Studies indicate an attentional bias towards food in binge-eating disorder (BED), however, more evidence on attentional engagement and disengagement and processing of multiple attention-competing stimuli is needed. This study aimed to examine visual attention to food and non-food stimuli in BED. In n = 23 participants with full-syndrome and subsyndromal BED and n = 23 individually matched healthy controls, eye-tracking was used to assess attention to food and non-food stimuli during a free exploration paradigm and a visual search task. In the free exploration paradigm, groups did not differ in initial fixation position. While both groups fixated non-food stimuli significantly longer than food stimuli, the BED group allocated significantly more attention towards food than controls. In the visual search task, groups did not differ in detection times. However, a significant detection bias for food was found in full-syndrome BED, but not in controls. An increased initial attention towards food was related to greater BED symptomatology and lower body mass index (BMI) only in full-syndrome BED, while greater maintained attention to food was associated with lower BMI in controls. The results suggest food-biased visual attentional processing in adults with BED. Further studies should clarify the implications of attentional processes for the etiology and maintenance of BED.

Uppsatsen undersöker den halländska bingetraditionen från 1600-talet fram till idag. Binge är ett halländskt ord för att sticka, och syftar på den sticktradition som finns där. I Halland har människor stickat sedan 1600-talet. Av nöd började man sälja stickade varor och detta utvecklades under 1700- och 1800-talen till en stor verksamhet. Under början av 1900-talet startades Föreningen Bindslöjden som nedtecknade gamla halländska mönster och anställde stickare som stickade plagg med dessa mönster på, som de sedan sålde. Uppsatsen följer sedan den halländska bingetraditionens utveckling fram till idag, då det finns många människor och flera olika föreningar samt organisationer som utövar och jobbar med den halländska bingetraditionen. Uppsatsen går även igenom hantverkets utförande och tar upp olika mönster, redskap och tekniker. Mönster som finns inom den halländska bingetraditionen är exempelvis Bjärbo, Blomster, och Krok. Även begreppet binge diskuteras i uppsatsen, då betydelsen inte är helt fastställd. Inom den halländska bingetraditionen finns det även olika uppfattningar om vad som är rätt och fel, till exempel när det gäller garnkulörer. Denna uppsats lyfter denna diskussion om vad som hör till den halländska bingetraditionen och även binge som ett immateriellt kulturarv. Det finns nämligen en målsättning att skapa en förteckning om den halländska bingetraditionen till institutet för språk och folkminnen. För att ett immateriellt kulturarv ska bevaras är det viktigt att det utövas och utvecklas, vilket kan skapa svårigheter eftersom det finns flera åsikter om vad som ingår i bingebegreppet och vad som anses som rätt och fel. Det finns även andra svårigheter, som till exempel frågan om vem det är som har rätt att uttrycka sin åsikt i bevarandefrågan. / This essay describes the tradition of binge from the Swedish province of Halland. Binge is an old word from Halland that means to knit, and refers to the knitting tradition in Halland. People have been knitting in Halland since the 17th century and the need for an income made people knit things that they could sell. The selling of knitted goods grew bigger during the 18th and 19th century and in the beginning of the 20th century an association called Bindslöjden started. They documented old knitting patterns from Halland, hired knitters that knitted items with color work of these old patterns on them. Bindslöjden then sold these knitted garments. This essay describes the tradition of binge from Halland on to this day, when there still are people and different associations that practice the tradition of binge. This essay also describes the handicraft behind the tradition of binge like the patterns, tools and techniques. Examples of color work patterns that you can find within the tradition of binge is Bjärbo, Blomster and Krok. The word binge is also discussed, because the meaning of it is not fully clarified. Because of that there are differences in what people think the word binge means and also what is right or wrong within the tradition of binge. An example of this is the different opinions about the colors of the yarn. This essay also puts focus on the discussion about what is included in the tradition of binge, and also the discussion about binge as an intangible cultural heritage. The essay focuses on the tradition of binge as an intangible cultural heritage because there is a will to submit a document about the tradition of binge to the Institute for Language and Folklore. It is important that the intangible cultural heritage is practiced and can evolve, so that the intangible cultural heritage can be preserved. This can cause difficulties since there are different opinions about what is included in the tradition of binge from the Swedish province of Halland. Another difficulty is the question of who is entitled to have an opinion about the preservation.

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Introduction: Among eating disorders, the binge eating is the most common disorder with prevalence to 7,8%. It is frequently connected with overweight, or obesity. Current treatment of binge eating is based on psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy and regime approach. Recently, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation appears as hopeful therapeutic method, for example used with success as an alternative therapy to treatment of resistant major depresion. Because of its non-invasiveness, good tolerability and minimal side effects, new options of its use are studied. It seems to be a promising therapeutic method for treatment of eating disorders. Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is considered as main experimental target of stimulation for treatment of binge eating disorder. Methods: Study was conceived randomized double-blind placebo controlled. The active group was stimulated by high-frequency rTMS, with stimulation parameters: frequency 10Hz, 1500 pulses, 107s inter-train, 100 % minimal motor threshold and 10 sessions of stimulation. The control grooup was stimulated by sham rTMS coil. Both groups completed FCQ-S and FCQ- T questionnaire before stimulation, after 10. session and one month after 10. session. Results: We noticed statistically significant decrease of craving in FCQ-S questionnaire after 10. session...

Binge drinking (BD) entails excessive alcohol intake in a short time period. Despite numerous negative outcomes associated with BD and efforts to curtail it, rates remain steady. Thus, it is important to identify "who" binge drinks and "why" it occurs. Drawing from past research, I sought to replicate the link between trait narcissism and BD; moreover, I examined if overconfidence and confidence-based risk-taking assessed via the Georgia Gambling Task (GGT), explained why they did so. The results generally supported my hypotheses. As expected, narcissism related to poor GGT performance and high levels of BD; likewise, poor GGT performance related to BD. GGT performance accounted for (i.e., mediated) the narcissism-to-BD relation, but only partially, in subsequent regression analyses. In the discussion I focus on the social and clinical relevance of these findings especially for university interventions, parents, and therapists. I also discuss avenues for future research including other potential mediators.

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Editorial on the Research Topic. Extreme Eating Behaviours.

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