Involuntary social cue integration in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder

摘要: Abstract Objective Patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) have inferior social functioning compared to healthy controls, but the exact nature of these deficits, and underpinning mechanisms, are unknown. We sought investigate in patients OCD by measuring their involuntary/spontaneous processing cues using a specifically designed test, which might reveal deficits that explicit voluntary tasks do not detect. Methods The sample study consisted an group (n = 25) control (n = 26). Both groups performed adaptation Social Distance Judgment Task (SDJT; Jellema et al., 2009), participants judge geometrical distance between two human cartoon figures presented on computer screen. Head/gaze direction body were manipulated be either compatible, i.e. both directed left or right (Compatible condition) incompatible, toward observer (frontal view) head/gaze (Incompatible condition). Results In Compatible condition, controls nor influenced judgments distances. However, Incompatible where attentional cue was more conspicuous, cues, significantly larger extent than patients. Conclusions This showed less likely, automatically/spontaneously integrate other’s attention into visual percept. may resulted distances agents accurate those controls. suggested impairment automatically integrating important repercussions for