Testing the boundaries of computerized cognitive control training on symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 587-594

  Calkins, Amanda W ^a   Otto, Michael W ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Computerized training; Depression; Executive function; OCD

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE CONTROL TRAINING; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL TASK; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERIPHERAL VISION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RESPONSE TIME; SELF REPORT; THINKING; TRAINING;

EID: 84878019573     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-012-9496-x     Document Type: Article

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