This repository contains materials to run the Columbia Center for Eating Disorders Food Choice Task that captures eating behavior.

The following are available to download:

1. The Food Choice Task Manual (including instructions for running the task)
2. Python scripts to run the task
3. Task stimuli
4. Scoring scripts to calculate performance measures (e.g., choice of high-fat foods)

When using the task, please reference this repository and the following publications:

Steinglass, J., Foerde, K., Kostro, K., Shohamy, D., & Walsh, B. T. (2015). Restrictive food intake as a choice—A paradigm for study. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 48(1), 59-66.

Foerde, K., Steinglass, J. E., Shohamy, D., & Walsh, B. T. (2015). Neural mechanisms supporting maladaptive food choices in anorexia nervosa. Nature neuroscience, 18(11), 1571-1573.

• Open a terminal window and navigate to the root folder of this project.
• Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install requirements
• Start the application with python run.py or python run_MRI.py (Note, when running python, you may need to use python3, depending on your environment )