Automatic Obedience
Automatic Obedience
Automatic obedience may be seen in startle syndromes, such as the jumping Frenchmen of Maine, latah, and myriachit, when a sudden shout of, for example, "jump" is followed by a jump. These are sometimes known as the startle-automatic obedience syndromes. Although initially classified (by Gilles de la Tourette) with tic syndromes, there are clear clinical and pathophysiological differences.
References
Lajonchere C, Nortz M, Finger S. Gilles de la Tourette and the discovery of Tourette syndrome. Includes a translation of his 1884 article. Archives of Neurology 1996; 53: 567-574
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