Working memory performance and preoccupying thoughts in female dieters: Evidence for a selective central executive impairment

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 357-366

  Kemps, Eva ^a   Tiggemann, Marika ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RECALL; SELF REPORT; THINKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; BODY IMAGE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 26644450034     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466505X35272     Document Type: Article

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