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Further Observations of Evoked Potentials in Obsessional Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

H. R. Beech ,
K. T. Ciesielski  and
P. K. Gordon
H. R. Beech
Affiliation:
Withington Hospital, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR
K. T. Ciesielski
Affiliation:
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
P. K. Gordon
Affiliation:
Withington Hospital, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR
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Summary

This study was designed to replicate and extend earlier findings. Evoked potentials (EP) were recorded, using a task of varying complexity involving shape discrimination, with matched groups of obsessional and normal subjects. Results confirmed previous findings that obsessional patients are characterised by reduced amplitudes and decreased latencies of late EP components; divergencies between the groups were more marked for tasks of increased complexity.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 142 , Issue 6 , June 1983 , pp. 605 - 609
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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