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Measuring Spontaneous Turning Behaviors in Children and Adults

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Asymmetrical spontaneous turning behavior (rotational preference or circling bias) has been observed in humans and animals, and it is related to clinical hemineglect (Glick and Ross, 1981; Bradshaw and Nettleton, 1987). When a rotational preference is observed, it is typically in a direction away from the brain hemisphere with higher striatal dopaminergic transmission (Glick and Ross, 1981; Bradshaw and Nettleton, 1987).

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Bracha, H.S., Gilger, J.W. (1996). Measuring Spontaneous Turning Behaviors in Children and Adults. In: Sanberg, P.R., Ossenkopp, KP., Kavaliers, M. (eds) Motor Activity and Movement Disorders. Contemporary Neuroscience. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-469-6_12

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