ArticlePloS one2015
Emotional Processing, Recognition, Empathy and Evoked Facial Expression in Eating Disorders: An Experimental Study to Map Deficits in Social Cognition.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Moving towards specificity: A systematic review of cue features associated with reward and punishment in anorexia nervosa.Clinical psychology review · 2020Pooled it
- Cognitive and Affective Empathy in Eating Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Pooled it
- The impact of oxytocin on emotion recognition and trust: Does disordered eating moderate these relationships?PloS one · 2024Trial
- Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin on the Interpretation and Expression of Emotions in Anorexia Nervosa.Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2017Trial
- Alexithymia, Resilience, and Depression in Functional Impairment Among Adolescents With Eating Disorders: A Case-Control Study.Alpha psychiatry · 2026Article
- Neuroimaging studies of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging in eating disorders.BMC medical imaging · 2024Review
- Difficulties with positive emotion regulation in anorexia nervosa.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2023Article
- Attention Biases for Eating Disorder-Related Stimuli Versus Social Stimuli in Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa - An Eye-Tracking Study.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2023Article
- Belief Inflexibility and Cognitive Biases in Anorexia Nervosa-The Role of the Bias against Disconfirmatory Evidence and Its Clinical and Neuropsychological Correlates.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Four attachment-based categories of emotion regulation in adolescent psychic troubles.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Neural, physiological, and psychological markers of appetitive conditioning in anorexia nervosa: a study protocol.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- The KOALA-study: study protocol for a comprehensive study of cognitive biases in adolescent anorexia nervosa patients compared to healthy and clinical controls.Journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- Socio-cognitive processing in people with eating disorders: Computerized tests of mentalizing, empathy and imitation skills.The International journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- Critical incidents in anorexia nervosa: perspectives of those with a lived experience.Journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- Emotional imagination of negative situations: Functional neuroimaging in anorexia and bulimia.PloS one · 2021Article
- Cognitive Interpersonal Model for Anorexia Nervosa Revisited: The Perpetuating Factors that Contribute to the Development of the Severe and Enduring Illness.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Review
- Premorbid and Illness-related Social Difficulties in Eating Disorders: An Overview of the Literature and Treatment Developments.Current neuropharmacology · 2018Review
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- FMRI Study of Neural Responses to Implicit Infant Emotion in Anorexia Nervosa.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
- Interventions for the Carers of Patients With Eating Disorders.Current psychiatry reports · 2016Review
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Abstract
backgroundDifficulties in social cognition have been identified in eating disorders (EDs), but the exact profile of these abnormalities is unclear. The aim of this study is to examine distinct processes of social-cognition in this patient group, including attentional processing and recognition, empathic reaction and evoked facial expression in response to discrete vignettes of others displaying positive (i.e. happiness) or negative (i.e. sadness and anger) emotions.
methodOne hundred and thirty-eight female participants were included in the study: 73 healthy controls (HCs) and 65 individuals with an ED (49 with Anorexia Nervosa and 16 with Bulimia Nervosa). Self-report and behavioural measures were used.
resultsParticipants with EDs did not display specific abnormalities in emotional processing, recognition and empathic response to others' basic discrete emotions. However, they had poorer facial expressivity and a tendency to turn away from emotional displays.
conclusionTreatments focusing on the development of non-verbal emotional communication skills might be of benefit for patients with EDs.
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