title: Impaired executive functioning influences verbal memory in anorexia nervosa.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  How executive functioning affects delayed verbal recall in AN has never been tested. We investigated the influence of speed of information processing (SIP) and inhibition on delayed verbal recall in females with AN.
  
  
  METHODS
  Measures of SIP and inhibition from 35 females with AN were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression after controlling for age, depressive symptomatology and body mass index. Each predictor was evaluated using structure coefficients, common variance and dominance weights.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The combination of measures of SIP and inhibition accounted for almost 80% of the variance on the delayed recall of the story recall task. When the rest of the variables were partialled out, SIP and inhibition accounted for more than 50% of the variance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As it occurs with visuospatial abilities in AN, basic cognitive abilities such as speed of information processing and cognitive inhibition may affect other cognitive functions such as delayed verbal memory regardless of immediate recall. These findings may help interpret performance on cognitive tests in future research.
authors.affiliation: Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Cartagena, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oltra-Cucarella
authors.affiliation: Unit of Infant/Juvenile Psychiatry and Eating Disorders, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain, CIBERESP.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rojo Moreno
authors.affiliation: Unit of Infant/Juvenile Psychiatry and Eating Disorders, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arribas Sáiz
authors.affiliation: Unit of Infant/Juvenile Psychiatry and Eating Disorders, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sanguesa García
authors.affiliation: Unit of Infant/Juvenile Psychiatry and Eating Disorders, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Latorre Paniagua
authors.affiliation: Unit of Infant/Juvenile Psychiatry and Eating Disorders, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hidalgo Muñoz
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry Service, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rojo Bofill
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Anorexia nervosa; Cognition; Executive functioning; Speed of information processing; Verbal memory