KINESTHETIC SENSE (Movement Sense)
Kinesthesis, literally “feeling of movement,” is the sense that provides the brain with information concerning the contracting and stretching of…
KINETIC DISTURBANCES
Used in this book to denote disturbances of movement found in either organic or functional disorders.Akinesia is a reduction of…
KIRKBRIDE, THOMAS (1809-83)
Kirkbride, a pioneer in American psychiatry, obtained his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania, then served as physician in…
KOFFKA, KURT (1886-1941)
Koffka, the major spokesman for Gestalt psychology, received his psychological training at the University of Berlin and obtained his Ph.D.…
KORSAKOFF’S SYNDROME (Amne- sic-Confabulatory Syndrome)
An organic psychosis occurring primarily in chronic alcoholics and victims of severe blows on the head (head trauma) but also…
KRAEPELIN, EMIL (1856-1926)
Rraepelin, the great classifier of mental illnesses, was bom in Neustrelitz, Germany and studied medicine at Wurzburg and Munich. He…
KRAFFT-EBING, RICHARD VON(1840-1902)
Krafft-Ebing, chiefly noted for his study of sexual pathology, was born in Mannheim, Germany, and studied at Prague, Heidelberg, and…
KALLMANN'S SYNDROME
A disorder that is characterized by hypo-gonadism, mental retardation, colour blindness, complete anosmia which is absence of smell and motor…
KILOBYTOPHOBIA
fear of using a computer. There is sometimes accounts for a refusal or reluctance to use computer resources. See computer…
KLEIN, MELANIE
Austrian born British psychoanalyst and was a pioneer in child analysis she was the first therapist to use play as…
KONIG BARS
Visual acuity is assessed by a grating pattern of black and white bars, Karl Rudolf Konig 1832-1901 German born French…
KUMHO TIRE CO V PATRICK CARMICHAEL
The Supreme Court ruling that extended the gatekeeper ROLF judgeds to cover both scientific expert testimony as established in Daubert…
KIN RECOGNITION
Individuals are able to recognize those that they have interacted with during development but fail to recognize related individuals with…
KINESTHETIC IMAGERY
Dynamic is the cognitive creation of the feeling of movements while physically moving, like a figure skater may imagine the…
KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME
Symptoms may last for days to weeks, include excessive food intake, irritability, disorientation, lack of energy and hypersensitivity to noise.…