Tourette Syndrome - Brain Training Overcomes Tics In Study

Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 12:42 in Psychology & Sociology

Children with Tourette syndrome may unconsciously train their brain to more effectively control their tics.How so? A recent study found that teenagers diagnosed with  Tourette syndrome   were slower than typical peers when asked to perform a task that involved them simply moving their eyes to look at targets but buterr when the task was more demanding and required them to choose between looking at or away from targets. They were as fast as their peers but made fewer eye movements in the wrong direction. read more

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