Decision Making, Daily Experiences, and Brain Activity in Young Adult Women

Description

The investigators are doing a study of women with and without binge-eating disorder to learn more about what happens when people engage in everyday decision-making activities. The investigators are interested in learning more about brain activity during everyday decision-making and how everyday decision-making relates to a variety of daily experiences. Examples of everyday decisions include deciding which product to buy, deciding what to eat for a snack, and deciding how to spend free time.

Conditions

Binge-Eating Disorder

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Study overview

The investigators are doing a study of women with and without binge-eating disorder to learn more about what happens when people engage in everyday decision-making activities. The investigators are interested in learning more about brain activity during everyday decision-making and how everyday decision-making relates to a variety of daily experiences. Examples of everyday decisions include deciding which product to buy, deciding what to eat for a snack, and deciding how to spend free time.

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Decision Making, Daily Experiences, and Brain Activity in Young Adult Women

Condition
Binge-Eating Disorder
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Belmont

McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, United States, 02478

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Normal or corrected to normal vision and hearing
  • * Verbal and written fluency in English
  • * Right-handed
  • * Body mass index of 20-35 kg/m\^2
  • * Impaired cognition or other neurological/cognitive problems
  • * Contraindications to MRI (e.g., certain metal implants, claustrophobia)
  • * Currently/recently/potentially pregnant, seeking to become pregnant in the near future, or breastfeeding
  • * Serious and/or unstable medical diseases and conditions, and certain other medical diseases and conditions
  • * Recent low weight
  • * Certain medications (e.g., insulin)
  • * Current/recent frequent recreational drug use, or history of frequent recreational drug use in early adolescence
  • * Extreme dietary limitations (e.g., veganism), pervasive food allergies, or limited exposure to popular snack foods
  • * Current/recent suicidality
  • * Current/recent changes in treatment for mental illness
  • * Study-relevant research experience
  • * Personal history of eating disorders or recurrent binge eating
  • * Personal history of any other mental illness, including serious substance use problems
  • * First-degree relative with current or past eating or psychotic disorder
  • * Significant recent change in weight
  • * Severe mental illness (e.g., psychotic disorder, severe agoraphobia)
  • * Certain other current/recent mental illness, including severe substance use problems, that would limit study participation or safety
  • * Recent anorexia nervosa spectrum disorder, avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder, or bulimia nervosa spectrum disorder

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 40 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Mclean Hospital,

Kristin N Javaras, DPhil, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Mclean Hospital

Study Record Dates

2025-08-31