Clinical trials: Reward Learning
Anorexia Nervosa
Influence of Reward and Punishment on Goal-directed and Habit Learning in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa
The proposed study of adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) will examine the association of behavioral differences in constructs of decision making, brain structure and connectivity, and eating disorder (ED) symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT04051879
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Overweight, Obesity
Cue-Reward Learning and Weight Gain in Youth
The objective of the study is to compare children at low risk for obesity (two healthy weight parents) to children at high risk for obesity (two overweight parents) in their response rate to food taste and in their rate of…
- Trial name
- ChildLearn (NCT03254576)
- Testing
- Functional MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 147 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Obesity, Childhood, Eating Behavior
Study of Brain, Reward, and Kids' Eating
Children from rural communities are at greater risk for obesity than children from more urban communities. However, some children are resilient to obesity despite greater exposure to obesogenic influences in rural communities…
- Trial name
- BRAKE (NCT05456516)
- Testing
- Food Rating
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Anorexia Nervosa
Appetitive Conditioning in Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is characterized by a reduced drive to pursue rewarding experiences and stimuli. Food consumption - which is almost universally experienced as pleasurable - is not described as rewarding by those with AN.
- Trial name
- ACAN (NCT05531604)
- Testing
- appetitive conditioning
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Low Weight Eating Disorders, Anorexia Nervosa
Reward Systems and Food Avoidance in Eating Disorders
The researchers plan to explore brain networks involved in emotion processing and learning using a brain scan and test meals. One core feature of Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is eating a small number of high-calorie or high-fat foods.
- Trial name
- NCT02795455
- Testing
- Interoceptive Exposure (IE), Family Based Therapy-Weight Gain Control (FBT-WG), meal replacement shake
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Children's Nutrition Intake
The Nutritional Effect of Parental Use of Food as a Reward
Control rules are common parental practices that use food as reward to encourage children to conduct parents' preferred behaviors.
- Trial name
- NCT02354157
- Testing
- no intervention
- Volunteers
- 207 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University