Background Risk factors represent a range of complex variables associated with the onset,
development, and course of eating disorders. Understanding these risk factors is vital for the …

Over the last 25 years, virtual reality (VR) has offered innovative solutions for targeting
different key symptoms of eating disorders: from craving to negative emotions, from …

Background Interoception refers to the processes by which we sense, interpret and integrate
signals originating from within the body. Deficits in interoception have been linked to higher …

Dysfunctional interoceptive processing of hunger and satiety cues is particularly relevant to
disordered eating behaviors. However, researchers often rely on general measures of …

Despite advances in our understanding of the behavioral and molecular factors that underlie
the onset and maintenance of Eating Disorders (EDs), it is still necessary to optimize …

The importance of the sense of ourselves from within for understanding adaptive behavior
and psychopathology has been increasingly recognized during the last decades …

Abstract Binge-Eating Disorder (BED) involves anticipatory craving and urges, subjective
loss-of-control during binge-eating episodes, and post-feeding psychological distress and …

Background Interoception refers to the process of identifying and listening to internal bodily
signals, which may be a modifiable determinant of appetite regulation and weight gain. The …

Abstract Individuals with Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa present alterations in the
way they experience their bodies. Body experience results from a multisensory integration …

Significant comorbidity has been demonstrated between feeding and eating disorders and
autism. Atypical interoception (perception of bodily signals) may, at least in part, be …