A wide research base has shown the link between metacognitive beliefs and
psychopathology and there is currently evidence that elevated levels of maladaptive …

Mindfulness meditation has a long tradition of being used to manage cravings. This paper
reviews 30 experimental studies that have examined the effects of different types of …

Although humans are hard-wired to pursue sensory pleasure, they show considerable
heterogeneity in their moral evaluations of sensory pleasure. In some societies, sensory …

Over the last two decades, inhibitory control has featured prominently in accounts of how
humans and other organisms regulate their behaviour and thought. Previous work on how …

The present study investigated the nature of physiological cue reactivity and craving in
response to alcohol cues among alcohol-dependent patients (N= 80) who were enrolled in …

Abstract Purpose of Review Dieting is often blamed for causing food cravings. Such diet-
induced cravings may be mediated by physiological (eg, nutritional deprivation) or …

Theoretical models suggest that food-related visual attentional bias (AB) may be related to
appetitive motivational states and individual differences in body weight; however, findings in …

Mental imagery refers to the experience of perception in the absence of external sensory
input. Deficits in the ability to generate mental imagery or to distinguish it from actual sensory …

Food craving refers to an intense desire to consume a specific food and is regularly
experienced by the majority of individuals. Yet, there are interindividual differences in the …

Experimental models identify the transition from choice to compulsivity as the main
mechanism underlying addiction. In behavioral addictions research, however, the adjective …