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Anorexia eye-tracking study

Why is this research happening?

Recent research suggests that where people with anorexia nervosa focus their attention may play a role in maintaining their symptoms. This study aims to explore how women with and without anorexia nervosa visually attend to different body types and emotional facial expressions. The findings of this study will improve our understanding of attentional patterns in eating disorders and inform our future development of new interventions to help individuals feel more positive about their bodies.

Who is doing the research?

Ms Yufei Jin, PhD student at University of Bristol

Email: yufei.jin@bristol.ac.uk

Supervisors: Dr Helen Bould, Prof Ian Penton-Voak, Prof Iain Gilchrist, Prof Danae Stanton Fraser

Who can take part?

In order to take part, you should:

How can I take part and what does this involve?

The study will involve completing three eye-tracking tasks in a University of Bristol psychology lab (12A Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TU). This will involve looking at images of women's bodies and faces, whilst eye-tracking equipment records your eye movements. After the eye-tracking tasks, you will be asked to fill out some questionnaires, which will include questions about your mood, anxiety, and eating-related thoughts and behaviours.

The session will last up to 90 minutes, and participants will receive a £30 Amazon voucher plus reimbursement for reasonable travel costs to the lab.

If you'd like to sign up to the study, please complete this short screening survey: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/online-screening

If you'd like more information, please email the researcher at yufei.jin@bristol.ac.uk