Utilization behavior
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reworded
'''Utilization behavior''' is a [[frontal lobe]] disorder in which the patient has difficulty resisting their impulse to operate or manipulate objects which are in their visual field and within reach. Unlike other impulse-control disorders, patients with this disorder [[confabulate]] reasons for their actions.
==References:==
*Blakemore, Wolpert, and Frith 2002 "Abnormalities in Action Awareness", ''TRENDS in Cognitive Sciences'' Vol.6 No.6 June 2002
*Lhermitte, F. (1983) 'usingisation behaviour' and its relation to lesions of the frontal lobes. ''Brain'' 106, 237–255
*Lhermitte, F. (1986) Human autonomy and the frontal lobes. Part II: Patient behavior in complex and social situations: the 'environmental dependency syndrome'. ''Ann. Neurol.'' 19, 335–343
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[[Category:Impulse-control disorder not elsewhere classified]]