Aberrant brain reward responses to food-related cues are an implied characteristic of human
obesity; yet, findings are inconsistent. To explain these inconsistencies, we aimed to …

Background: The major aim of this study was to investigate whether the motivational
salience of food cues (as reflected by their attention-grabbing properties) differs between …

Obese individuals react to cues of high caloric food with enhanced craving and brain reward
system activation. In the present study, we analyzed neural correlates of craving regulation …

The dysregulation of food intake in chronic obesity has been explained by different theories.
To assess their explanatory power, we meta-analyzed 22 brain-activation imaging studies …

Theoretical work suggests that obesity is related to enhanced incentive salience of food
cues. However, evidence from both behavioral and neuroimaging studies on the topic is …

Obese individuals have been shown to exhibit abnormal sensitivity to rewards and reward-
predicting cues as for example food-associated cues frequently used in advertisements. It …

Recent research suggests that obesity is linked to prominent alterations in learning and
decision-making. This general difference may also underlie the preference for immediately …

It is becoming clearer how neurobiological mechanisms generate 'liking'and
'wanting'components of food reward. Mesocorticolimbic mechanisms that enhance …

Several public health departments throughout North America have responded to the obesity
epidemic by mandating that restaurants publish calories at the point of purchase—with the …

While some individuals can defy the lure of temptation, many others find appetizing food
irresistible. The goal of this study was to investigate the neuropsychological mechanisms …