A striking observation in obsessive-compulsive disorder is that patients know that their obsessions and compulsions are excessive, but their symptoms nevertheless persist. Drawing on computational models from basic neuroscience, Vaghi and colleagues (2017) suggest a quantitative account of this clinical finding.
Journal article
Neuron
11/10/2017
96
250 - 252
Compulsive Behavior, Humans, Obsessive Behavior, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Uncertainty