Background: In anorexia nervosa (AN), taste and smell are believed to be anhedonic,
hunger and pain are muted, and body-image distortion obscures wasting, which together
facilitate self-starvation. However, the emphasis on these deficits may be biased because
other sensory systems have been sparsely investigated. Objectives: Objectives of the study
were to clarify whether these dysfunctions are specific or part of a pattern of sensory-
perceptual deficits in AN patients and to test the gustatory senses dissociated from ingestion …