title: Investigating the reinforcing value of binge anticipation.
abstract: Binge eating is a hallmark feature of several types of eating disorders, including bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa (binge/purge type), and binge-eating disorder, and is associated with numerous harmful consequences. For decades, researchers have sought to understand what maintains and reinforces this behavior in the face of such profound negative consequences. In this context, researchers have focused on the binge-eating behavior itself, and given little consideration to what may be a crucial part of the process: anticipating or planning binge-eating episodes. In this article, we discuss binge anticipation, its potential reinforcing value, and methodologies which would allow researchers to investigate this potentially critical process in individuals who binge eat. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2016; 49:539-541).
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Carolyn M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky, Lexington, Minnesota.
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Chester
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky, Lexington, Minnesota.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.affiliation: University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks, North Dakota.|Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Fargo, North Dakota.
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Wonderlich
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky, Lexington, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Gregory T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology; D059031:Anticipation, Psychological; D056912:Binge-Eating Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012201:Reward