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Title Stereotyped movements : brain and behavior relationships / Robert L. Sprague, Karl M. Newell, editors
Edition 1st ed
Published Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, ©1996

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 211 pages) : illustrations
Series APA science volumes
APA science volumes.
Contents Defining the Behavior -- Feedback and Control in the Development of Abnormal Stereotyped Behaviors / Gershon Berkson -- Defining Features, Clinical Conditions, and Theoretical Constructs of Stereotyped Movements / Lisa M. Shulman, Juan R. Sanchez-Ramos, William J. Weiner -- Understanding the Causes -- Neurobiological Basis of Stereotyped Movement Disorder / Mark H. Lewis, John P. Gluck, James W. Bodfish, Alan J. Beauchamp, Richard B. Mailman -- Dopaminergic and Serotonergic Effects on Spontaneous Orofacial Dyskinesias in Cebus Monkeys / Daniel E. Casey -- Measuring the Movements -- Instruments for Assessing Stereotypic Movements: A Review of the Literature / Robert L. Sprague -- The Dynamics of Stereotypic Behaviors: Movement Variance and Invariance in the Classification of Movement Disorders / Karl M. Newell -- Normal Infant Stereotypes: A Dynamic Systems Approach / Esther Thelen -- Dimensions of Disintegration in the Stereotyped Locomotion Characteristic of Parkinsonism and Autism / Philip Teitelbaum, Ralph G. Maurer, Joshua Fryman, Osnat B. Teitelbaum, Joel Vilensky, Margaret P. Creedon
Summary Stereotyped movements (or stereotypy) is a term used to describe physical movements that are both aimless and repetitive. These behaviors cover a wide range of movements, from the steady, rhythmic body rocking of some developmentally disabled patients to the abrupt, transient movements of people with Tourette's syndrome. These movements often inhibit the physical and social functioning of patients and interfere with their care. Although noted in clinical observations for centuries, there is not yet a coherent theoretical or empirical understanding of these repetitive actions. The editors of this volume propose that these seemingly disparate conditions [in patients with various physical and psychiatric disorders] are actually conceptually related. This volume marks the beginning of researchers' efforts to integrate the field of stereotyped movements and provides an important bridge between behavioral and biomedical approaches. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)
Analysis Humans Nervous system Diseases
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Issuing Body Made available through: American Psychological Association's PsyBooks Collection
Notes English
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In PsycBOOKS (EBSCO). EBSCO
Subject Stereotyped behavior (Psychiatry)
Human behavior.
Stereotyped Behavior
Behavior
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Psychiatry and Psychology
human behavior.
Human behavior
Stereotyped behavior (Psychiatry)
Bewegungsstereotypie
Psychiatrie
Stereotiep gedrag.
Neurobiologie.
Form Electronic book
Author Sprague, Robert L
Newell, Karl M., 1945-
American Psychological Association.