Emotional interference in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A neuropsychological study using optimized emotional Stroop test

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 180, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 99-104

  Rao, Naren Prahlada ^a   Arasappa, Rashmi ^a   Reddy, Nalini Narayana ^a   Venkatasubramanian, Ganesan ^a   Reddy, Y C Janardhan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Emotion; Neuropsychology; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR STROOP TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONAL STROOP TEST; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REACTION TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; STROOP TEST; VOCABULARY; WATCHFUL WAITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650259573     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.10.017     Document Type: Article

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