Background: Patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) employ ritualistic
behaviours to reduce or even neutralize the anxiety provoked by their obsessions. The …

Background The risk preference during decision-making and the neural substrates involved
in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) remained unclear. The current study …

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder featuring obsessions (intrusive
thoughts) and compulsions (repetitive behaviors performed in the context of rigid rituals) …

During the past 30 years, experimental psychopathologists have conducted many studies
aiming to elucidate the cognitive abnormalities that may figure in the etiology and …

An experiment examined decision-making processes among nonclinical participants with
low or high levels of OCD symptomatology (N= 303). To better simulate the decision …

Obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD) is often associated with pathological uncertainty
regarding whether an action has been performed correctly or whether a bad outcome will …

Background Deficits in decision-making have been suggested as a key concept in
understanding the symptoms of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). However, evidence …

Introduction Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) patients show abnormalities in decision-
making and, clinically, appear to show heightened sensitivity to potential negative outcomes …

Current approaches to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have suggested that
neurobiological abnormalities play a crucial role in the etiology and course of this psychiatric …

Patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) often show deficits in everyday decision-
making, a phenomenon which is leading to a growing research interest in …