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. 2004 Nov;19(7):441-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2004.06.016.

Object alternation test--is it sensitive enough to detect cognitive dysfunction in obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Anne Katrin Kuelz  1 , Dieter Riemann, Roland Zahn, Ulrich Voderholzer
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Object alternation test--is it sensitive enough to detect cognitive dysfunction in obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Anne Katrin Kuelz et al. Eur Psychiatry. 2004 Nov.

Abstract

A computerized version of the object alternation test (OAT) was employed in unmedicated obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients and matched healthy controls. OCD patients performed normally on the OAT but scored below controls on a task assessing visuo-spatial working memory. The results challenge the concept of the OAT as a sensitive instrument for orbitofrontal dysfunction in OCD.

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