Prior research has suggested that obesity/overweight may be associated with deficits in
executive function. If true, this has important clinical implications. In this review, we …

Many behaviors posing significant risks to public health are characterized by repeated
decisions to forego better long-term outcomes in the face of immediate temptations. Steeply …

During the past 30 yr, investigating the physiology of eating behaviors has generated a truly
vast literature. This is fueled in part by a dramatic increase in obesity and its comorbidities …

Rationale Delay discounting, or the devaluation of delayed outcomes, appears to play an
etiological role in tobacco and other substance-use disorders. Objectives No human studies …

Importance Delay discounting is a behavioral economic index of impulsive preferences for
smaller-immediate or larger-delayed rewards that is argued to be a transdiagnostic process …

In everyday decision-making, individuals make trade-offs between short-term and long-term
benefits or costs. Depending on many factors, individuals may choose to wait for larger …

Delay discounting describes the process wherein rewards lose value as a function of their
delayed receipt; how quickly rewards lose value is termed the rate of delay discounting …

Obesity is associated with steep discounting of the future and increased food reinforcement.
Episodic future thinking (EFT), a type of prospective thinking, has been observed to reduce …

Episodic future thinking (EFT) denotes our capacity to imagine prospective events. It has
been suggested to promote farsighted decisions that entail a trade-off between short-term …

Based on similarities between overconsumption of food and addictive drugs, there is
increasing interest in “food addiction,” a compulsive eating pattern defined using symptoms …