Objective:To evaluate the response control function of patients suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder(OCD). Meth-ods:Twenty-one OCD patients and 23 healthy controls were enrolled. All patients and healthy controls performed the stop- signal task which provides the indications reflecting the ability of response inhibition:stop signal reaction time(SSRT) and no-signal reaction time(NSRT). The results of the two groups were ana-lyzed and compared. Results:Both SSRT (376.20±71.92) ms and NSRT (804.33±07.82) ms of OCD group were significantly longer than those of control group (304.13±76.73) ms,(714.98±97.01) ms:t=3.206,P=0.003;t=2.894,P=0.006. After the removal of the influence of NSRT by covariance analysis,the significant difference of SSRT between the two group was still found:F=22.518,P=0.000. The stepwise multiple regression analysis was carried out for SSRT and the other indexes of the task and Y-BOCS score. Con-clusion:The ability of both response inhibition and response executive of OCD patients was significantly decreased.