Kinesis

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Kinesis ( old Gr. Κίνησις kínēsis , ' movement ') is a mechanism for controlling the undirected (non- directional ) movement of a living being . It is simply interconnected , i.e. that is, the activity of the organism increases or decreases depending on an environmental stimulus .

The woodlice will serve as an example . These develop less activity in a moist environment than in a dry one, which in fact means that they are more likely to be in such a moist environment (simply because they do not run away from there).

It is important to understand that, unlike taxis, kinesis is not a directed (directional) movement and thus represents the lowest level of cognitive movement control .

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