Cognitive style of patients with bulimic and diet-restricting anorexia nervosa.

Recent studies have reported that subjects with bulimic anorexia nervosa are more behaviorally impulsive than those with diet-restricting anorexia nervosa. This study found that bulimic anorexic patients made significantly more errors on the Matching Familiar Figures Test than restricting anorexic and comparison groups. This preliminary finding leads to the speculation that bulimic patients are more cognitively impulsive than restricting anorexic patients.