Obesity has tripled over the past 40 years to become a major public health issue, as it is
linked with increased mortality and elevated risk for various physical and neuropsychiatric …

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 …

Obesity is a major public health issue affecting nearly 40% of American adults and is
associated with increased mortality and elevated risk for a number of physical and …

Obesity has been variously linked to differences in brain functional connectivity in regions
associated with reward, emotional regulation and cognition, potentially revealing neural …

There is an extensive body of literature linking ADHD to overweight and obesity. Research
indicates that impulsivity features of ADHD account for a degree of this overlap. The neural …

Forming and comparing subjective values (SVs) of choice options is a critical stage of
decision-making. Previous studies have highlighted a complex network of brain regions …

In this review article we propose a model of the brain systems, the deficiency of which may
underlie problematic eating. This integrative model is based on studies that have focused on …

The reward surfeit model of overeating suggests that heightened brain response to rewards
contributes to overeating and subsequent weight gain. However, previous studies have not …

Background Cocaine use disorder is associated with cognitive deficits that reflect
dysfunctional processing across neural systems. Because there are currently no approved …

Background Reward system dysfunction may play a role in the comorbidity of metabolic
syndrome (MetS) in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Psychological resilience, through …