Automatic Writing Behavior

Automatic Writing Behavior

Automatic writing behavior is a form of increased writing activity. It has been suggested that it should refer specifically to a permanently present or elicitable, compulsive, iterative and not necessarily complete, written reproduction of visually or orally perceived messages (cf. hypergraphia). This is characterized as a particular, sometimes isolated, form of utilization behavior in which the inhibitory functions of the frontal lobes are suppressed.

References

Van Vugt P, Paquier P, Kees L, Cras P. Increased writing activity in neurological conditions: a review and clinical study. Journal ofNeurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 1996; 61: 510-514

Cross References

Hypergraphia; Utilization behavior