Boldt, Annika;
Fox, Celine Ann;
Gillan, Claire M;
Gilbert, Sam;
(2025)
Transdiagnostic compulsivity is associated with reduced reminder setting, only partially attributable to overconfidence.
eLife
, 13
, Article RP98114. 10.7554/eLife.98114.
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Abstract
In the current study, we explored the behavioural and cognitive correlates of the transdiagnostic trait 'compulsive behaviour and intrusive thought' (CIT) in humans. CIT is associated with impaired metacognition, which in turn has been associated with cognitive offloading behaviours such as external reminder setting that play a key role in fulfilling cognitive goals. In an online study (N=600), we investigated individual differences in compulsivity, metacognition, and external reminder usage. Compulsive individuals had reduced preference for external reminders. This was partially, but not fully, attributable to their relative overconfidence. In contrast to previous studies, we found no evidence for an impaired confidence-action link: compulsive individuals used their metacognition to guide offloading just as much as their non-compulsive counterparts. Given the compensatory nature of cognitive offloading, our findings imply that compulsive individuals are at increased risk of inadequate external memory support. Along with transdiagnostic variation in the general population, this finding could also have implications for clinical conditions, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Transdiagnostic compulsivity is associated with reduced reminder setting, only partially attributable to overconfidence |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.7554/eLife.98114 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.98114.4 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright Boldt et al. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Biology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics, confidence, metacognition, cognitive offloading, compulsivity, reminders, transdiagnostic, PROSPECTIVE MEMORY, EATING-DISORDERS, CONFIDENCE, VALIDATION, CHECKING, PACKAGE |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10217097 |
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