Impaired Goal-Directed Planning in Transdiagnostic Compulsivity Is Explained by Uncertainty About Learned Task Structure
Our results suggest that reliance on habitual behaviors seen in individuals with high levels of compulsive symptoms result from a tendency to form less certain internal models of the external world. Given the stability of this behavior and its links to symptoms, this may represent a trait-level vulnerability for this symptom dimension.
Authors
- Claire M. Gillan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9065-403X)
- Ingrid M. Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7847-0780)
- Toby Wise (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9021-3282)
- Sirichat Sookud
Institutions
- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- Trinity College Dublin (IE)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
- Published
- 2025-10-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2025.10.005
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.61