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8691193

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-8-29
pubmed:abstractText
Previous research suggests that compulsive checking is associated with a deficit in memory for actions. In addition, evidence indicates frontal lobe involvement in both obsessive-compulsive disorder and in the monitoring of self-ordered actions. We examined the relationship between compulsive checking and performance on tests putatively related to frontal and temporal lobe memory functions. Subjects consisted of two groups of 14 university students identified as checkers or noncheckers according to the checking subscale of the Maudsley Obsessional-Compulsive Inventory. Checkers demonstrated significantly poorer ability to monitor their responses on the frontal task and a trend toward better long-term visuospatial memory. When the effect of trait anxiety was controlled for, the frontal effect was reduced to a trend, but the visuospatial memory advantage was enhanced. Although both a frontal deficit and enhanced long-term visuospatial memory may contribute to compulsive checking, trait anxiety seems to play a moderating role.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-3018
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
184
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
411-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Performance of subclinical compulsive checkers on putative tests of frontal and temporal lobe memory functions.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Human Neurophysiology and Neuropsychology, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't