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Orientierungskonzepte: Geschichtliches und Aktuelles

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The development of some conceptions of simple orientation mechanisms is shown, some complex systems are described. Conceptions which emphasize the stimulus reception like bilateral comparison principles (tropism, tropotaxis, bisensor procedure, unisensor procedure, menotaxis, klinotaxis), topological principles (telotaxis, array procedure), idiothetic orientation and indirect orientation (phobotaxis, kinesis) are investigated. Conceptions which emphasize the stimulus-reaction relationship like taxis, reafference principle and feedback control systems as well as mechanisms like chart and compass, vector integration, vector navigation, landmark orientation and goal finding procedures which can be subsumed under the concept of navigation are described.

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Schöne, H. Orientierungskonzepte: Geschichtliches und Aktuelles. Naturwissenschaften 70, 342–348 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00444208

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