Attentional Bias in specific symmetry and cleaning dimensions of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

•This study investigated attentional bias in obsessive-compulsive disorder.•Increased allocation of attention towards threat has been linked to anxiety disorders.•62 OCD patients and 40 healthy controls completed the dot-probe task.•Results showed no differences regarding the attention-oriented bias for this task.•Patients with OCD had a slower speed processing when compared to controls.