TY - JOUR
T1 - A study of neurocognition in bulimia nervosa and eating disorder not otherwise specified-bulimia type
AU - Van den Eynde, Frederique
AU - Samarawickrema, Nelum
AU - Kenyon, Martha
AU - DeJong, Hannah
AU - Lavender, Anna
AU - Startup, Helen
AU - Schmidt, Ulrike
PY - 2012/1/1
Y1 - 2012/1/1
N2 - Neurocognition in bulimia nervosa (BN) is under-researched. This study investigated aspects of attention (d2-Letter Cancellation Task), inhibitory control (Stroop and go/no-go task), and decision making (Game of Dice Task) in 40 people with BN, 30 with eating disorder not otherwise specified-BN type (EDNOS-BN), and 65 healthy controls (HCs). The National Adult Reading Test (NART) and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) were also administered. Analyses of covariance (covariates: age, NART, and DASS-21) showed that people with BN and EDNOS-BN performed as well as HCs on all tasks. Attention task performance was poorer in the EDNOS-BN than in the BN group.
AB - Neurocognition in bulimia nervosa (BN) is under-researched. This study investigated aspects of attention (d2-Letter Cancellation Task), inhibitory control (Stroop and go/no-go task), and decision making (Game of Dice Task) in 40 people with BN, 30 with eating disorder not otherwise specified-BN type (EDNOS-BN), and 65 healthy controls (HCs). The National Adult Reading Test (NART) and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) were also administered. Analyses of covariance (covariates: age, NART, and DASS-21) showed that people with BN and EDNOS-BN performed as well as HCs on all tasks. Attention task performance was poorer in the EDNOS-BN than in the BN group.
U2 - 10.1080/13803395.2011.621891
DO - 10.1080/13803395.2011.621891
M3 - Article
VL - 34
SP - 67
EP - 77
JO - Neuropsychology, Development, and Cognition. Section A, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
JF - Neuropsychology, Development, and Cognition. Section A, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
IS - 1
ER -