Facial Emotion Recognition in Anorexia Nervosa
FER_AN
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observational
40
1 country
1
Brief Summary
Altered emotional processing is reported in Anorexia Nervosa. However, this capability is generally measured through explicit measures, like self-report questionnaires and facial emotion recognition tasks. Instead, no previous research has investigated implicit emotional processing in this clinical condition. In the implicit facial emotion recognition task grounded on the implicit "redundant target effect", individuals generally respond faster when two identical targets are presented simultaneously rather than when presented alone; moreover, the competitive presence of a distractor (that is another emotion or a neutral expression) affects the correct recognition of the target. The ability to recognize and detect facial expressions is explored about two main emotions, fear and anger, because of their role in the intra- and interindividual psychological processing.
Trial Health
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participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for all trials
Started Feb 2023
Shorter than P25 for all trials
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
February 1, 2023
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
February 1, 2024
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
February 1, 2024
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
February 28, 2024
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 7, 2024
CompletedAugust 27, 2025
August 1, 2025
1 year
February 28, 2024
August 20, 2025
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Behavioural measure relative to recognition ability
Level of accuracy expressed in percentage (min =%; max = 100%) about only the valid trails, in the case of emotion used as target.
baseline
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Behavioural measure relative to the detection ability
baseline
Study Arms (2)
Cases
Participants with Anorexia Nervosa
Controls
Participants with a healthy weight
Interventions
In this test, the ability to detect and recognize facial expressions of fear or anger will be investigated.
Eligibility Criteria
Participants with anorexia nervosa will be recruited at the beginning of a rehabilitative treatment at the Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, San Giuseppe Hospital (Italy). Controls will be recruited out of the hospital.
You may qualify if:
- right-handed
- diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa according to the APA criteria
You may not qualify if:
- \- concurrent neurological, neurodevelopmental (e.g., autism), motor, somatosensory and/or psychiatric disorders.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano - Ospedale San Giuseppe
Piancavallo, VCO, 28824, Italy
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Observational Model
- CASE CONTROL
- Time Perspective
- CROSS SECTIONAL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
February 28, 2024
First Posted
March 7, 2024
Study Start
February 1, 2023
Primary Completion
February 1, 2024
Study Completion
February 1, 2024
Last Updated
August 27, 2025
Record last verified: 2025-08