Cognitive control and the non-conscious regulation of health behavior

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Rebar, Amanda L ^a   Loftus, Andrea M ^b   Hagger, Martin S ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Habit; Implicit; Motivation; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTOREGULATION; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HABIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF CONTROL; TRAINING;

EID: 84933670496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00122     Document Type: Article

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