Obese adults have visual attention bias for food cue images: Evidence for altered reward system function

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1063-1073

  Castellanos, E H ^a,b   Charboneau, E ^a,b   Dietrich, M S ^a,b   Park, S ^a,c   Bradley, B P ^d   Mogg, K ^d   Cowan, R L ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eye tracking; Human obesity; Incentive salience; Reward system; Visual probe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ASSOCIATION; DIET RESTRICTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FASTING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; HUNGER; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349132632     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2009.138     Document Type: Article

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