Food intake regulation in humans is a complex process controlled by the dynamic
interaction of homeostatic and hedonic systems. Homeostatic regulation is controlled by …

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 …

Grounded theories hold sensorimotor activation is critical to language processing. Such
theories have focused predominantly on the dominant senses of sight and hearing …

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays a crucial role in adaptive behavior. A wealth of
studies suggests obesity-related alterations in the central dopamine system. The most direct …

Research on food-related emotions has increased over the decades. Advances in functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have made it possible to investigate the neural …

Memory about food and eating is crucial in regulating appetite and eating behaviors.
Successfully stopping vivid imagination of delicious food could help reduce food craving and …

Obesity and components of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) are associated with differences
in brain structure and function and in general and food‐related cognition in adults. Here, we …

Most societies witness an ever increasing prevalence of both obesity and dementia, a
scenario related to often underestimated individual and public health burden. Overnutrition …

Background Emerging data suggest that weight gain is associated with changes in neural
response to palatable food tastes and palatable food cues, which may serve to maintain …

Functional neuroimaging has become a widely used tool in obesity and eating disorder
research to explore the alterations in neurobiology that underlie overeating and binge eating …