Habits, rituals, and the evaluative brain

AM Graybiel - Annu. Rev. Neurosci., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Scientists in many different fields have been attracted to the study of habits because of the
power habits have over behavior and because they invoke a dichotomy between the …

Annotation: Repetitive behaviour in autism: A review of psychological research

M Turner - The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and …, 1999 - cambridge.org
Repetitive behaviour is widely known to be one of three core and defining features of autism
(ICD-10, World Health Organisation, 1990; DSM-IV, American Psychiatric Association …

[HTML][HTML] Differential effects of cognitive inhibition and intelligence on creativity

M Benedek, F Franz, M Heene, AC Neubauer - Personality and individual …, 2012 - Elsevier
There are different conceptions about how cognitive inhibition is related to creativity.
Creativity has either been associated with effective inhibition, or with disinhibition, or with an …

Optogenetic stimulation of lateral orbitofronto-striatal pathway suppresses compulsive behaviors

E Burguière, P Monteiro, G Feng, AM Graybiel - Science, 2013 - science.org
Dysfunctions in frontostriatal brain circuits have been implicated in neuropsychiatric
disorders, including those characterized by the presence of repetitive behaviors. We …

The time of prenatal immune challenge determines the specificity of inflammation-mediated brain and behavioral pathology

U Meyer, M Nyffeler, A Engler, A Urwyler… - Journal of …, 2006 - Soc Neuroscience
Disturbance to early brain development is implicated in several neuropsychiatric disorders
including autism, schizophrenia, and mental retardation. Epidemiological studies have …

Examining the relationship between executive functions and restricted, repetitive symptoms of autistic disorder

BR Lopez, AJ Lincoln, S Ozonoff, Z Lai - Journal of autism and …, 2005 - Springer
The executive function theory was utilized to examine the relationship between cognitive
process and the restricted, repetitive symptoms of Autistic Disorder (AD). Seventeen adults …

Building neural representations of habits

MS Jog, Y Kubota, CI Connolly, V Hillegaart… - Science, 1999 - science.org
Memories for habits and skills (“implicit or procedural memory”) and memories for facts
(“explicit or episodic memory”) are built up in different brain systems and are vulnerable to …

Repetitive behavior profiles in Asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism

M South, S Ozonoff, WM McMahon - Journal of autism and developmental …, 2005 - Springer
Although repetitive behaviors are a core diagnostic domain for autism spectrum disorders,
research in this area has been neglected. This study had two major aims (1) to provide a …

Role of serotonin in the paradoxical calming effect of psychostimulants on hyperactivity

RR Gainetdinov, WC Wetsel, SR Jones, ED Levin… - science, 1999 - science.org
The mechanism by which psychostimulants act as calming agents in humans with attention-
deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or hyperkinetic disorder is currently unknown. Mice …

The neuropsychology of autism

F Happe, U Frith - Brain, 1996 - academic.oup.com
In this review, we aim to bring together major trends in autism research at three levels:
biology, behaviour and cognition. We propose that cognitive theories are vital in …