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Object alternation test—is it sensitive enough to detect cognitive dysfunction in obsessive–compulsive disorder?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

Anne Katrin Kuelz,
Dieter Riemann,
Roland Zahn and
Ulrich Voderholzer
Anne Katrin Kuelz
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Dieter Riemann
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Roland Zahn
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Ulrich Voderholzer*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
*
*Corresponding author. Present address: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum of the Albert-Ludwig-University, Hauptstrasse 5, 79104 Freiburg, Germany. Email addresses:Ulrich_Voderholzer@psyallg.ukl.uni-freiburg.de
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Abstract

A computerized version of the object alternation test (OAT) was employed in unmedicated obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) patients and matched healthy controls. OCD patients performed normally on the OAT but scored below controls on a task assessing visuo-spatial working memory. The results challenge the concept of the OAT as a sensitive instrument for orbitofrontal dysfunction in OCD.

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OrbitofrontalSet shifting tasksObsessive–compulsive disorderNeuropsychological testsCognitive performanceMemory

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European Psychiatry , Volume 19 , Issue 7 , November 2004, pp. 441 - 443
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2004

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