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Limitation of Neuroimaging in OCD: Inability to Explain Symptom Variation
A significant shortcoming of brain imaging research on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is its failure to account for the wide variety of obsessions and compulsions that individuals experience. The observed patterns of brain activity do not yet explain why one person's OCD manifests with different symptoms than another's.
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