Greater impulsivity is associated with decreased brain activation in obese women during a delay discounting task

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-128

  Stoeckel, Luke E ^a,b   Murdaugh, Donna L ^a   Cox, James E ^a   Cook III, Edwin W ^a   Weller, Rosalyn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay discounting; Executive function; Impulsivity; Inhibitory control; Intertemporal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; DELAY DISCOUNTING TASK; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; MODULATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84876914534     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-012-9201-4     Document Type: Article

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