Decision making, central coherence and set-shifting: A comparison between Binge Eating Disorder, Anorexia Nervosa and Healthy Controls

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-10

  Aloi, Matteo ^a   Rania, Marianna ^a   Caroleo, Mariarita ^a   Bruni, Antonella ^a   Palmieri, Antonella ^a   Cauteruccio, Maria Antonella ^b   De Fazio, Pasquale ^a   Segura García, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b Department of Education of Calabria Region ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Anorexia Nervosa; Binge Eating Disorder; Central coherence; Cognitive flexibility; Decision making; Depression; Neuropsychology; Set shifting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY MASS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IOWA GAMBLING TASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REY OSTERRIETH COMPLEX FIGURE TEST; YOUNG ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SENSE OF COHERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BINGE-EATING DISORDER; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925870351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-015-0395-z     Document Type: Article

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