Threat processing in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Evidence from a modified negative priming task

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 728-736

  Amir, Nader ^a   Cobb, Michelle ^b   Morrison, Amanda S ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Idiographic; Learning; Negative priming; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEGATIVE PRIMING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THREAT; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 43249087429     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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