Central coherence in eating disorders: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 586-598

  Lang, Katie ^a   Lopez, Carolina ^b   Stahl, Daniel ^a   Tchanturia, Kate ^a   Treasure, Janet ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa; Central coherence; Eating disorders; Global processing

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA; COGNITION; EATING DISORDER; EMBEDDED FIGURE TEST; GROUP FIGURE TEST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBJECT ASSEMBLY; OVERLAPPING FIGURE TEST; REVIEW; REY OSTERRIETH COMPLEX FIGURE TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORKING MEMORY; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA NERVOSA; EATING DISORDERS; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SENSE OF COHERENCE;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA NERVOSA; EATING DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSE OF COHERENCE;

EID: 84911473854     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15622975.2014.909606     Document Type: Review

References (55)

1. Agras WS , Walsh BT , Fairburn CG , Wilson GT , Kraemer HC. 2000. A multicenter comparison of cognitive-behavioral therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy for bulimia nervosa. Arch Gen Psychiatr 57 : 459.
2. Booth R. 2006. Local-global processing and cognitive style in autism spectrum disorders and typical development. London : Institute of Psychiatry, King ' s College London.
3. Bradburn MJ , Deeks JJ , Altman , DJ. 1998 Metan-an alternative meta-analysis command. Stata Technical Bulletin 8 : 44.
4. Cooper H , Hedges L. 2009. The handbook of research synthesis. The Russell Sage Foundation : New York.
5. Crane AM , Roberts ME , Treasure J. 2007. Are obsessive compulsive personality traits associated with a poor outcome in anorexia nervosa? A systematic review of randomized controlled trials and naturalistic outcome studies. Int J Eat Disord 40 : 581-588.
6. Danner UN , Sanders N , Smeets PA , van Meer F , Adan RA , Hoek HW , et al. 2012. Neuropsychological weaknesses in anorexia nervosa: set-shifting, central coherence, and decision making in currently ill and recovered women. Int J Eat Disord 45 : 685-694.
7. Davies H , Fox J , Naumann U , Treasure J , Schmidt U , Tchanturia K. 2012. Cognitive remediation and emotion skills training (CREST) for anorexia nervosa: an observational study using neuropsychological outcomes. Eur Eat Disord Rev 20 (3) : 211-217.
8. De Sampaio , TP , Soneira S , Aulicino A , Martese G , Iturry M , Allegri RF. 2013. Theory of mind and central coherence in eating disorders: two sides of the same coin? Psychiatry Res 210 : 1116-1122.
9. Della Sala S , Laiacona M , Trivelli C , Spinnler H. 1995. Poppel-reuter-Ghent ' s Overlapping Figures Test: its sensitivity to age, and its clinical use. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 6 : 511-534.
10. Duvall S , Tweedie R. 2000. A nonparametric "trim and fi ll" method of accounting for publication bias in meta-analysis. J Am Med Assoc 95 : 89-98.
11. Everitt BS. 2003. Modern medical statistics. London : Arnold.
12. Fairburn CG , Cooper Z , Shafran R. 2003. Cognitive behaviour therapy for eating disorders: A "transdiagnostic" theory and treatment. Behav Res Ther 41 : 509-528.
13. Favaro A , Santonastaso P , Manara R , Bosello R , Bommarito G , Tenconi E , et al. 2012. Disruption of visuospatial and somatosensory functional connectivity in anorexia nervosa. Biol Psychiatr 72 : 864-870.
14. Fonville L , Lao-Kaim NP , Giampietro V , Van den Eynde F , Davies H , Lounes N , et al. 2013. Evaluation of enhanced attention to local detail in anorexia nervosa using the Embedded Figures Test: an fMRI Study. PloS ONE 8 : e63964.
15. Galderisi S , Mucci A , Monteleone P , Sorrentino D , Piegari G , Maj M. 2003. Neurocognitive functioning in subjects with eating disorders: the infl uence of neuroactive steroids. Biol Psychiatr 53 : 921-927.
16. Gillberg IC , Gillberg C , Råstam M , Johansson M. 1996. The cognitive profi le of anorexia nervosa: a comparative study including a community-based sample. Comp Psychiatr 37 : 23-30.
17. Gillberg I , R å stam M , Wentz E , Gillberg C. 2007. Cognitive and executive functions in anorexia nervosa ten years after onset of eating disorder. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 29 : 170-178.
18. Goddard E , Carral-Fern á ndez L , Denneny E , Campbell IC , Treasure , J. 2013. Cognitive fl exibility, central coherence and social emotional processing in males with an eating disorder. World J Biol Psychiatr 1-10.DOI: 10.3109/15622975.2012.7500
19. Happé FG.1997. Central coherence and theory of mind in autism: reading homographs in context. Br J Dev Psychol 15 ,1-12.
20. Happé FG , Booth RD. 2008. The power of the positive: revisiting weak coherence in autism spectrum disorders. Q J Exp Psychol 61,50-63.
21. Happ é F , Briskman J , Frith U. 2001. Exploring the cognitive phenotype of autism: weak "central coherence" in parents and siblings of children with autism: I. Experimental tests. J Child Psychol Psychiatr 42 : 299-307.
22. Harrison A , Tchanturia K , Treasure J. 2011. Measuring state trait properties of detail processing and global integration ability in eating disorders. World J Biol Psychiatr 12 : 462-472.
23. Higgins JP , Thompson SG , Deeks JJ , Altman DG. 2003. Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses. BMJ 327 : 557.
24. Kanakam N , Raoult C , Collier D , Treasure J. 2013. Set shifting and central coherence as neurocognitive endophenotypes in eating disorders: a preliminary investigation in twins. World J Biol Psychiatr 14 : 464-75.
