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Associations of neural error‐processing with symptoms and traits in a dimensional sample recruited across the obsessive–compulsive spectrum

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Riesel, Anja, Härpfer, Kai, Thoma, Lars, Kathmann, Norbert, Klawohn, Julia·2023·Psychophysiology
DOI 10.1111/psyp.14164
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The error‐related negativity (ERN), a neural response to errors, has been associated with several forms of psychopathology and assumed to represent a neural risk marker for obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety disorders. Yet, it is still unknown which specific symptoms or traits best explain ERN variation. This study investigated performance‐monitoring in participants (N = 100) recruited across a spectrum of obsessive–compulsive characteristics (n = 26 patients with OCD; n = 74 healthy participants including n = 24 with low, n = 24 with medium, and n = 26 with high OC‐characteristics). Several compulsivity‐ and anxiety‐associated characteristics were assessed and submitted to exploratory principal axis factor analysis. Associations of raw measures and derived factors with ERN and correct‐related negativity (CRN) were examined. Patients with OCD showed increased ERN amplitudes compared to healthy participants. The ERN was associated with a variety of traits related to anxiety and negative affect. Factor analysis results revealed a most prominent association of the ERN with a composite measure of anxiety and neuroticism, whereas the CRN was specifically associated with compulsivity. Results support differential associations for the ERN and CRN and demonstrate that a dimensional recruitment approach and use of composite measures can improve our understanding of characteristics underlying variation in neural performance monitoring.

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  • Recent studies have shown that the CRN evoked by correct responses is also increased in OCD patients.

    “Recent studies have shown that the CRN evoked by correct responses is also increased in OCD patients [23, 24]”

    From Error-Related Brain Potentials as Biomarkers of Pathology Severity and Treatment Resistance in Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (2026) · cites this paper as [24]

    The Discussion reports that amplified monitoring after correct responses had previously been observed in OCD. However, this study’s Group comparisons section found that patients with OCD did not differ from healthy participants in CRN amplitude (p = .41), so its own patient–control result does not show the claimed increase. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Riesel, A., Härpfer, K., Thoma, L., Kathmann, N., & Klawohn, J.
Affiliations
  • Universität Hamburg (DE)
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
Corresponding author
Klawohn, Julia
ORCID
Venue
Psychophysiology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2022-08-28
Volume
60
Issue
2
Pages
e14164-e14164
ISSN
  • 0048-5772 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-8986
DOI
10.1111/psyp.14164
OpenAlex
W4293399638
Cited by
15
References
95
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 2
FWCI
2.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Psychophysiology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • edoc Publication server (Humboldt University of Berlin) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • edoc Publication server (Humboldt University of Berlin) (cc-by)
Funders
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (KA 815/7‐1)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
error-related negativity, performance monitoring, obsessive-compulsive spectrum, obsessive-compulsive disorder, compulsivity, anxiety, neuroticism, negative affect, composite measures
MeSH terms
Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, Humans, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Patient Selection

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