ArticleThe International journal of eating disorders2019
Task-switching inefficiencies in currently ill, but not remitted anorexia nervosa.
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- Is set-shifting and central coherence in anorexia nervosa influenced by body mass index, anxiety or depression? A systematic review.BMC psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Shared Versus Unique Features of Neural Activation During Cognitive Flexibility Across Restrictive Eating Disorder Presentations.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Trial
- Relationship between obsessive personality traits and eating disorders.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Study protocol for a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-masked mechanistic clinical trial of transdermal estrogen replacement in hypoestrogenic eating disorders to explore the role of estrogen on cognitive flexibility and reward processing.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- The Influence of Negative Affect and Food Stimuli on Cognitive Flexibility in Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Article
- Measuring cognitive flexibility in anorexia nervosa: Wisconsin Card Sorting Test versus cued task-switching.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2023Article
- Difficulties in retrieving specific details of autobiographical memories and imagining positive future events in individuals with acute but not remitted anorexia nervosa.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Assessing cognitive flexibility in anorexia nervosa using eye tracking: A registered report.The International journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- A Protocol for Integrating Neuroscience Into Studies of Family-Based Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa: An Approach to Research and Potential Benefits for Clinical Care.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Article
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objectiveModels of anorexia nervosa (AN) posit that set-shifting deficits may contribute to behavioral inflexibility and extreme dietary restriction. Findings from neurocognitive studies of set-shifting in AN have been somewhat mixed, perhaps due to the use of tasks that cannot distinguish shifting from other processes (i.e., learning). To more precisely characterize cognitive flexibility and selectively assess this process independent of rule learning and feedback sensitivity, we examined task-switching ability in AN.
methodWomen ill with AN, subthreshold AN or atypical AN (IAN; n = 40), women remitted from AN (RAN; n = 24), and age-matched healthy control women (n = 42) completed a computerized cued color-shape task-switching paradigm. Groups were compared on mix costs (reflecting global cognitive control) and switch costs (reflecting transient cognitive control).
resultsAlthough mix costs were equivalent across groups, switch costs were more pronounced in the IAN group, as indicated by a group-by-trial type interaction for reaction times on stay and switch trials. DISCUSSION: Findings indicate that IAN, but not RAN, have difficulty flexibly switching between cognitive task sets, and suggest that prior findings of set-shifting deficits in AN may reflect difficulty with cognitive flexibility independent of learning deficits. As such, task-switching may represent a promising adjunctive treatment target.
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