We get the point, but the movie goes on and on, using repetition to comment on repetitive behavior.
Animals whose mothers received "autistic" antibodies displayed repetitive behavior.
Subject A exhibited troubling repetitive behavior, turning to look at the cage door every few seconds.
He engaged in this repetitive behavior until he was 26, always with his mother's garments first and foremost.
Family members have said Carman has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism that can be characterized by social awkwardness and repetitive behavior.
Thimerosal fell under suspicion because the first symptoms of autism -- introversion, unresponsiveness and repetitive behavior -- often appear in the same years that children get most of their shots.
But the drugs are prescribed not for autism itself but for behavior problems that often accompany it: self-injury, hyperactivity, aggression, tantrums, anxiety and repetitive behavior.
"Stress and anxiety, as well as physical trauma and illness, can trigger repetitive behavior that then takes on a life of its own," Dr. Ginns said.
He seems, in part, to have written this book out of a fascination with the enduring human puzzle of repetitive behavior.
In one chapter about the repetitive behavior and thought-process "ruts" that are common among autistic people, she saw her own difficulty climbing out of her black moods.
She ignored the knocks on the door, and sometimes redrew the same picture 10 times — a repetitive behavior typical of Asperger's.
