“…Anorexia nervosa (AN) is associated with self‐reported sensory hyper‐responsivity, whereas bulimia nervosa (BN) is associated with sensory hypo‐responsivity (Brand‐Gothelf et al, ). Although individuals with AN are better able to detect their heartbeat and breathing sensations pre‐meal compared with healthy controls (Khalsa et al, ), they experience difficulty distinguishing actual from anticipated interoceptive signals, such as feelings of fullness (Perez, Coley, Crandall, Di Lorenzo, & Bravender, ), touch (Crucianelli, Cardi, Treasure, Jenkinson, & Fotopoulou, ), and pain (de Zwaan, Biener, Bach, Wiesnagrotzki, & Stacher, ). Individuals with BN report lower sensation intensities during increased stomach distention than controls (Zimmerli, Walsh, Guss, Devlin, & Kisseleff, ) but show elevated thermal (Yamamotova, Papezova, & Uher, ) and mechanical pain thresholds (de Zwaan et al, ).…”