Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Pathology of Self-Confidence?

摘要

A striking change OCD patients repeatedlydescribe following treatment with deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the ventral anterior limb of internal capsule (vALIC) is an immediate increase in self-confidence. We show how the DBS-induced changes in self-confidence reported by our patients can be understood neurocognitively in terms of active inference.