PSYC3338 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Basal Ganglia, Oliver Sacks, Sleep Disorder
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Does things 4 times lucky # every month. We categorize them differently for diagnosis and reimbursement (insurance) Sometimes people present with one or the other or both. 2 parts to ocd thought and then doing. Chelsea would get a premonitory feeling/intrusive thought and then have to do something. Buttoning a shirt is like 8 motor behaviors in a row. When you learned how to do it, it was all one string of learning how to do it. But then it became automatic because you chunked the moves into raise arms, hold button, push button, etc. Must realize that normal behaviors are made out of chunks of smaller behaviors. Stress is a big part of it makes it worse. Big part of treatment is through reducing stress calm their nervous system. Motor symptoms can temporarily remit when concentrating on an interesting task or when relaxed. Story of td surgeon by oliver sacks.
