Fear signals inhibit impulsive behavior toward rewarding food objects

Appetite

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 643-648

  Veling, Harm ^a   Aarts, Henk ^a   Stroebe, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fear; Food; Impulse; Inhibition; Reward

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; REWARD;

CUES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; STUDENTS;

EID: 79952984803     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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