Larger than life: Overestimation of object size is moderated by personal relevance in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 481-487

  Moritz, Steffen ^a   Alpers, Georg W ^b   Schilling, Lisa ^a   Jelinek, Lena ^a   Brooks, Amanda ^a   Willenborg, Bastian ^c   Nagel, Matthias ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive bias; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Overestimation of threat; Perceptual bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBJECT RELATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ONLINE ANALYSIS; OVERESTIMATION OF THREAT; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THREAT;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 79957843113     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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