The development of stimulus control over tics: A potential explanation for contextually-based variability in the symptoms of Tourette syndrome

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-47

  Woods, Douglas W ^a   Walther, Michael R ^a   Bauer, Christopher C ^b   Kemp, Joshua J ^a   Conelea, Christine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior therapy; Reinforcement; Stimulus control; Suppression; Tics; Tourette

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REINFORCEMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIC; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TIC DISORDERS; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 57649224050     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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