title: [Assessment of difficulties in mental representation of visual stimuli in anorexic patients].
abstract: The aim of this research is to assess the mental representation associated to visual stimuli for anorexic patients. Two studies are described. The first one is a systematic observation of food representation for five patients within a 3-month period. The disruptive factors, mainly related to food visual aspect decrease with time. Consequently, a second experiment was carried out. Two groups were compared as far as the food mental representation related to visual food stimuli is concerned: a group of anorexic patients and a group of control subjects selected according to sex, age, and educational standard. The results show the existence of habituation process as there is a decrease of disruptions concerning the mental representation of food color, texture and shape. This result must be confirmed on a larger sample.
authors.affiliation: Clinique des Maladies Mentales et de l'Encéphale, Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Paris.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mirabel-Sarron
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Foulon
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Samuel-Lajeunesse
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology*; D001288:Attention; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010555:Personality Inventory; D013649:Taste; D014796:Visual Perception
vernacular_title: Essai d'approche des troubles de la représentation mentale à partir de stimulus visuels chez des patients anorexiques.