Psychiatry and Psychology

Kinesis

Locomotor behavior not involving a steering reaction, but in which there may be a turning random in direction. It includes orthokinesis, the rate of movement and klinokinesis, the amount of turning, which are related to the intensity of stimulation.

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Abstract

Locomotor behavior not involving a steering reaction, but in which there may be a turning random in direction. It includes orthokinesis, the rate of movement and klinokinesis, the amount of turning, which are related to the intensity of stimulation.

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1 entry terms
  • Kineses

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5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, physiology, radiation effects.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with KINETICS or KINESICS

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History Note

91(75); was see under ORIENTATION 1975-90

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  1. F01.145.113w.700w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Kinesis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007698. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007698
  2. Kinesis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesis_(biology)
  3. Kinesis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1043391