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Evidence for an attentional bias for washing- and checking-relevant stimuli in obsessive-compulsive disorder. / Moritz, Steffen; Adrian, Von Mühlenen; Randjbar, Sarah; Fricke, Susanne; Jelinek, Lena.

In: J INT NEUROPSYCH SOC, Vol. 15, No. 3, 3, 2009, p. 365-371.

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Moritz, S, Adrian, VM, Randjbar, S, Fricke, S & Jelinek, L 2009, 'Evidence for an attentional bias for washing- and checking-relevant stimuli in obsessive-compulsive disorder.', J INT NEUROPSYCH SOC, vol. 15, no. 3, 3, pp. 365-371. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19402922?dopt=Citation>

APA

Moritz, S., Adrian, V. M., Randjbar, S., Fricke, S., & Jelinek, L. (2009). Evidence for an attentional bias for washing- and checking-relevant stimuli in obsessive-compulsive disorder. J INT NEUROPSYCH SOC, 15(3), 365-371. [3]. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19402922?dopt=Citation

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Moritz S, Adrian VM, Randjbar S, Fricke S, Jelinek L. Evidence for an attentional bias for washing- and checking-relevant stimuli in obsessive-compulsive disorder. J INT NEUROPSYCH SOC. 2009;15(3):365-371. 3.

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title = "Evidence for an attentional bias for washing- and checking-relevant stimuli in obsessive-compulsive disorder.",
abstract = "There is equivocal evidence whether or not patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) share an attentional bias for concern-related material and if so, whether this reflects hypervigilance towards or problems to disengage from disorder-related material. In a recent study, we failed to detect an attentional bias in OCD patients using an emotional variant of the inhibition of return (IOR) paradigm containing OCD-relevant and neutral words. We reinvestigated the research question with a more stringent design that addressed potential moderators. A new IOR paradigm was set up using visual stimuli. Forty-two OCD patients and 31 healthy controls were presented with neutral (e.g., cup), anxiety-relevant (e.g., shark), checking-relevant (e.g., broken door), and washing-relevant (e.g., dirty toilet) cue pictures at one of two possible locations. Following a short or long interval sensitive to automatic versus controlled processes, a simple target stimulus appeared at either the cued or the uncued location. OCD patients responded significantly slower to targets that were preceded by an OCD-relevant cue. Results lend support to the claim that OCD patients share a processing abnormality for concern-related visual material.",
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T1 - Evidence for an attentional bias for washing- and checking-relevant stimuli in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

AU - Moritz, Steffen

AU - Adrian, Von Mühlenen

AU - Randjbar, Sarah

AU - Fricke, Susanne

AU - Jelinek, Lena

PY - 2009

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N2 - There is equivocal evidence whether or not patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) share an attentional bias for concern-related material and if so, whether this reflects hypervigilance towards or problems to disengage from disorder-related material. In a recent study, we failed to detect an attentional bias in OCD patients using an emotional variant of the inhibition of return (IOR) paradigm containing OCD-relevant and neutral words. We reinvestigated the research question with a more stringent design that addressed potential moderators. A new IOR paradigm was set up using visual stimuli. Forty-two OCD patients and 31 healthy controls were presented with neutral (e.g., cup), anxiety-relevant (e.g., shark), checking-relevant (e.g., broken door), and washing-relevant (e.g., dirty toilet) cue pictures at one of two possible locations. Following a short or long interval sensitive to automatic versus controlled processes, a simple target stimulus appeared at either the cued or the uncued location. OCD patients responded significantly slower to targets that were preceded by an OCD-relevant cue. Results lend support to the claim that OCD patients share a processing abnormality for concern-related visual material.

AB - There is equivocal evidence whether or not patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) share an attentional bias for concern-related material and if so, whether this reflects hypervigilance towards or problems to disengage from disorder-related material. In a recent study, we failed to detect an attentional bias in OCD patients using an emotional variant of the inhibition of return (IOR) paradigm containing OCD-relevant and neutral words. We reinvestigated the research question with a more stringent design that addressed potential moderators. A new IOR paradigm was set up using visual stimuli. Forty-two OCD patients and 31 healthy controls were presented with neutral (e.g., cup), anxiety-relevant (e.g., shark), checking-relevant (e.g., broken door), and washing-relevant (e.g., dirty toilet) cue pictures at one of two possible locations. Following a short or long interval sensitive to automatic versus controlled processes, a simple target stimulus appeared at either the cued or the uncued location. OCD patients responded significantly slower to targets that were preceded by an OCD-relevant cue. Results lend support to the claim that OCD patients share a processing abnormality for concern-related visual material.

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