The Future Is Now: Reducing Impulsivity and Energy Intake Using Episodic Future Thinking

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2339-2342

  Daniel, Tinuke Oluyomi ^a   Stanton, Christina M ^a   Epstein, Leonard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; REWARD; THINKING; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MEMORY, EPISODIC; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REWARD; THINKING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887377168     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613488780     Document Type: Article

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