Phan Luu, Don M Tucker, Roy Stripling
Neural mechanisms for learning actions in context
Brain research
current article represents validation construct inferential confusion amongst clinical samples inferential confusion proposed metacognitive confusion particularly relevant obsessive compulsive disorder ocd leads person confuse imagined possibility actual probability conceptualizes ocd form belief disorder similar delusion overvalued idea product distorted reasoning processes contrast cognitive models ocd emphasize phobic model development ocd thus consider exaggerated interpretation intrusions essential element ocd present study administered revised version inferential confusion questionnaire obsessive belief questionnaire obq total 183 participants three clinical groups nonclinical control group results suggest ocd least part follows nonphobic model development inferential confusion significantly related obsessivecompulsive symptoms independently cognitive domains measured obq mood states scores inferential confusion particularly high ocd delusional disorder compared anxious nonclinical controls