Evaluation of visual food stimuli paradigms on healthy adolescents for future use in fMRI studies in anorexia nervosa

ConclusionsA carefully designed paradigm, based on the subject ’s characteristics, can increase the reliability of the fMRI study, and may reveal specific brain activations elicited by this custom-built stimuli. However, a putative disadvantage of implementing the contrast of high- versus low-calorie stimuli might be the omission of some interesting outcomes due to lower statistical power.Trial registration NCT02980120.
Source: Journal of Eating Disorders - Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Source Type: research