title: Obsessional cognition: performance on two numerical tasks.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D003193:Compulsive Personality Disorder; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders; D011581:Psychological Tests; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis