Our lab is  conducting research in the following areas:

 

• Outcome and mechanisms of exposure therapy – We are interested in how to improve the efficacy of exposure therapy for anxiety and OCD. Current studies focus on ways of enhancing exposure therapy by optimizing inhibitory learning.

 

• Cognitive biases in OCD and other anxiety-related problems – We are interested in the cognitive biases and other factors that maintain OCD and other related problems and have published numerous studies on these topics. Some of our current studies examine the relationship between culture and OCD symptoms, the role of variables such as inferential confusion, and the role of guilt in OCD and anxiety.

 

• Symptoms of OCD – OCD is a highly heterogeneous disorder and we are interested in better understanding the organization of OCD symptoms. Currently, we’re examining how to classify OCD symptoms based on core affective-motivational domains, as opposed to simply their theme. We are also interested in studying obsessions related to existentialism, since these have received relatively less attention in the research literature.  For example, we are currently developing a scale to measure these types of obsessions.

 

Check out some of our most recent journal articles based on these studies here.