Recall and recognition memory in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
This study examined recall and recognition memory in 20 nonmedicated patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and 20 matched control subjects. As hypothesized, OCD subjects showed abnormalities affecting delayed recall of nonverbal information but showed normal recognition. These results are interpreted as providing preliminary evidence of a nonverbal memory retrieval deficit consistent with proposed corticostriatal system dysfunction in OCD.
Savage
C R
CR
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129-2060, USA. savage@psych.mgh.harvard.edu
Keuthen
N J
NJ
Jenike
M A
MA
Brown
H D
HD
Baer
L
L
Kendrick
A D
AD
Miguel
E C
EC
Rauch
S L
SL
Albert
M S
MS
D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D014705:Verbal Behavior