Obsessive-compulsive tendencies may be associated with attenuated access to internal states: Evidence from a biofeedback-aided muscle tensing task

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1401-1409

  Lazarov, Amit ^a   Dar, Reuven ^a   Liberman, Nira ^a   Oded, Yuval ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Checking; Doubt; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL STATE; MALE; MUSCLE TENSING TASK; MUSCLE TONE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE TONUS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865393072     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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