title: Selective processing of food words in anorexia nervosa.
abstract: The selective processing of food- and body size-related information was investigated using a modified version of the Stroop task. Anorexic subjects were generally slower than controls in colour-naming all words, and particularly slow with food-related words. This interference effect appeared to operate maximally amongst subjects who fell into the higher end of the anorexic weight range. The findings appeared to be a reflection of current concerns with food and eating.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Channon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hemsley
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de Silva
mesh_terms: D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology*; D001824:Body Constitution; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011930:Reaction Time; D011932:Reading