Our recent studies on OCD span work on pain tolerance, guilt, and moral reasoning. Other studies on body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) tested hypotheses about cognitive mechanisms potentially capable of explaining why these patients believe they are hideous to others, contrary to all evidence.

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