Functional, molecular and genetic neuroimaging has highlighted the existence of brain
anomalies and neural vulnerability factors related to obesity and eating disorders such as …

This article reviews current research and cross-disciplinary perspectives on the
neuroscience of food reward in animals and humans, examines the scientific hypothesis of …

Craving is a core feature of substance use disorders. It is a strong predictor of substance use
and relapse and is linked to overeating, gambling, and other maladaptive behaviors …

In the past decade, neuroimaging research has begun to identify key brain regions involved
in self-referential processing, most consistently midline structures such as the posterior …

With the obesity epidemic being largely attributed to overeating, much research has been
aimed at understanding the psychological causes of overeating and using this knowledge to …

Previous studies indicate that eating behaviours and food cravings are associated with
increased BMI and obesity. However, the interaction between these behaviours and other …

Procrastination, the voluntary and irrational delay of an intended course of action, has
troubled individuals and society extensively. Various studies have been conducted to …

We propose that a core eating network and its modulations account for much of what is
currently known about the neural activity underlying a wide range of eating phenomena in …

Obesity rates continue to rise alarmingly, with dire health implications. One contributing
factor is that individuals frequently forgo healthy foods in favor of inexpensive, high-calorie …

Traditional models of appetite control have emphasised the role of parallel homeostatic and
hedonic systems, but more recently the distinction between independent homeostatic and …