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Investigating the reinforcing value of binge anticipation
Author(s) -
Pearson Carolyn M.,
Chester David S.,
Powell David,
Wonderlich Stephen A.,
Smith Gregory T.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/eat.22547
Subject(s) - anticipation (artificial intelligence) , binge eating , psychology , bulimia nervosa , anorexia nervosa , binge eating disorder , context (archaeology) , eating disorders , value (mathematics) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , paleontology , artificial intelligence , machine learning , biology , computer science
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)