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ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2022

Morphing analysis of facial emotion recognition in anorexia nervosa: association with physical activity.

Philibert Duriez, Aurore Guy-Rubin, Héline Kaya Lefèvre, Philip Gorwood

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Article in Eating and weight disorders : EWD, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Alexithymia and Emotion Recognition Over the Treatment Course in Adolescents and Emerging Adults With Anorexia Nervosa.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025
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  3. Does Evidence Support an Emotion Regulation Model of Anorexia Nervosa? A Systematic Review of Over a Decade of Research.Clinical psychology : a publication of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association · 2025
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4 authors.

Philibert DuriezGHU Paris Psychiatrie Et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, CMME, 1 rue Cabanis, 75014, Paris, France.
Aurore Guy-RubinGHU Paris Psychiatrie Et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, CMME, 1 rue Cabanis, 75014, Paris, France.
Héline Kaya LefèvreGHU Paris Psychiatrie Et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, CMME, 1 rue Cabanis, 75014, Paris, France. h.kaya_lefevre@ghu-paris.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8083-7753
Philip GorwoodGHU Paris Psychiatrie Et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, CMME, 1 rue Cabanis, 75014, Paris, France.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAnorexia Nervosa (AN) has been linked to emotion processing inefficiencies, social cognition difficulties and emotion dysregulation, but data on Facial Emotion Recognition (FER) are heterogenous and inconclusive. This study aims to explore FER in patients with AN using a dynamic and ecological evaluation, and its relationship with Physical Activity (PA), an important aspect of AN that could impact emotional processing.

methodsSixty-six participants (33 patients with AN and 33 healthy controls) performed a morphed facial emotional recognition task and 49 of them wore an accelerometer during seven days to assess PA. Axis-I disorders and depressive symptoms have been assessed.

resultsNo difference was found regarding time to recognize facial emotions. However, patients with AN correctly recognize emotions more frequently than controls. This was specific to disgust, although there was also a tendency for sadness. Among patients, higher depressive scores are associated with a faster and more accurate recognition of disgust, while a higher level of PA is associated to decreased accuracy in recognizing sadness.

conclusionPatients with AN are capable of recognizing facial emotions as accurately as controls, but could have a higher sensitivity in recognizing negative emotions, especially disgust and sadness. PA has opposite effects and, thus, could be considered as an emotional regulation strategy against negative affect. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE II: Controlled trial without randomization.

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Anorexia NervosaFacial RecognitionEmotionsExerciseFacial ExpressionHumansAccelerometerAnorexia NervosaFacial affect recognitionMorphingPhysical activity

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PMID34213746

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