title: Attention Disengagement Difficulties among Average Weight Women Who Binge Eat.
abstract: In this study, we assessed biases in attention disengagement among average-weight women with binge-eating (n = 33) and non-eating disordered controls (n = 31). Participants engaged in a spatial cueing paradigm task wherein they first observed high-calorie food, low-calorie food, or neutral images and then had to quickly locate targets in either the same or a different location. Within both groups, reaction times (RTs) were longer to valid-cued trials (i.e. target appearing in location of preceding cue) than to invalid-cued trials (i.e. targets appearing in location different from initial location), reflecting a general inhibition of return (IOR) effect. However, RT findings also indicated that women with BE had significantly more difficulty disengaging from high-calorie food images than did controls, even though neither group had disengagement problems related to other image types. Selective attention disengagement difficulties related to high-calorie food images suggested that increased reward sensitivity to such cues is related to binge eating risk. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.
authors: School of Psychology, Southwest University, China.
authors: Zhenyong
authors: Z
authors: Lyu
authors: School of Psychology, Southwest University, China.
authors: Panpan
authors: P
authors: Zheng
authors: School of Psychology, Southwest University, China.
authors: Todd
authors: T
authors: Jackson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D015982:Bias; D056912:Binge-Eating Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011930:Reaction Time; D012201:Reward; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: attention biases; binge eating; inhibition of return; spatial cueing paradigm; stimulus disengagement