Selective processing of eating, weight and shape related words in patients with eating disorders and dieters.

The Stroop colour-naming task was used to investigate selective processing of eating, weight and shape related words in two groups of dieters, patients with anorexia nervosa, patients with bulimia nervosa and a group of non-dieting controls. 'Normal dieters' were not different from the non...

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Main Authors: Cooper, M, Fairburn, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1992
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description The Stroop colour-naming task was used to investigate selective processing of eating, weight and shape related words in two groups of dieters, patients with anorexia nervosa, patients with bulimia nervosa and a group of non-dieting controls. 'Normal dieters' were not different from the non-dieting controls. Dieters with a history of features of an eating disorder but no diagnosis and the patients with anorexia nervosa, like the patients with bulimia nervosa, showed selective processing of information related to eating, weight and shape.
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spelling oxford-uuid:65bcc6e0-33ac-49fb-89e4-dc91c27210c82022-03-26T18:27:26ZSelective processing of eating, weight and shape related words in patients with eating disorders and dieters.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:65bcc6e0-33ac-49fb-89e4-dc91c27210c8EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1992Cooper, MFairburn, CThe Stroop colour-naming task was used to investigate selective processing of eating, weight and shape related words in two groups of dieters, patients with anorexia nervosa, patients with bulimia nervosa and a group of non-dieting controls. 'Normal dieters' were not different from the non-dieting controls. Dieters with a history of features of an eating disorder but no diagnosis and the patients with anorexia nervosa, like the patients with bulimia nervosa, showed selective processing of information related to eating, weight and shape.
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Selective processing of eating, weight and shape related words in patients with eating disorders and dieters.
title Selective processing of eating, weight and shape related words in patients with eating disorders and dieters.
title_full Selective processing of eating, weight and shape related words in patients with eating disorders and dieters.
title_fullStr Selective processing of eating, weight and shape related words in patients with eating disorders and dieters.
title_full_unstemmed Selective processing of eating, weight and shape related words in patients with eating disorders and dieters.
title_short Selective processing of eating, weight and shape related words in patients with eating disorders and dieters.
title_sort selective processing of eating weight and shape related words in patients with eating disorders and dieters
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