Recent theories have implicated disturbed cognitions in the etiology and perpetuation of eating disorders. However, the specific nature of these disturbances has received only limited empirical attention. Therefore the present study assessed subjects with a range of eating pathology on ^ree types of cognitive dysfunction: logical errors, cognitive slippage, and conceptual complexity. Affective ...

Vascular disease can attack the brain suddenly, causing a stroke, or subtly, inducing cognitive and behavioral changes. Mounting evidence suggests that the risk factors for stroke are also risk factors for cognitive impairment, including Alzheimer’s disease, and that depression can be associated with vascular changes in the brain (www.congrex.com/VAS-COG2003). Epidemiological surveys tend to be...

Most severe forms of intellectual disability (ID) have specific genetic causes. Numerous X chromosome gene defects and disease-causing copy-number variants have been linked to ID and related disorders, and recent studies have revealed that sporadic cases are often due to dominant de novo mutations with low recurrence risk. For autosomal recessive ID (ARID) the recurrence risk is high and, in po...

Important developments have taken place in cognitive theory of eating disorders (EDs) (and also in other disorders) since the review paper published by M.J. Cooper in 1997. The relevant empirical database has also expanded. Nevertheless, cognitive therapy for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, although helpful to many patients, leaves much to be desired. The current paper reviews the relevan...