title: Obsessive compulsive disorder, checking, and non-verbal memory: a neuropsychological investigation.
abstract: There is considerable evidence in the literature for the presence of non-verbal and praxic memory deficits in OCD. Such deficits may represent the cognitive substrate of doubt-related phenomenon such as checking. Neuropsychological tests of non-verbal memory functioning and memory for actions were administered to patients with OCD (whose predominant symptom was checking) and a group of matched healthy controls. Significant differences were found between the experimental and control groups, suggesting some memory impairment in the OCD group; however, no significant relationship was found linking neuropsychological test indices with checking. Significant relationships were found linking recognition memory problems and immediate memory for actions with general symptom severity.
authors.affiliation: Charter Nightingale Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tallis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pratt
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jamani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001288:Attention; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D009048:Motor Skills; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D012691:Serial Learning