Memory and attention in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A review

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-28

  Muller, Jeffrey ^a   Roberts, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive inhibition; OCD; Visual stimuli

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; RECALL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; VERBALIZATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 5644228616     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2003.12.001     Document Type: Review

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