title: Exploring emotion recognition in adults and adolescents with anorexia nervosa using a body motion paradigm.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  There is consistent evidence of difficulties in social cognition in adults with anorexia nervosa (AN), but less is known about adolescents. The aim of this study was to investigate the ability to recognise emotion expressed in body movement in adults and adolescents with AN.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and ninety-three females participated in the study (AN = 97: 61 adults and 36 adolescents). The performance of participants with AN on a body emotion recognition task was compared to age-matched healthy controls (HC = 96).
  
  
  RESULTS
  AN participants were significantly worse than HC recognising sadness, with adolescent AN participants showing worse performance overall. There were no difficulties in the recognition of other emotions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results partially support previous studies and the literature on facial emotion recognition, showing poorer recognition of sadness in AN. The results also suggest that difficulties in emotion recognition through body movements may be more subtle than other socio-emotional difficulties observed in AN.
authors: King's College London (KCL), Psychological Medicine, IoPPN, UK.
authors: Katie
authors: K
authors: Lang
authors: King's College London (KCL), Psychological Medicine, IoPPN, UK.
authors: Marcela Marin
authors: MM
authors: Dapelo
authors: King's College London (KCL), Department of Biostatistics, IoPPN, UK.
authors: Mizanur
authors: M
authors: Khondoker
authors: King's College London (KCL), Department of Psychology, IoPPN, UK.
authors: Robin
authors: R
authors: Morris
authors: Ilia State University Tbilisi, Georgia.
authors: Simon
authors: S
authors: Surguladze
authors: King's College London (KCL), Psychological Medicine, IoPPN, UK.
authors: Janet
authors: J
authors: Treasure
authors: King's College London (KCL), Psychological Medicine, IoPPN, UK.|Ilia State University Tbilisi, Georgia.
authors: Kate
authors: K
authors: Tchanturia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009039:Motion Perception; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D016138:Walking; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Emotion recognition; anorexia nervosa; body motion; eating disorders; point light