Break in volition: A virtual reality study in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 443-449

  Cipresso, Pietro ^a   La Paglia, Filippo ^b   La Cascia, Caterina ^b   Riva, Giuseppe ^a,c   Albani, Giovanni ^a   La Barbera, Daniele ^b  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Break in volition; Cognitive assessment; Disorders of volition; Executive functions; Multiple Errands Test; Obsessive compulsive disorders; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY; HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VOLITION;

EID: 84892832294     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3471-y     Document Type: Article

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