Unbending mind: Individuals with hoarding disorder do not modify decision strategy in response to feedback under risk.

ABSTRACT: Cognitive-behavioral models of hoarding disorder emphasize impairments in information processing and decision making in the genesis of hoarding symptomology. We propose and test the novel hypothesis that individuals with hoarding are maladaptively biased towards a deliberative decision style. While deliberative strategies are often considered normative, they are not always adaptable to the limitations imposed by many real-world decision contexts. We examined decision-making patterns in 19 individuals with hoarding and 19 healthy controls, using a behavioral task that quantifies selection of decision strategies in a novel environment with known probabilities (risk) in response to feedback. Consistent with prior literature, we found that healthy individuals tend to explore different decision

SUBMITTER: Pushkarskaya H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5742085 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature