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Ocd: The Effects Of Doubt On Memory Confidence, Amber Raisner
Ocd: The Effects Of Doubt On Memory Confidence, Amber Raisner
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Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder that affects 1% of
the United States population, and is categorized by both obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors. The most prevalent compulsive behavior is checking, which is an attempt to mitigate anxiety about a situation the person believes will be harmful if not addressed. Previous studies suggest a negative correlation between checking and metamemory (memory confidence, vividness and detail); however, there has been limited research on the effects of doubt, one of the main causes of checking behaviors, on metamemory. The current study used an online stove-checking task, first used by van …