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* Primary cerebral malignant lymphoma (see [[Primary central nervous system lymphoma]])

* [[ADHD]]

**Children with ADHD were found to display significantly higher utilization behavior compared to children of a control group.<ref name="Archibald"/> ADHD is associated with frontal lobe abnormalities and with the knowledge that UB involves the frontal lobe, researchers have started to form a connection between the two. In two studies, mentioned by Fontenelle when talking about "short-circuit movement," utilization behavior was experienced by ADHD persons. Boys with ADHD demonstrated utilization behavior more so than the boys of a control group (without ADHD)<ref>Fontenelle, L., Mendlowicz, M. (2008). The Wernicke–Kleist–Leonhard ‘‘short-circuiting’’: A missing link between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Tourette syndrome, and obsessive–compulsive disorder? Medical Hypotheses, 71, 418–425.</ref> and Archibald et al. found that those with ADHD exhibited UB that was more common with those objects familiar and in the field of view of the patient.<ref name="Archibald"/>

==Related disorders==