Memory bias for schema-related stimuli in individuals with bulimia nervosa

✍ Scribed by Tanja Legenbauer; Bärbel Maul; Ilka Rühl; Maria Kleinstäuber;; Wolfgang Hiller

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 143 KB
• Volume: 66
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20651

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This study investigates whether individuals with bulimia nervosa (BN) have a memory bias in relation to explicit memory (cued and free recall vs. verbal and pictorial recognition tasks). Twenty‐five participants diagnosed with BN and 27 normal controls (NC) were exposed to body‐related, food‐related, and neutral TV commercials, and then recall and recognition rates were assessed. Poorer recognition and recall of body‐related stimuli was found for BN in comparison to NC, suggesting a memory bias. Results are discussed in relation to previous studies, along with suggestions as to how future studies can gain more insight into dysfunctions in information processing that can lead to the maintenance of eating disorders. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol: In Session 66: 302–316, 2010.