Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Appears to Be Linked to the Area of the Brain

question 46

Multiple Choice

Obsessive-compulsive disorder appears to be linked to the area of the brain called the __________________.The implications of this finding are that__________________.

• A) orbital frontal cortex; although the disorder is related to a particular brain circuit, the causes of the disorder are not necessarily completely biological
• B) orbital frontal cortex; the disorder is probably due only to brain damage in this area
• C) occipital lobe; although the disorder is related to a particular brain circuit, the disorder causes the abnormalities in the brain
• D) occipital lobe; the disorder is most likely due to purely psychological causes