Automatism - Prevention & control
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Using a stimulus correlated with reprimands to suppress automatically maintained eye poking.

30 Dec 2007 A functional analysis indicated that chronic eye poking exhibited by a woman with profound mental retardation persisted in the absence of social contingencies. We initiated a procedure in which a therapist delivered a punisher (mild reprimand) ... Read more...

Sectorial automatism: a further development.

30 Dec 1993 This article deals with surprising delinquent behaviour of a limited kind--in time and nature. This delinquent behaviour manifests itself during actual life stress conditions where in the person's past there is evidence of psychotraumatization. The ... Read more...

Action of antiepileptic drugs against kainic acid-induced seizures and automatisms during ontogenesis in rats.

30 Oct 1992 Kainic acid (KA 4-14 mg/kg) administered intraperitoneally (i.p.) produces automatisms (scratching until third postnatal week, "wet dog" shakes thereafter), and clonic and tonic-clonic seizures in rats aged 7, 12, 18, 25, and 90 days. Administration ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Automatism - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Using a stimulus correlated with reprimands to suppress automatically maintained eye poking. 30 Dec 2007
• Sectorial automatism: a further development. 30 Dec 1993
• Action of antiepileptic drugs against kainic acid-induced seizures and automatisms during ontogenesis in rats. 30 Oct 1992

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Technical information about 'Automatism'

Definition: Automatic, mechanical, and apparently undirected behavior which is outside of conscious control.

Descriptor UI: D001332

Alternative terms: Automatism;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F02.463.425.179.149;