Does "thinking about thinking" interfere with memory? An experimental memory study in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 679-686

  Weber, Friederike ^a   Hauke, Walter ^c   Jahn, Ina ^b   Stengler, Katarina ^b   Himmerich, Hubertus ^b   Zaudig, Michael ^c   Exner, Cornelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c Psychosomatic Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive self consciousness; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Proactive interference; Verbal memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE SELF CONSCIOUSNESS CONDITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; EXTERNAL DUAL TASK CONDITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SINGLE TASK CONDITION; THINKING; VERBAL MEMORY;

COGNITIVE SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PROACTIVE INTERFERENCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SELF CONCEPT; THINKING;

EID: 84905898792     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.07.009     Document Type: Article

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