Am J Psychiatry 1987; 144:510-512
Copyright © 1987 by American Psychiatric Association
Cognitive style of patients with bulimic and diet-restricting anorexia nervosa
BB Toner, PE Garfinkel and DM Garner
Recent studies have reported that subjects with bulimic anorexia nervosa
are more behaviorally impulsive than those with diet- restricting anorexia
nervosa. This study found that bulimic anorexic patients made significantly
more errors on the Matching Familiar Figures Test than restricting anorexic
and comparison groups. This preliminary finding leads to the speculation
that bulimic patients are more cognitively impulsive than restricting
anorexic patients.
