When cancer is associated with illness but no longer with animal or zodiac sign: Investigation of biased semantic networks in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1031-1036

  Jelinek, Lena ^a   Hottenrott, Birgit ^a   Moritz, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interpretation bias; OCD; Semantic network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEMANTICS; SICK ROLE; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349771797     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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