Evaluating the predictions of an interoceptive inference model of bulimia nervosa
Maia A. Chester,
Thalia Viranda,
Walter H. Kaye
et al.
Abstract:Objective
Bulimia nervosa (BN) is associated with loss-of-control (LOC) eating episodes that frequently occur in response to negative emotions. According to recent neurocomputational models, this link could be explained by a failure to accurately update beliefs about the body in states of high arousal. Specifically, these interoceptive inference models suggest that under-relying on signals from one’s body about sensory experience (“low sensory precision”) and/or over-relying on previously held … Show more
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