False beliefs maintenance for fear-related information in obsessive-compulsive disorder: An investigation with the hindsight paradigm

Neuropsychology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 737-742

  Moritz, Steffen ^a   Pohl, Rüdiger F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

False beliefs maintenance; Hindsight bias; Memory; Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD); Overestimation of threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER;

EID: 33751002059     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.20.6.737     Document Type: Article

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