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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…
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…
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 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…
We hypothesized that trying to regulate negative emotions would lead to binge eating in patients with BED. Patients with BED who actively try to alter their negative emotions are unable to control or inhibit their desire to resist (fattening) food…
To determine whether hypothalamic response to glucose ingestion in patients with anorexia nervosa differs from that in healthy subjects.
The aim of the present study is to test whether there is a causal relationship between expectancies regarding the effect of eating on mood, changes in mood and actual caloric intake. In order to test whether there is a causal relationship between…
To compare dopamine D2 receptor availability before and after a food challenge in patients who underwent successful BS or unsuccessful BS.
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…
This study investigates Early Maladaptive Schemas (EMS) and modes in function of eating disorder subtype and behaviour, such as vomiting, laxative misuse, restricting, frequency of binges and BMI.
We will use a conditioning paradigm to experimentally investigate how individuals with AN compared to healthy controls (HCs) avoid disorder-specific, as well as generally aversive and pleasant outcomes and to what extent avoidance behaviors return…
The first aim of this research is to identify predictors of one-year treatment response after initial clinical diagnosis in a large sample of adolescent girls with AN. The results of this study could allow us to assess different treatment strategies…
The main objectives of this project are to increase our knowledge of factors playing a role in the maintenance of body image concerns in eating disorder patients. More specifically, we will examine the involvement of disgust-based avoidance of…
The objective of this study is to investigate body image disturbances in adolescents with anorexia nervosa. To capture the multidimensional perspective, body image disturbances will be studied on a perceptual, cognitive-affective and a behavioural…
The objective of the study is to determine the difference in brain responses after consumption of processed and unprocessed food between healthy lean subjects with a *normal* eating pattern with that of Binge Eating Disorder (BED) patients, who are…
The aim of this study is to gain knowledge about how disgust may contribute to the eating disorder Anorexia Nervosa (AN). Part 1 aims to test a theoretical model on the relationship between disgust propensity, disgust sensitivity, self-disgust and…