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Emily Hemendinger: Executive functioning, and decision making in OCD (#387)

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The Importance of Executive Functioning in OCD

OCD is like the doubting disorder and part of that is because there's difficulty with working memory. People with OCD might struggle with procrastination, whether that's due to perfectionism, stuckness, or leaving things unfinished. They might have some cognitive deficits on visual memory tasks. And then ultimately a lot of difficulty with making decisions or being indecisive.

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