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optokinetic, a.|ɒptəʊkɪˈnɛtɪc, -kaɪˈnɛtɪk| [f. opto- + kinetic a.] Pertaining to or designating a form of nystagmus produced by attempting to fixate objects which are rapidly traversing the visual field; also, more widely, = optomotor a.
1925H. W. Stenvers in Acta Otolaryngologica VIII. 545 (heading) On the optic (opto-kinetic, opto-motorial) nystagmus. 1947Jrnl. Neurol., Neurosurg. & Psychiatry X. 110/1 When the patient watched a revolving drum the direction of which was reversed, the optokinetic nystagmus obtained to the left side was greater than that obtained to the right. Ibid. 116/2 The optokinetic responses..suggest an epileptogenic zone in the left temporal zone. 1966New Scientist 2 June 598/1 Many animals move their eyes or their head if they see something move, and this ‘optokinetic’ response is often useful as an indication..that an animal has perceived a movement. 1974Nature 8 Feb. 403/1 Newborn infants showed optokinetic nystagmus to a 4 cycles per degree pattern. 1975Ibid. 22 May 330/2 If the visual surround of a walking animal is rotated, the animal turns in a characteristic way. With arthropods, this optomotor (optokinetic) response has usually been described in terms of the angular velocity of the body or eyestalks. Hence optokiˈnetically adv.
1959Experientia XV. 443/2 The question..seems to be whether the nystagmic movements observed..are optokinetically released by the movements of images along the photosensitive surface of the eye. 1965Proc. R. Soc. B. CLXI. 243 The seeing eye is brought artificially instead of optokinetically to the same position. |