that are now considered synonymous. However, for a long time, they were not, leading to significant disputes in the scientific community and beyond. Let us explore the reasons why. Since the beginning of the last century, the study of animal and human behaviour […]