Measuring cognitive flexibility in anorexia nervosa: Wisconsin Card Sorting Test versus cued task-switching

CONCLUSIONS: Results provide support for previous suggestions that WCST perseverative errors could occur due to difficulties with working memory, sensitivity to feedback, and issues with concept formation. Cued task-switching paradigms may provide a useful measure of cognitive flexibility for future eating disorders research by reducing task-specific confounds.LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III Case-control analytic study.PMID:37463996 | PMC:PMC10354129 | DOI:10.1007/s40519-023-01589-6
Source: Eating and weight disorders : EWD - Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Source Type: research