Attentional processing of emotional information in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 635-642

  Unoki, Keiko ^a   Kasuga, Takashi ^a   Matsushima, Eisuke ^b   Ohta, Katsuya ^b  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attention; Automatic processing; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Stroop color naming test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; OBSESSION; THREAT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0032731516     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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