Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder are impaired in associative learning based on external feedback

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1519-1526

  Nielen, M M ^a   Den Boer, J A ^b   Smid, H G O M ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

External feedback; Learning; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RESPONSE TIME; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69549102887     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709005297     Document Type: Article

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