Do children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa display an inefficient cognitive processing style?

Lang, Katie, Lloyd, Samantha, Khondoker, Mizanur ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1801-1635, Simic, Mima, Treasure, Janet and Tchanturia, Kate (2015) Do children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa display an inefficient cognitive processing style? PLoS One, 10 (7). ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to examine neuropsychological processing in children and adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa (AN). The relationship of clinical and demographic variables to neuropsychological functioning within the AN group was also explored.  Method: The performance of 41 children and adolescents with a diagnosis of AN were compared to 43 healthy control (HC) participants on a number of neuropsychological measures.  Results: There were no differences in IQ between AN and HC groups. However, children and adolescents with AN displayed significantly more perseverative errors on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, and lower Style and Central Coherence scores on the Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure Test relative to HCs.  Conclusion: Inefficient cognitive processing in the AN group was independent of clinical and demographic variables, suggesting it might represent an underlying trait for AN. The implications of these findings are discussed.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2015 Lang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	24 Sep 2016 00:24
Last Modified:	24 May 2023 15:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/60025
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0131724

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