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counterintuitive findings on O. C. D. and decision-making,

how Albatross might fly on a wave of sound, and a new understanding of the relationship

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A new study has revealed some really compelling,

if not kind of confusing results on how people with

obsessive compulsive disorder make decisions and understand risk.

I know researchers have had a lot of trouble understanding the mechanisms in the brain that lead to

OCD, right? Like, so is this new study just adding to the confusion?

Well, no.

Any new revelation just adds to researchers' understanding of this disorder.

But it might be helpful to talk about the study and the results before we talk about why this is

actually pretty groundbreaking. So as you know, OCD affects millions of people around the

globe. People who suffer from it describe intrusive thoughts that they just can't shake that border on obsessions.

They have repetitive behaviors that they can't seem to stop.

And one of the classic examples is hand washing, right?

Exactly, and that's actually a great example for this study. So researchers had 83

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