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Akinesia refers to a Motor disturbance in which a person's muscles become rigid and movement is difficult to initiate.

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Akinetic refers to the to absence or poverty of voluntary movement; loss of the ability to move all or part of the body.

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Akinetic mutism refers to a syndrome associated with medial frontal damage involving a loss of initiative, apathy, reduced verbal and motor behaviors, and profound indifference.

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Akinetopsia refers to the specific inability to identify objects in motion or moving objects.

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Deutsch: Alarm / Español: Alarma / Português: Alarme / Français: Alarme / Italiano: Allarme

Alarm refers to the set of biologic reactions indicating imminence of major hazard.

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- Alarm reaction : The first stage of the General adaptation syndrome (GAS) during which the body's defenses and bodily resources are mobilized against a stressor.

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Alarm stage refers to the first stage of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS), when there is emotional arousal and the defensive forces of the body are prepared for fight or flight.

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Albert Bandura (1925-present) -
A social psychologist, Bandura's research includes studies in observational learning.

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