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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Decision Making and Cognitive Behavioral Flexibility in a OCD Sample: a Study in a Virtual Environment

Filippo La PagliaLa Cascia CRizzo RRiva GLa Barbera D

subject

Ecologically validObsessive Compulsive Disorder; Decision Making; Cognitive Behavioral Flexibility Virtual Multiple Errands Test; Neuropsychological AssessmentObsessive Compulsive DisorderObsessive-Compulsive Disorder decision making cognitive behavioral flexibility Virtual Multiple Errands Test neuropsychological assessment  Cognitive Behavioral FlexibilityDecision MakingSettore M-PSI/03 - PsicometriaVirtual RealitySettore M-PSI/08 - PSICOLOGIA CLINICAExecutive FunctionDecision Making Cognitive Behavioral Flexibility Virtual Reality Obsessive Compulsive DisorderObsessive-Compulsive Disorder; decision making; cognitive behavioral flexibility; Virtual Multiple Errands Test; neuropsychological assessmentSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaBrain InjurieSettore MED/48 -Scienze Infermierist. e Tecn. Neuro-Psichiatriche e Riabilitat.Settore M-PSI/01 - PSICOLOGIA GENERALESettore MED/25 - Psichiatria

description

Neuropsychological disorders are common in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) patients. Executive functions, verbal fluency and verbal memory, shifting attention from one aspect of stimuli to others, mental flexibility, engaging in executive planning and decision making, are the most involved cognitive domains. We focus on two aspects of neuropsychological function: decision making and cognitive behavioral flexibility, assessed through a virtual version of the Multiple Errand Test (V-MET), developed using the NeuroVR software.Thirty OCD patients were compared with thirty matched control subjects. The results showed the presence of difficulties in OCD patients with tasks where the goal is not clear, the information is incomplete or the parameters are ill-defined.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2015-01-01
http://hdl.handle.net/10807/75558