Tubío Fungueiriño M, Fernández Prieto M, Carvalho S, Leite J, Carracedo Á, Gonçalves ÓF. Executive impairments in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A systematic review with emotional and non-emotional paradigms.
Psicothema 2020;
32:24-32. [PMID:
31954412 DOI:
10.7334/psicothema2019.187]
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Abstract
Precedent: Impairments in executive functioning may be associated with compulsive symptoms in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of cognitive flexibility, inhibitory control and working memory in OCD patients, using emotional and non-emotional paradigms.
METHOD
we reviewed research published in PubMed, Web of Science, PsychInfo, Scopus, Scielo, and ProQuest Psychology databases, from January 2008 to April 2019. The review followed a two-stage process. In the first stage, we selected only studies using neutral stimuli paradigms, while in the second we selected executive-emotional paradigms.
RESULTS
The first stage of the review provided 16 final results, while the second stage, with emotional stimuli, provided 3 results.
CONCLUSIONS
There is some initial evidence for the existence of executive impairments in OCD, as expressed in the performance and/or processing of working memory inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility. There is also initial evidence that these latter two could be modulated by the presentation or mental representation of negative valence stimuli or images, as well as the presence of aversive contingencies.
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