Reversal learning as a neuropsychological indicator for the neuropathology of obsessive compulsive disorder? A behavioral study

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 210-218

  Valerius, Gabriele ^a   Lumpp, Anne ^b   Kuelz, Anne Katrin ^b   Freyer, Tobias ^b   Voderholzer, Ulrich ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; REACTION TIME; REVERSAL LEARNING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 85047685458     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2008.20.2.210     Document Type: Article

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