To examine whether an impaired ability to infer emotion in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and difficulty with emotional theory of mind (eToM) are limited to the ill state or if this condition is a stable deficit that persists with recovery in adults with anorexia nervosa (AN). This is in keeping with observations of similarities between the disorders.
King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Division of Psychological Medicine and Psychiatry, Section of Eating Disorders, London, SE5 8AF, UK. a.oldershaw@iop.kcl.ac.uk