Social norms shift behavioral and neural responses to foods

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1412-1426

  Nook, Erik C ^a   Zaki, Jamil ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANALYSIS; BRAIN REGION; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD PREFERENCE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUNGER; LINGUAL GYRUS; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE OCCIPITAL GYRUS; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SOCIAL NORM; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VISION;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL NORMS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930153308     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00795     Document Type: Article

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