Neuropsychological weaknesses in anorexia nervosa: Set-shifting, central coherence, and decision making in currently ill and recovered women

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 685-694

  Danner, Unna N ^a,h   Sanders, Nicole ^a,b,h   Smeets, Paul A M ^c,h   Van Meer, Floor ^a,h   Adan, Roger A H ^a,b,h   Hoek, Hans W ^a,d,e,f,h   Van Elburg, Annemarie A ^a,g,h  

^a Altrecht Eating Disorders Rintveld   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d PARNASSIA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f University Medical Center Utrecht ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^h Utrecht Research Group Eating Disorders   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Central coherence; Decision making; Neuropsychology; Recovered; Set shifting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL WEAKNESS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SET SHIFTING; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84862178029     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.22007     Document Type: Article

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