Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) are common repetitive actions, like hair pulling or skin picking, that can range in severity from mild to severe. Do you find yourself repeatedly biting the ...

Repetitive behaviors are not an uncommon part of human experience, but not all repetitive actions serve the same purpose or carry the same meaning. Two types of behaviors that are often confused are ...

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Everyone knows someone who grinds their teeth during a tense meeting, bites their nails through an exam, or chews the inside ...

People with autism are typically diagnosed by clinical observation and assessment. To deconstruct the clinical decision process, which is often subjective and difficult to describe, researchers used a ...

Autism spectrum disorders are characterised by a broad array of repetitive behaviours and restricted interests that manifest from early childhood through adulthood. These patterns span from simple ...

Researchers have found that a hijacks brain circuit, which to drive increasingly rigid and repetitive behavior. The brain circuit that normally participates in selecting natural mouth and face ...