Socio-cognitive processing in people with eating disorders: Computerized tests of mentalizing, empathy and imitation skills.
Elisa CorsiValentina CardiSophie SowdenMichel-Pierre CollGiammarco CascinoValdo RiccaJanet TreasureGeoffrey BirdAlessio Maria MonteleonePublished in: The International journal of eating disorders (2021)
Women with eating disorders have difficulties mentalizing and imitating observed actions despite intact non-social automatic imitation, compared to healthy controls. These findings provide an indication that intervention modules to strengthen specific areas of social cognition might be helpful to improve patients' social skills.