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Primary Objective:First we need to establish that patients with an eating disorder and healthy controls differ in mental imagery. So, the first aim of our research is to compare the nature and characteristics (emotionality, vividness and perspective…
The primary objective of the current study is to (further) investigate the role of reward and punishment sensitivity in Anorexia Nervosa and obesity by examining general and disorder-specific appetitive and aversive biases. The secondary objective…
The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a brief computer intervention to improve body satisfcation and self-esteem in a clinical population of adolescents with an eating disorder. We will examine whether the intervention is…
Primary ObjectiveTo assess in 20 adolescents with anorexia nervosa the cognitive flexibility in response to two computerised category learning tasks and compare these results to a age and gender matched control group. Task one will present pictures…
BODY SCHEMAThe primary objective of the current study is investigating whether AN patients and controls differ in body schema. The first secondary objective of the current study is investigate whether there is a relation between body dissatisfaction…
The current study aims to examine the influence of negative emotions on decision making ability in female patients with Anorexia Nervosa restrictive (AN-R) and purging (AN-P) type in comparison to healthy women. There are two primary hypotheses:…
The primary objective of the current study is investigating whether AN patients and controls differ how they experience the shape and size of a rubber hand that during the Rubber Hand Illusion is incorporated in their body image, compared to how…
The primary aims of this study are firstly to identify the brain regions involved in the appraisal of ambiguous affective stimuli in anorexia nervosa patients, and secondly to compare their responses with those of healthy control participants. The…
This study aims to contribute from a cognitive-motivational perspective to a better understanding of the processes involved in dysfunctional eating behavior in anorexia nervosa and obesity.
The primary objective is to examine whether binge eating females demonstrate an (enhanced) attentional bias towards food-related stimuli as compared to females who are not familiar with food binges. This will be investigated by means of three…
The current study aims to examine the influence of negative emotions on decision making abilities in patients with a binge-eating related disorder. There are three primary hypotheses: both patients groups (BN and BED) will show decision making…
Primary objective: to determine the effect of Mindful MirrorExposure in the treatment of eating disordered patients.
The present project aims at giving obese patients new opportunities to loose body weight by enabling care providers to match treatments to patients by using an evidence based matching procedure with the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (DEBQ).…
The objective of the proposed study is to investigate the disturbance of body size representation at the various levels of attitude, image and schema (1). It will be tested whether 1) AN patients have relatively a high level of negative body…
In the current study we want to investigate the illness perceptions of ED patients, to compare their perceptions with the illness perceptions of their family caregivers and therapists and to compare the illness perceptions of ED patients to a…
To show that patients with anorexia of bulimia nervosa more often than healthy controls display insecure attachment styles and poor mentalizing capacity.To investigate if there are correlations between mentalizing capacity and severity of specific…
To show patients with anorexia or bulimia nervosa more often than healthy controls display an anxious attachment style and poor mentalizing capacity.To investigateif there are correlations between mentalizing capacity and severity of specific…
To determine whether hypothalamic response to glucose ingestion in patients with anorexia nervosa differs from that in healthy subjects.
The main objective of the current study is investigating whether AN patients and healthy controls differ in how they experience (estimate) the size of their abdomen before and after multisensory input is provided (we will compare size estimation…
To investigate neural response patterns to visually and orally presented palatable (high vs low caloric) and unpalatable (high vs low caloric) foods in AN patients and matched healthy controls (HC). This will be investigated through 1 study with 2…