Kuru may refer to:

Anthropology and history
Kuru (disease), a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy associated with the cannibalistic funeral practices of the Fore people
Kuru (mythology), part of Meithei mythology
Kuru Kingdom, a powerful Indo-Aryan tribe and kingdom during the Vedic period (Early Iron Age) and later a republic during the Mahajanapada period in India
King Kuru (Vedic Hindu era), the imputed ancestral king of Indo-Aryan Kuru tribe
Kuru (sport), a traditional Bhutanese sport
Kuru, also called sintak, a traditional game of stones from the Philippines

Places
Kuru River, a river in South Sudan
Kuru, Finland, municipality
Kuru, Iran
Kuru, Nigeria
Kuru, Ida-Viru County, village in Iisaku Parish, Ida-Viru County, Estonia
Kuru, Lääne-Viru County, village in Tapa Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
Kuru block, a community development block in Jharkhand, India
Kuru, Lohardaga, a village in Jhankhand, India

Transport
HMAS Kuru, an Australian patrol boat operational between 1938 and 1943
S/S Kuru, a Finnish lake steamer

People
Ahmet Kuru (born 1982), Turkish footballer
Bartoloměj Kuru (born 1987), Austrian footballer
Büşra Kuru (born 2001), German-born Turkish womens footballer
Taygun Kuru (born 1990), Turkish-German footballer
Uğur Arslan Kuru (born 1989), Turkish footballer
Kuruvilla Pandikattu (born 1957), Indian philosopher

Other uses
Kuru (film), a Japanese supernatural horror film
KURU (FM), a radio station (89.1 FM) licensed to serve Silver City, New Mexico, United States
Kuru kulla, a genus dromaeosaurid theropod

See also
Kourou (disambiguation)
Kurus (disambiguation)
Kuru Kuru (disambiguation)
Kurultai, a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
Original model
Ayress theoretical framework for what she called Sensory Integration Dysfunction was developed after six factor analytic studies of populations of children with learning disabilities, perceptual motor disabilities and normal developing children. Ayres created the following nosology based on the patterns that appeared on her factor analysis:

Dyspraxia: poor motor planning (more related to the vestibular system and proprioception)
Poor bilateral integration: inadequate use of both sides of the body simultaneously
Tactile defensiveness: negative reaction to tactile stimuli
Visual perceptual deficits: poor form and space perception and visual motor functions
Somatodyspraxia: poor motor planning (related to poor information coming from the tactile and proprioceptive systems)
Auditory-language problemsBoth visual perceptual and auditory language deficits were thought to possess a strong cognitive component and a weak relationship to underlying sensory processing deficits, so they are not considered central deficits in many models of sensory processing.In 1998, Mulligan found a similar pattern of deficits in a confirmatory factor analytic study. Quadrant model
Dunns nosology uses two criteria: response type (passive vs. active) and sensory threshold to the stimuli (low or high) creating four subtypes or quadrants:
High neurological thresholdsLow registration: high threshold with passive response. Individuals who do not pick up on sensations and therefore partake in passive behavior. Sensation seeking: high threshold and active response. Those who actively seek out a rich sensory filled environment.Low neurological thresholdSensitivity to stimuli: low threshold with passive response. Individuals who become distracted and uncomfortable when exposed to sensation but do not actively limit or avoid exposure to the sensation. Sensation avoiding: low threshold and active response.