Obsessional Cognition: Performance on Two Numerical Tasks
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 130 (2) , 184-185
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.130.2.184
Abstract
Summary: It is argued that obsessional indecision reflects a formal cognitive characteristic, and should therefore be detectable in slower performance of insignificant, neutral tasks. The obsessional will not be handicapped in structured tasks requiring concentration and a deductive approach, but he will be slower in less structured tasks requiring a predominantly inductive approach. Results from two neutral (numerical) tasks support the predictions.Keywords
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- Decision Processes and Obsessional BehaviourBritish Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 1971