Cognitive and emotional processing in brothers of individuals with anorexia nervosa: exploring familial cognitive vulnerability
These findings suggest that domain-general inferential difficulties-particularly in causal reasoning-may be associated with familial vulnerability to anorexia nervosa in male siblings. Further research is needed to clarify the role of such cognitive traits in the broader context of risk and to inform early identification and intervention strategies.
Authors
- Alessandra Sala
- Enrico Ceccato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2902-9793)
- Paolo Meneguzzo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3323-6071)
- Paolo Santonastaso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7408-0563)
Institutions
- University of Padua (IT)
- Azienda Industriali Municipali di Vicenza (Italy) (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1641020
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31