title: General and food-specific inhibitory deficits in binge eating disorder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate behavioral inhibition in individuals with binge eating disorder (BED) compared with overweight and obese individuals without BED (No-BED).
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants with BED (n = 31) and the weight-matched No-BED group (n = 29) completed an inhibitory control task (stop-signal task, SST) with food and neutral stimuli.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The BED group needed more time to stop an ongoing response, as indicated by increased stop signal reaction time (SSRT) relative to the No-BED group. Additionally, compared with the No-BED group, the BED group displayed more difficulty inhibiting responses elicited by food stimuli. The deficits in behavioral response inhibition were also found to be related to the severity of reported symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a general deficit in late stage behavioral inhibition in BED, and this may be particularly pronounced in the context of food stimuli.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Svaldi
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Naumann
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trentowska
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schmitz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D056912:Binge-Eating Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology*; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: behavioral inhibition; binge eating disorder; food stimuli; stop signal task