APS

2024 APS Annual Convention

Cognitive Vulnerabilities in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Expectations, Estimations, and Uncertainty

Sunday, May 26, 2024 · San Francisco, CA

Oral · Cognitive

This symposium will discuss research addressing the cognitive vulnerabilities that contribute to the etiology and maintenance of OCD through four innovative presentations, focusing on information-seeking and decision-making processes; estimation of responsibility; neural underpinnings of cognitive biases; and uncertainty with regard to internal states.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Shaan McGhieChair

Presentations

  1. Reduced Access to Emotions in Obsessive-Compulsive DisorderShaan McGhie
  2. People with OCD Tendencies Prefer to Rely on Objective Information Rather Than Subjective Judgment, Even in Neutral Decision-Making SettingsShachar Ruppin
  3. "I Am Responsible for Preventing Harm and I Believe I Can Do It": Joint Roles of Overestimation of Responsibility and Self-Efficacy in Predicting OCD Symptom Severity and Treatment OutcomesJunjia (Judy) Xu
  4. Modifying Expectancy Violation in Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: An Event-Related PotentialNader Amir