Self-affirmation alters the brain's response to health messages and subsequent behavior change

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1977-1982

  Falk, Emily B ^a   O'Donnell, Matthew Brook ^a   Cascio, Christopher N ^a   Tinney, Francis ^b   Kang, Yoona ^a   Lieberman, Matthew D ^c   Taylor, Shelley E ^c   An, Lawrence ^b   Resnicow, Kenneth ^b   Strecher, Victor J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; fMRI; Physical activity; Self affirmation; VMPFC

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF AFFIRMATION; SELF CONCEPT; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 84923279520     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1500247112     Document Type: Article

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