Impulsivity in binge eating disorder: food cues elicit increased reward responses and disinhibition.

BACKGROUND: Binge eating disorder (BED) represents a distinct eating disorder diagnosis. Current approaches assume increased impulsivity to be one factor leading to binge eating and weight gain. We used eye tracking to investigate both components of impulsivity, namely reward sensitivity and rash-sp...

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Main Authors: Kathrin Schag, Martin Teufel, Florian Junne, Hubert Preissl, Martin Hautzinger, Stephan Zipfel, Katrin Elisabeth Giel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3797795?pdf=render