Adolescence - The Damaging Affects of Eating Disorders on the Brain - Cognitive

- the brains of those with anorexia and those recovered from the illness have an under-active limbic circuity, which relates to feeling the reward, and an operatic executive neural circuity, which relates to inhibition.

-anorexia nervosa) tend to perceive their actions as incorrect or flawed and are highly sensitive to criticism, rather than being able to appropriately proportion reward and punishment in order to learn from experience.”

-the brains of people who have or had anorexia don’t even respond to food, or pictures of it, like control groups. When given sugar, people who are recovered from anorexia show less brain activity than other people who like sugar and have never had an eating disorder

-he brains of people with anorexia also have persistent disturbance of the serotonin neuronal systems that may be related to increased anxiety

ALSO

• Reduced heart rate, which could deprive the brain of oxygen
• Nerve-related conditions including seizures, disordered thinking, and numbness or odd nerve sensations in the hands or feet
• Difficulty thinking, switching tasks, and setting priorities