Abstract
We have tested the hypothesis that patients with Tourette's Syndrome require less time to recognize words of a scatological nature than they do those of a nonscatological nature. A lexical decision task was performed with patients with TS and a control group. A first list included scatological words and the second comprised nonscatological words. A significant difference was noted between the neutral list and the scatological list which was attributable solely to the patients and not the controls. The TS subjects recognized words from the scatological list more quickly than they did neutral words.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 262-264 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Brain and Cognition |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 1999 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Cognitive Neuroscience