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Emotion processing in anorexia nervosa: what happens in the brain?

Conditions
Anorexia Nervosa, emotion processing, fMRI, brain, ambiguity.
Registration Number
NL-OMON21380
Lead Sponsor
trecht University
Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria

Anorexia nervosa participants:

-Diagnosed with AN of ED-NOS-AN (DSM-IV criteria) of ANR (DSM-5 criteria)

Exclusion Criteria

Anorexia nervosa participants:

-Having a history of or current excessive alcohol consumption (> 28 units per week)

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
pon ambiguous affective stimuli, different brain regions in Anorexia nervosa patients will be activated with different responses compared tot healthy controls.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Anorexia patients differ from healthy controls in terms of (1) emotion processing (ERQ, RME task, PANAS, IUS, BDI, STAI), (2) the effects of processing ambiguous affective stimuli (WOF task), and (3) the association beteen measures of emotion processing and emotional and neuronal esponses to ambiguous affective stimuli
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