Tourette's Syndrome is a neurological disordered characterized by "repetitive, stereotyped, involuntary movements and vocalizations called tics," according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). While these movements might suggest that those with the disorder have less cognitive control over their movements, a new study published in Cell Biology suggests the opposite.
The Cell Biology study has found that those with Tourette's perform "behavioral tests of cognitive motor control more accurately and quickly than their typically developing peers do." Stephen Jackson of The University of Nottingham and his colleagues based their study on earlier research which found that not only do children with Tourette's syndrome show "enhanced cognitive control over their motor outputs," but that "the degree of their enhancement is inversely related to tic severity." That is, it seems that a person could be trained -- could even train her or himself -- to have better control over motor and vocal tics.
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