Self-Regulatory Depletion Enhances Neural Responses to Rewards and Impairs Top-Down Control

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2262-2271

  Wagner, Dylan D ^a   Altman, Myra ^a   Boswell, Rebecca G ^a   Kelley, William M ^a   Heatherton, Todd F ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

depletion; fMRI; food; orbitofrontal cortex; reward; self control; self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPLETION; EQUIPMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOOD; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; SELF-CONTROL; SELF-REGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

DEPLETION; FMRI; FOOD; ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; SELF-CONTROL; SELF-REGULATION;

ADULT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887335793     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613492985     Document Type: Article

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