Obsessive-compulsive disorder patients have a reduced sense of control on the illusion of control task

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Gillan, Claire M ^a,b   Morein Zamir, Sharon ^b,c   Durieux, Alice M S ^c,d   Fineberg, Naomi A ^e,f   Sahakian, Barbara J ^b,c   Robbins, Trevor W ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH II HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Compulsivity; Control; Illusion of control; OCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897929845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00204     Document Type: Article

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