One of the defining characteristics of the research of Ann E. Kelley was her recognition that
the neuroscience underlying basic learning and motivation processes also shed significant …

One out of three adults in the United States is clinically obese. Excess food intake is
associated with food motivation, which has been found to be higher in obese compared to …

Objectives: Obesity is associated with hyperactivation of the reward system for high-calorie
(HC) versus low-calorie (LC) food cues, which encourages unhealthy food selection and …

Background Obesity has been characterized by alterations in brain structure and function
associated with emotion processing and regulation. Particularly, aberrations in food‐related …

Multiple theories identify neural vulnerability factors that may increase risk for overeating
and weight gain. Early cross-sectional neuroimaging studies were unable to determine …

Overconsumption of high-calorie or unhealthy foods commonly leads to weight gain.
Understanding people's neural responses to high-calorie food cues might help to develop …

Adequate energy intake is vital for the survival of humans and is regulated by complex
homeostatic and hedonic mechanisms. Supported by functional MRI (fMRI) studies that …

Given the unabated obesity problem, there is increasing appreciation of expressions like
“my eyes are bigger than my stomach,” and recent studies in rodents and humans suggest …

This report reviews findings from studies that have investigated whether abnormalities in
reward from food intake and anticipated food intake increase risk for obesity. Self-report and …

The brain's reward system is crucial to understand obesity in modern society, as increased
neural responsivity to reward can fuel the unhealthy food choices that are driving the …