Executive impairments in Obsessive Compulsive DisorderA systematic review with emotional and non-emotional paradigms

  1. María Tubío Fungueiriño 1
  2. Montse Fernández Prieto 2
  3. Sandra Carvalho 3
  4. Jorge Leite 4
  5. Ángel Carracedo 5
  6. Óscar F. Gonçalves 3
  1. 1 Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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    Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela, España

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  2. 2 Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago (IDIS)
  3. 3 University of Minho (Portugal)
  4. 4 Universidade Portucalense (Portugal)
  5. 5 Fundación Pública Galega de Medicina Xenómica (FPGMX)
Revista:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915 1886-144X

Ano de publicación: 2020

Volume: 32

Número: 1

Páxinas: 24-32

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.7334/PSICOTHEMA2019.187 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso aberto editor

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Resumo

Precedent: Impairments in executive functioning may be associated with compulsive symptoms in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of cognitive flexibility, inhibitory control and working memory in OCD patients, using emotional and non-emotional paradigms. Method: we reviewed research published in PubMed, Web of Science, PsychInfo, Scopus, Scielo, and ProQuest Psychology databases, from January 2008 to April 2019. The review followed a two-stage process. In the first stage, we selected only studies using neutral stimuli paradigms, while in the second we selected executive-emotional paradigms. Results: The first stage of the review provided 16 final results, while the second stage, with emotional stimuli, provided 3 results. Conclusions: There is some initial evidence for the existence of executive impairments in OCD, as expressed in the performance and/or processing of working memory inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility. There is also initial evidence that these latter two could be modulated by the presentation or mental representation of negative valence stimuli or images, as well as the presence of aversive contingencies

Información de financiamento

M.T.F. acknowledges Xunta de Galicia-GAIN for the Principia research grant. This work was supported by Fundación María José Jove. O.F.G and S.C. were supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and the Portuguese Ministry of Science, through national funds and co-financed by FEDER through COMPETE2020 under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007653) and along with J.L. were also funded through the grants: P2020-PTDC/MHC; PCN/3950/2014; PTDC/ PSI-ESP/30280/2017 and PTDC/PSI-ESP/29701/2017), S.C. was also funded by the individual grant IF/00091/2015.

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