Moving towards specificity: A systematic review of cue features associated with reward and punishment in anorexia nervosa.

ABSTRACT: Models of anorexia nervosa (AN) posit that symptoms are maintained through deficient reward and enhanced punishment processing. However, theoretical and empirical inconsistencies highlight the need for a more nuanced conceptualization of this literature. Our goal was to comprehensively review the research on reward and punishment responding in AN from a cue-specific lens to determine which stimuli evoke or discourage reward and punishment responses in this population, and, ultimately, what properties these rewarding and punishing cues might share. A systematic review interrogating reward and punishment responses to specific cues yielded articles (n = 92) that examined responses to disorder relevant (e.g., food) and irrelevant (e.g., money) stimuli across self-report, behavioral, and biolog

SUBMITTER: Haynos AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7335637 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature