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Does Repeated Ticking Maintain Tic Behavior? An Experimental Study of Eye Blinking in Healthy Individuals

Tics in Tourette syndrome (TS) are often preceded by “premonitory urges”: annoying feelings or bodily sensations. We hypothesized that, by reducing annoyance of premonitory urges, tic behaviour may be reinforced. In a 2 × 2 experimental design in healthy participants, we studied the effects of premo...

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Autores principales: Beetsma, Daniel J. V., van den Hout, Marcel A., Engelhard, Iris M., Rijkeboer, Marleen M., Cath, Danielle C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4034442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24899785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/753020