Check, check, double check: Investigating memory deterioration within multiple sessions of repeated checking

Toffolo, Marieke B.J.; Hout, Marcel A. van den; Radomsky, Adam S.; Engelhard, Iris M.

doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.09.001

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“…Radomsky, Gilchrist, and Dussault (2006) replicated these findings while asking undergraduate students to check a real stove in the experimental condition (i.e., relevant checking) and to check a real kitchen faucet in the control condition (i.e., irrelevant checking). The paradoxical effect of physical checking on memory confidence has been replicated in both clinical and nonclinical samples (e.g., Coles, Radomsky, & Horng, 2006; Radomsky, Dugas, Alcolado, & Lavoie, 2014; Toffolo, van den Hout, Radomsky, & Engelhard, 2016) and appears to be exacerbated under conditions of high responsibility (e.g., Boschen & Vuksanovic, 2007; Moritz et al, 2007).…”

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“…Therapists can emphasize that this decrease in memory confidence was observed in undergraduate students, such that most individuals are susceptible to the paradoxical effects of repetitive checking. Elements stemming from those experiments can be used to create behavioral experiments and test the theory in the clinic (e.g., Radomsky et al, 2010; Toffolo et al, 2016). Clients can be asked to track and compare their memory confidence, vividness, and detail when checking once versus for a lengthy period of time.…”

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From the laboratory to the clinic (and back again): How experiments have informed cognitive–behavior therapy for obsessive–compulsive disorder

Gagné

Kelly-Turner

Radomsky

2018

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

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Behavioral and cognitive models-as well as complementary theories such as the inference-based, mood-asinput, and seeking proxies for internal states approaches-have been put forward to explain the development and maintenance of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Although theory is important to inform the conceptualization and treatment of OCD, experimental research is essential to provide empirical support for these different theoretical approaches. Experiments allow an increased understanding of the mechanisms (e.g., maladaptive beliefs) associated with the etiology and maintenance of OCD symptoms and, in this way, directly contribute to the expansion and creation of cognitive-behavioral treatment strategies. This selective review demonstrates how foundational and sometimes groundbreaking experiments pertaining to core OCD symptoms (i.e., checking/reassurance seeking, obsessions, contamination, and ordering/arranging) have informed the improvement of cognitive-behavior therapy for this debilitating mental illness. The relevance of experiments with both clinical and analog samples is discussed, and recommendations for future experimental work are provided.

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From the laboratory to the clinic (and back again): How experiments have informed cognitive–behavior therapy for obsessive–compulsive disorder

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Kelly-Turner

Radomsky

2018

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

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Does Low Memory Confidence Drive Excessive Reassurance Seeking in Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder? Insights from a Novel In Vivo Study

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Grisham

2024

J Cogn Ther

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The factors driving excessive reassurance seeking in obsessive–compulsive disorder are incompletely understood. We investigated whether low memory confidence, which drives compulsive checking, may also lead to excessive reassurance seeking during a novel in vivo contamination-based task. Undergraduates (N = 91) completed a memory test and received sham positive or negative performance feedback. Participants then viewed a complicated cleaning video and completed a corresponding cleaning task whilst their reassurance seeking was covertly coded. Afterwards, participants rated their anxiety, confidence, and experimenter responsibility for task outcomes. The novel laboratory task induced high levels of reassurance seeking from participants (median = 5 reassurance requests). There was no evidence that manipulating memory confidence altered reassurance seeking. Greater reassurance seeking was correlated with decreased performance confidence and increased ratings of experimenter responsibility for negative cleaning task outcomes. Memory beliefs may not initiate reassurance seeking, suggesting a possible dissimilarity between reassurance seeking and compulsive checking.

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Not all checking decreases memory confidence: Implications for obsessive-compulsive disorder

Burns

Dalterio

Burns

et al. 2020

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

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Check, check, double check: Investigating memory deterioration within multiple sessions of repeated checking

Cited by 12 publications

References 29 publications

From the laboratory to the clinic (and back again): How experiments have informed cognitive–behavior therapy for obsessive–compulsive disorder

From the laboratory to the clinic (and back again): How experiments have informed cognitive–behavior therapy for obsessive–compulsive disorder

Does Low Memory Confidence Drive Excessive Reassurance Seeking in Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder? Insights from a Novel In Vivo Study

Not all checking decreases memory confidence: Implications for obsessive-compulsive disorder

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