Strategic avoidance of food stimuli in patients with restrictive anorexia nervosa: An eye-tracking evaluation.

Valentina MeregalliElena TenconiValentina CardiAntonio BonifantiPaolo Meneguzzo Angela Favaro Enrico Collantoni

Published in: European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association (2023)

In advanced stages of attentional deployment patients with AN start to differ from HC by diverting their attention away from food stimuli, a strategic process that may contribute to food avoidance and calorie restriction.

Keyphrases

anorexia nervosa
working memory
human health
risk assessment
clinical evaluation