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It considers the common features and differences.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Method: Material from psychiatric, biological, sociological, anthropological and religious studies literature is reviewed and discussed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Results: The term \u2018ritual\u2019 describes a wide variety of phenomena. These include the rituals of OCD and range from relatively simple animal signals to profoundly meaningful human behaviour. A common feature is stereotyped physical activity which conveys information. Some clinical, developmental, evolutionary and religioud historical evidence suggests that stereotyped motor behaviour may be the primary phenomenon.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Conclusions: The study of ritual in all its manifestations provides insight into the basis of important human behaviours. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a likely paradigm for this study. 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