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A systematic review and meta-analysis of cognitive bias to food stimuli in people with disordered eating behaviour

Brooks, Samantha, Prince, Alexis, Stahl, Daniel, Campbell, Iain C., Treasure, Janet·2011·Clinical Psychology Review

Abstract

Aim Maladaptive cognitions about food, weight and shape bias attention, memory and judgment and may be linked to disordered eating behaviour. This paper reviews information processing of food stimuli (words, pictures) in people with eating disorders (ED).Method PubMed, Ovid, ScienceDirect, PsychInfo, Web of Science, Cochrane Library and Google Scholar were searched to December 2009. 63 studies measured attention, memory and judgment bias towards food stimuli in women with ED.Results Stroop tasks had sufficient sample size for a meta-analyses and effects ranged from small to medium. Other studies of attention bias had variable effects (e.g. the Dot-Probe task, distracter tasks and Startle Eyeblink Modulation). A meta-analysis of memory bias studies in ED and RE yielded insignificant effect. Effect sizes for judgment bias ranged from negligible to large.Conclusions People with ED have greater attentional bias to food stimuli than healthy controls (HC). Evidence for a memory and judgment bias in ED is limited.

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Authors
Brooks, S., Prince, A., Stahl, D., Campbell, I. C., & Treasure, J.
Affiliations
King's College London (GB)
Corresponding author
Brooks, Samantha
Venue
Clinical Psychology Review
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-02
Volume
31
Issue
1
Pages
37-51
ISSN
0272-7358 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1965590380
Cited by
236
References
98
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FWCI
2.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Clinical Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
disordered eating, eating disorders, cognitive biases, food stimuli, attentional bias, memory bias, judgment bias, Stroop task, dot-probe task, women
MeSH terms
Feeding and Eating Disorders, Attention, Female, Food, Humans, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Photic Stimulation

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