A neuropsychological comparison of obsessive-compulsive disorder and trichotillomania

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 654-662

  Chamberlain, Samuel R ^a,b,d   Fineberg, Naomi A ^a,b,c   Blackwell, Andrew D ^a,b,d   Clark, Luke ^d   Robbins, Trevor W ^d   Sahakian, Barbara J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Compulsive; Fronto striatal; Impulsive; Obsessive; Spectrum; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PLANNING; THINKING; TRICHOTILLOMANIA; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; STATISTICS; TRICHOTILLOMANIA; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33845735000     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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