Can you easily form mental pictures from the descriptions of scenery that are so frequently met with in novels and books of travel? More than 100 years ago Francis Galton [1] sent out a list of questions, including this one, to gather statistics on the character of mental imagery. Many people reported vivid mental imagery, but not the scientists on his list. “To my astonishment”, Galton reporte...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Prior research has indicated a number of neuropsychological deficits in patients with OCD consistent with the cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical model of the disorder. Response inhibition (RI), defined as the inability to inhibit a prepotent response, has been identified as a possible candidate endophenotype for OCD. However, the results from previous studies of RI in OC...

Introduction Obsessive compulsive symptoms may occur at any age. It was studied extensively in the youth contratry to elderly that usually suffer for other health issues leading misdiagnosis. Objectives We aim through this study discover particularities of OCD . Methods Our literature review based on PubMed interface and adapted 2 databases: Science Direct Google Scholar using following combina...

Abstract Background Hoarding disorder (HD) affects approximately 2.5% of the general population, leads to significant distress and impairment, is notoriously difficult treat. The crux developing effective treatments for HD our ability reliably validly measure relevant constructs in better understand its presentation and, subsequently, formulate appropriate interventions. Methods We identified m...

Individual differences in obsessive-compulsive (OC) behavior in various cultures appear to be associated with religiosity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of religion in OC symptoms and cognitions in distinctly low and high religious groups from a normal community sample of 119 Iranian Muslims. Specifically, we compared the two groups on OC cognitions and symptoms, and we exa...

Despite the prevalence of problematic Internet pornography viewing and the breadth of intervention approaches to potentially address it, no studies to address this problem have been reported to date. An emerging treatment approach, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), holds promise as a treatment for Internet pornography viewing because of its focus on processes hypothesized to underlie thi...