Also known as tics
A tic is a sudden and repetitive motor movement or vocalization that is not rhythmic and involves discrete muscle groups. Tics are typically brief and may resemble a normal behavioral characteristic or gesture.
Key facts
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Research
11,966 papers- TIC 1942-1987.Tic · 1987
- Bonsai buff.Tic · 1965
- Relocating.Tic · 1969
- Burglarized.Tic · 1965
- Dentistry on wheels.Tic · 1969
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Classification
- Motor or phonic
- Simple or complex
- Characteristics
- Diagnosis
- Differential diagnosis
- See also
- Notes
- Further reading
- External links
A tic is a sudden and repetitive motor movement or vocalization that is not rhythmic and involves discrete muscle groups. Tics are typically brief and may resemble a normal behavioral characteristic or gesture.
Tics can be invisible to the observer, such as abdominal tensing or toe crunching. Common motor and phonic tics are, respectively, eye blinking and throat clearing.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “tic” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.