Induction of compulsive-like washing by blocking the feeling of knowing: an experimental test of the security-motivation hypothesis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

BACKGROUND: H. Szechtman and E. Woody (2004) hypothesized that obsessive-compulsive disorder results from a deficit in the feeling of knowing that normally terminates thoughts or actions elicited by security motivation. To test the plausibility of this proposed mechanism, an experiment was conducted...

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Autores principales: Woody, Erik Z, Lewis, Victoria, Snider, Lisa, Grant, Hilary, Kamath, Markad, Szechtman, Henry
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1199578/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16045798
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-9081-1-11

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