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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Behavior > Behavior, Animal > Kinesis

Preferred term

Kinesis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • do not confuse with KINETICS or KINESICS

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

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

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007698

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