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Self-Control Gone Awry: The Cognitive Neuroscience Behind Bulimia Nervosa is organized by Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) and will be held on Aug 10, 2021.

Description
Every day, our brains bring together information from our bodies and environments to control our eating behavior. In turn, eating, or not eating, influences our brains' self-control circuitry. Extremes in the control of eating behavior, as well as other non-food-related behaviors, characterize individuals with bulimia nervosa. Dr. Berner will discuss how self-control goes awry in bulimia nervosa; describe how these disturbances could promote symptoms like binge eating, purging, and dietary restriction; and review how disruptions in self-control circuitry may help us predict clinical outcome and develop new treatments.

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.