Paradoxical effects of compulsive perseveration: Sentence repetition causes semantic uncertainty

Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-38

  Giele, Catharina L ^a   van den Hout, Marcel A ^a   Engelhard, Iris M ^a   Dek, Eliane C P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dissociation; OCD; Perseveration; Semantic satiation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MENTAL DISSOCIATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSEVERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890392337     PISSN: 22113649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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