instinkt

Also known as innate behavior

nedärvda beteendemönster hos människan och andra djur

AI overview

Instinct is an inborn tendency that makes animals perform certain complex behaviors automatically, without having to learn them first. These instinctive actions matter because they allow organisms to respond quickly and correctly to important situations, like how sea turtle hatchlings instinctively know to head toward the ocean without being taught.

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Vinony's link graph records 348 inbound references to instinkt, and connects out to imprinting, primitive reflex and Charles Darwin.

It sits within the topics Animal cognition, Ethology and Neuroethology concepts.

Vinony links it to 78 Wikipedia language editions.

Research

3,506 papers

Overwriting an instinct: Visual cortex instructs learning to suppress fear responses.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2025Mederos S, Blakely P, Vissers N et al.DOI: 10.1126/science.adr2247
Hunger and instinct.ReviewThe Journal of nervous and mental disease · 1969Bruch HDOI: 10.1097/00005053-196908000-00002
Development evolving: the origins and meanings of instinct.ReviewWiley interdisciplinary reviews. Cognitive science · 2017Blumberg MSDOI: 10.1002/wcs.1371
Innateness and the instinct to learn.ReviewAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias · 2004Marler PDOI: 10.1590/s0001-37652004000200002
CONTEMPORARY INSTINCT THEORY AND THE FIXED ACTION PATTERN.ReviewPsychological review · 1965MOLTZ HDOI: 10.1037/h0020275
The attributes of instinct.ReviewBehaviour · 1966Konishi MDOI: 10.1163/156853966x00209
Technical reasoning: neither cognitive instinct nor cognitive gadget.Trends in cognitive sciences · 2023Osiurak F, Federico G, Claidière NDOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2022.12.016
The life instinct.The International journal of psycho-analysis · 2010Abel-Hirsch NDOI: 10.1111/j.1745-8315.2010.00304.x

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Subclass of: behavior
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opposite of: mind
different from: Instinct

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Article · Svenska

Instinkter (av latinets instinctus, 'ingivelse') är nedärvda beteendemönster hos människan och andra djur. Det handlar om beteenden, känsloreaktioner och attityder, och i första hand sådana som kommer som beror av ett bestämt stimuli. Exempel på en instinkt är hästens flyktinstinkt vid fara.

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