Object alternation test - Is it sensitive enough to detect cognitive dysfunction in obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Anne Katrin Kuelz; Dieter Riemann; Roland Zahn; Ulrich Voderholzer

doi:10.1016/j.eurpsy.2004.06.016

Object alternation test - Is it sensitive enough to detect cognitive dysfunction in obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Anne Katrin Kuelz, Dieter Riemann, Roland Zahn, Ulrich Voderholzer

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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. © 2004 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	441-443
Number of pages	2
Journal	European Psychiatry
Volume	19
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2004.06.016
Publication status	Published - Nov 2004

Keywords

Cognitive performance
Memory
Neuropsychological tests
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Orbitofrontal
Set shifting tasks

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