title: Central coherence in women with bulimia nervosa.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the concept of central coherence in women with bulimia nervosa (BN) and address similarities and difference with those with anorexia nervosa (AN) METHOD: Forty two women with BN and 42 matched healthy women, completed neuropsychological testing measuring aspects of central coherence: Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure (RCFT), Embedded Figures Test (EFT), Block Design Test (BD), Homograph Reading Test (HRT), and Sentence Completion Task (SCT).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The BN group showed superiority in local processing as measured by EFT and lesser relative advantage from segmentation in BD, and difficulties in global processing in both visual and verbal domains as examined by RCFT, HRT, and SCT. Anxiety levels were associated with low central coherence indices in RCFT.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  People with BN displayed a profile consistent with the weak central coherence hypothesis. Their pattern of cognitive performance resembles that seen in AN although some differences are apparent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine and Psychiatry, King's College, London, Institute of Psychiatry (IoP), United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Carolina A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tchanturia
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stahl
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Treasure
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003710:Demography; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012720:Severity of Illness Index