25. Kim YR , Lim SJ , Treasure J. 2011. Different patterns of emotional eating and visuospatial defi cits whereas shared risk factors related with social support between anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Psychiatr Invest 8 : 9-14.
26. Kuelz AK , Hohagen F , Voderholzer U. 2004. Neuropsychological performance in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a critical review. Biol Psychol 65 : 185-236.
27. Lindner SE , Fichter MM , Quadfl ieg N. 2012. Central coherence in full recovery of anorexia nervosa. Eur Eat Disord Rev 21 : 115-120.
28. Le Grange D , Lock J , Agras WS , Moye A , Bryson SW , Jo B , et al. 2012. Moderators and mediators of remission in familybased treatment and adolescent focused therapy for anorexia nervosa. Behav Res Ther 50 : 85-92.
29. Lopez C , Tchanturia K , Stahl D , Treasure J. 2008. Central coherence in eating disorders: a systematic review. Psychol Med 38 : 1393-1404.
30. Lopez C , Tchanturia K , Stahl D , Booth R , Holliday J , Treasure J. 2008b. An examination of the concept of central coherence in women with anorexia nervosa. Int J Eat Disord 41 : 143-152.
31. Lopez C , Tchanturia K , Stahl D , Treasure J. 2009. Weak central coherence in eating disorders: a step towards looking for an endophenotype of eating disorders. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 31 : 117-125.
32. Mathias JL , Kent PS. 1998. Neuropsychological consequences of extreme weight loss and dietary restriction in patients with anorexia nervosa. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 20 : 548-564.
33. Moher D , Liberati A , Tetzlaff , Altman DG. 2009. Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement. Br Med J 339 : b2535.
34. Osterrieth P. 1944. The test of copying a complex fi gure: a contribution to the study of perception and memory. Arch Psychol 30 : 206-356.
35. Roberts ME , Tchanturia K , Treasure JL. 2012. Is attention to detail a similarly strong candidate endophenotype for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa? World J Biol Psychiatr 14 : 452-63.
36. Sauro CL , Castellini G , Lelli L , Faravelli C , Ricca V. 2013. Psychopathological and clinical features of remitted anorexia nervosa patients: a sixyear follow up study. Eur Eat Disord Rev 21 : 78-83.
37. Shapiro JR , Berkman ND , Brownley KA , Sedway JA , Lohr KN , Bulik CM. 2007. Bulimia nervosa treatment: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Int J Eat Disord 40 : 321-336.
38. Snodgrass JG , Vanderwart M. 1980. A Standardized set of 260 pictures: norms for name agreement, familiarity and visual complexity. J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn 6 : 174-215.
39. Steichen T. 1998. sbe19: tests for publication bias inmeta-analysis. Stata Technical Bulletin 41 : 9-15.
40. Sterne J. 2003. METAFUNNEL: Stata module to produce funnel plots for meta-analysis. Boston, MA : Statistical Software Components S434101, Boston College Department of Economics.
41. Swinbourne JM , Touyz SW. 2007. The co-morbidity of eating disorders and anxiety disorders: a review. Eur Eat Disord Rev 15 : 253-274.
42. Tchanturia K , Davies H , Lopez C , Schmidt U , Treasure J , Wykes T. 2008. Letter to the Editor: neuropsychological task performance before and after cognitive remediation in anorexia nervosa: a pilot case-series. Psychol Med 38 : 1371-1373.
43. Tchanturia K , Lloyd S , Lang K. 2013a. Cognitive remediation therapy for anorexia nervosa: Current evidence and future research directions. Int J Eat Disord 46 : 492-495.
44. Tchanturia K , Smith E , Weineck F , Fidanboylu E , Kern N , Treasure , J , et al. 2013b. Exploring autistic traits in anorexia: a clinical study. Mol Autism 4 : 44.
45. Tenconi E , Santonastaso P , Degortes D , Bosello R , Titton F , Mapelli D , et al. 2010. Set-shifting abilities, central coherence, and handedness in anorexia nervosa patients, their unaffected siblings and healthy controls: exploring putative endophenotypes. World J Biol Psychiatr 11 : 813-823.
46. Thomas J , Steichen. 2001. Nonparametric trim and fi ll analysis of publication bias in meta-analysis, Stata Technical Bulletin, StataCorp LP.
47. Thompson SB. 1993. Implications of neuropsychological test results of women in a new phase of anorexia nervosa. Eur Eat Disord Rev 1 : 152-165.
48. Tokley M , Kemps E. 2007. Preoccupation with detail contributes to poor abstraction in women with anorexia nervosa. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 29 : 734-741.
49. Treasure J , Schmidt U. 2013. The cognitive-interpersonal maintenance model of anorexia nervosa revisited: a summary of the evidence for cognitive, socio-emotional and interpersonal predisposing and perpetuating factors. J Eat Disord 1 : 13.
50. Van Autreve S , De Baene W , Baeken C , Heeringen C , Vervaet M. 2013. Do Restrictive and bingeing/purging subtypes of anorexia nervosa differ on central coherence and set shifting? Eur Eat Disord Rev 21 : 308-314.
51. Wade TD , Tiggemann M. 2013. The role of perfectionism in body dissatisfaction. J Eat Disord 1 : 2. DOI 10.1186/2050-2974
52. Wechsler D. 1974. Manual for the Wechsler intelligence scale for children. New York: Psychological Corporation.
53. Wechsler D. 1981. WAIS-R manual: Wechsler adult intelligence scale-revised. New York: Psychological Corporation.
54. Witkin HA 1971. A manual for the embedded fi gures tests. California: Consulting Psychologists Press.
55. Witkin HA. 2002. Group embedded fi gures test. California: Mind garden.