Poor decision making in male patients with anorexia nervosa
Tchanturia, Kate (King's College London. Institute of Psychiatry)
Liao, Pei-Chi (King's College London. Institute of Psychiatry)
Forcano, Laura (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Fernández Aranda, Fernando
Uher, Rudolf
Treasure, Janet (King's College London. Institute of Psychiatry)
Schmidt, Ulrike
Penelo Werner, Eva (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut)
Granero, Roser (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut)
Jiménez-Murcia, Susana (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Sánchez, Isabel (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Campbell, Iain C. (King's College London. Institute of Psychiatry)

Date:	2012
Description:	8 pàg.
Abstract:	Objective: Decision making is impaired in female patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), but it is unclear if the same impairment is present in male patients with AN. Method: Decision making was assessed in 48 AN individuals (19 male and 29 female patients) and 61 healthy controls (20 male and 41 female patients) using the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). Results: Both male and female patients with AN performed significantly worse than healthy controls on the IGT. No gender differences in IGT performance were found across groups. Male patients had higher impulsivity scores, but impulsivity had not predicted poor decisionmaking performance. Discussion: Impaired decision making is present in male and female patients with AN. These data suggest that male patients with AN are very similar to female patients in decision making, and as a result, treatment approaches that seek to improve this ability should be similar in both genders.
Grants:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2009/SGR-1554
Note:	Altres ajuts: Financial support was received from Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria (PI081573; PI081714)
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Iowa Gambling Task ; Cognition ; Decision making ; Executive functions ; Neuropsychology
Published in:	European eating disorders review, Vol. 20, Núm. 2 (2012) , p. 169-173, ISSN 1099-0968

DOI: 10.1002/erv.1154

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