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La Paglia Filippo

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Break in volition: a virtual reality study in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

2013

Research in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) produced inconsistent results in demonstrating an association between patients’ symptom severity and their cognitive impairments. The process involved in volition aspects of behavioral syndromes can be extensively analyzed using specific tests developed in virtual environments, more suitable to manipulate rules and possible breaks of the normal task execution with different, confusing or stopping instructions. The study involved thirty participants (15 OCD patients and 15 controls) during task execution and the relative interferences. At this purpose, the virtual version of Multiple Errands Test was used. Virtual reality setting, with a higher…

AdultVolitionObsessive-Compulsive DisorderEcological validityvirtual reality; obsessive compulsive disordersSettore M-PSI/08 - PSICOLOGIA CLINICAVirtual realityNeuropsychological Testsobsessive compulsive disordersTask (project management)Developmental psychologyObsessive-compulsive disorders Virtual reality Multiple Errands test Cognitive assessment Executive functions Disorders of volition Break in volitionBehavioral syndromeExecutive FunctionVolition (linguistics)Task Performance and AnalysisSettore MED/48 -Scienze Infermierist. e Tecn. Neuro-Psichiatriche e Riabilitat.Settore M-PSI/01 - PSICOLOGIA GENERALEHumansAttentionAssociation (psychology)Settore MED/25 - PsichiatriaSettore M-PSI/02 - Psicobiologia E Psicologia FisiologicaGeneral NeuroscienceSettore M-PSI/03 - PsicometriaCognitionMiddle AgedExecutive functionsvirtual realityPsychologyCognitive psychologyExperimental brain research
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