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Mood, Reward, And Restrictive Eating: A Research Proposal, Sara Ceresia

Undergraduate Student Research Internships Conference

Restrictive eating is central to various eating disorders. In particular, it is a key feature and may precede the development of anorexia nervosa. Research on anorexia nervosa has found that individuals use restrictive eating to regulate their emotional states. However, the findings are mixed. Furthermore, individuals with anorexia nervosa have been found to have dysregulated reward processing. However, there is limited agreement in the literature on various aspects of the approach and avoidance mechanisms of individuals with anorexia nervosa. For example, whether the dysregulated reward processing is global or pertains only to rewards relevant to their disordered behaviours and cognitions …

Social Cognition Across Eating Disorders: A Systematic Review, Jina C. Kim

Undergraduate Student Research Internships Conference

Social cognition refers to the cognitive processes involved in social interactions. Deficits in social cognition may play a role in the onset and maintenance of eating disorders (ED). The goal of this review was to examine the current literature on social cognition across EDs, specifically, anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and binge eating disorder (BED).

The search revealed 79 studies which were organized according to six domains of social cognition: alexithymia, theory of mind, empathy, social processing, emotion recognition, and emotion processing. Most studies examined AN, finding evidence for deficits in some domains of social cognition. Literature on BN …