Impaired inhibition of prepotent motor actions in patients with Tourette syndrome | Zendy

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Impaired inhibition of prepotent motor actions in patients with Tourette syndrome

Author(s) -

Scott A. Wylie,

Daniel O. Claassen,

Kristen Kanoff,

K. Richard Ridderinkhof,

Wery van den Wildenberg

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of psychiatry and neuroscience

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.767

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1488-2434

pISSN - 1180-4882

DOI - 10.1503/jpn.120138

Subject(s) - tourette syndrome , psychology , tics , anxiety , cognition , mood , developmental psychology , psychiatry

Evidence that tic behaviour in individuals with Tourette syndrome reflects difficulties inhibiting prepotent motor actions is mixed. Response conflict tasks produce sensitive measures of response interference from prepotent motor impulses and the proficiency of inhibiting these impulses as an act of cognitive control. We tested the hypothesis that individuals with Tourette syndrome show a deficit in inhibiting prepotent motor actions.

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