Reed G F
Br J Psychiatry. 1977 Feb;130:184-5. doi: 10.1192/bjp.130.2.184.
It is argued that obsessional indecision reflects a formal cognitive characteristic, and should therefore be detectable in slower performance of insignificant, neutral tasks. The obsessional will not be handicapped in structured tasks requiring concentration and a deductive approach, but he will be slower in less structured tasks requiring a predominantly inductive approach. Results from two neutral (numerical) tasks support the predictions.
有人认为，强迫性犹豫不决反映了一种形式上的认知特征，因此在无意义的中性任务执行较慢的情况下应该可以检测到。强迫症患者在需要集中注意力和演绎方法的结构化任务中不会受到阻碍，但在需要主要归纳方法的结构化程度较低的任务中，他们的速度会较慢。两项中性（数字）任务的结果支持了这些预测。
