title: A study of neurocognition in bulimia nervosa and eating disorder not otherwise specified-bulimia type.
abstract: 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.
authors: Section of Eating Disorders, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK. frederique.van_den_eynde@kcl.ac.uk
authors: Frederique
authors: F
authors: Van den Eynde
authors: Nelum
authors: N
authors: Samarawickrema
authors: Martha
authors: M
authors: Kenyon
authors: Hannah
authors: H
authors: DeJong
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Lavender
authors: Helen
authors: H
authors: Startup
authors: Ulrike
authors: U
authors: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000150:complications*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011932:Reading; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult