Example Sentences

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RJ, like many autistic people, engages in self-stimulation that can include facial and extremity tics, flapping and sudden movements.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2023

Why does the self-stimulation of dopamine neurons lead to compulsive behaviour in only a subset of individuals?

From Nature • Dec. 18, 2018

A common form of self-stimulation is repetitive behavior, such as hand flapping or rocking.

From Washington Post • May 12, 2017

Infants who lack external stimulation often resort to self-stimulation.

From Washington Post • May 12, 2017

Habitually brave and fearless though Livingstone was, it was not without frequent self-stimulation, and acts of faith in unseen truth, that the peace of his mind was maintained.

From The Personal Life of David Livingstone by Blaikie, William Garden