Increased error-related brain potentials were observed not only in OCD patients but also in unaffected first-degree relatives. Overactive error monitoring may reflect a trait marker for OCD that is independent of the presence of clinical symptoms. Thus, enhanced error-related brain activity represents a candidate neurocognitive endophenotype for OCD.
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