Evaluation of Enhanced Attention to Local Detail in Anorexia Nervosa Using the Embedded Figures Test; an fMRI Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Fonville, Leon ^a   Lao Kaim, Nick P ^a   Giampietro, Vincent ^a   van den Eynde, Frederique ^a,c   Davies, Helen ^a   Lounes, Naima ^a   Andrew, Christopher ^a   Dalton, Jeffrey ^a   Simmons, Andrew ^a   Williams, Steven C R ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^b   Tchanturia, Kate ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRECUNEUS;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877758224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063964     Document Type: Article

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