Neuropsychology

Eating Disorders and the Brain

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 106-121

  Steinglass, Joanna E ^a   Glasofer, Deborah R ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa, and standard tests of intelligence normal, individuals with AN; Clinical neuropsychology, examining relationship between brain pathology and behaviour; Eating disorder behaviour complexity cognitive processing in eating disorders; Intellectual functioning intelligence, ability to reason and think, cognitive functioning by domain; Memory, core cognitive function impairment in brain disorders, short and long term memory; Neuropsychology and binge eating disorder (BED); Neuropsychology of eating disorders organized, by neuropsychological domain; Neuropsychology, and study of activity subserving cognitive processes in healthy individuals; Psychomotor speed, impaired in acutely ill patients with AN and BN; Visuospatial processing, perception understanding of spatial relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886033745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119998402.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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