Performance monitoring in obsessive–compulsive undergraduates: Effects of task difficulty

• Published in: Brain and cognition Vol. 98; pp. 35 - 42
• Main Authors: Riesel, Anja, Richter, Anika, Kaufmann, Christian, Kathmann, Norbert, Endrass, Tanja
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Cerebral Cortex - physiology; CRN; Difficulty; Electroencephalography - methods; ERN; Evoked Potentials - physiology; Executive Function - physiology; Female; Humans; Male; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - physiopathology; Obsessive–compulsive symptoms; Performance monitoring; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Task characteristics; Young Adult; ERN; Obsessive–compulsive symptoms; Task characteristics; Performance monitoring; Difficulty; CRN

•A RDC task with three difficulty levels was used to assess ERN and CRN.•The high and low OC groups did not differ in ERN and CRN regardless of difficulty.•ERN decreased with increasing difficulty whereas CRN did not vary with difficulty.•More difficult tasks may not elicit overactive performance mo...