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Overlapping neurocognitive inefficiencies in anorexia nervosa: a preliminary investigation of women with both poor set-shifting and weak central coherence

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MR would like to thank the Psychiatry Research Trust for funding. KT would like to thank the Swiss Anorexia Foundation for funding.

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    Marion E. Roberts, Kate Tchanturia & Janet L. Treasure

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Roberts, M.E., Tchanturia, K. & Treasure, J.L. Overlapping neurocognitive inefficiencies in anorexia nervosa: a preliminary investigation of women with both poor set-shifting and weak central coherence. Eat Weight Disord 21, 725–729 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-016-0302-8

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