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Neuropsychological studies in anorexia nervosa
Author(s) -
Tchanturia Kate,
Campbell Iain C.,
Morris Robin,
Treasure Janet
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/eat.20119
Subject(s) - neuropsychology , anorexia nervosa , psychology , cognitive flexibility , cognition , limiting , clinical psychology , flexibility (engineering) , neuropsychological assessment , eating disorders , developmental psychology , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , statistics , mathematics , engineering
Neuropsychological findings in eating disorders are somewhat inconsistent. This may be because individual studies have used a broad range of tests on relatively small, heterogeneous clinical groups, thus limiting the detection of subtle neuropsychological differences in these patients. Therefore, rather than using broad assessments of a variety of neuropsychological functions, adoption of a more focused, hypothesis‐driven approach based on clinical practice is proposed. This will allow more in‐depth investigations of targeted functions and will improve the chances of detecting a problem, of exploring its ecologic validity, and of tailoring a treatment. We have demonstrated this approach using our neuropsychological studies of cognitive flexibility in anorexia nervosa (AN). © 2005 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.