Executive functioning and spatial processing in anorexia nervosa: an experimental study and its significance for the allocentric lock theory.
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| Abstract | :  The allocentric lock theory (ALT) suggests that people with eating disorders have difficulties in multisensory integration in two reference frames-egocentric and allocentric, whereby the egocentric, but not allocentric, is impaired. This leads to a distorted body image that contributes to the development and maintenance of the disorder. The current study aimed to explore a facet of the ALT, namely, the visuo-spatial aspect, and its relation to cognitive flexibility in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN). | 
| Year of Publication | :  2019 | 
| Journal | :  Eating and weight disorders : EWD | 
| Date Published | :  2019 | 
| ISSN Number | :  1124-4909 | 
| URL | :  https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40519-019-00728-2 | 
| DOI | :  10.1007/s40519-019-00728-2 | 
| Short Title | :  Eat Weight Disord | 
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