Tag: negative priming
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WHAT EXPLAINS THE PRESENCE OF OBSESSIONS IN OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD)?
Negative priming is a cognitive paradigm used in clinical research to study response inhibition and cognitive flexibility. It refers to a phenomenon where there is a delay in response or an increase in errors when individuals are asked to respond to an item that they were previously instructed to ignore. This delay is attributed to…
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WHAT TRIGGERS OBSESSIVE THOUGHTS IN OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER?
Negative priming is a cognitive paradigm (i.e., model) used in clinical research to refer to a delay in response or an increase in errors when responding to an item that was previously ignored. The set up is as follows; in a first trial (called control condition), you are asked to ignore the word “red” and…