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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Break in volition: a virtual reality study in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Pietro CipressoLa Paglia FilippoPaglia F LLa Cascia CaterinaCascia C LRiva GiuseppeAlbani GiovanniLa Barbera Danielesubject
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 psychologydescription
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 ecological validity respect to a classic neuropsychological battery, allowed us to take into account deficits of volition and the relative dysexecutive functions associated with OCD patients. The proposed paradigm also allows the development of innovative prototypes of coevolving technologies based on new theories and models and deeper understanding of human behavior.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-03-28 | Experimental brain research |