Journal article
Rituals, stereotypy and compulsive behavior in animals and humans
Abstract
From a survey of the behavior of animals in the wild, in captivity, under the influence of psychoactive drugs and in a model of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), we identify that the behavioral repertoire invariably includes motor rituals, and that such rituals are performed at a few specific locations/objects in the environment with an orderly transition amongst locations/objects. The concept and parameters of this stable organization of …
Authors
Eilam D; Zor R; Szechtman H; Hermesh H
Journal
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 456–471
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2006
DOI
10.1016/j.neubiorev.2005.08.003
ISSN
0149-7634