Journal article
Emotion Regulation Modulates Dietary Decision-Making via Activity in the Prefrontal-Striatal Valuation System
Carmen Morawetz, David Steyrl, Stella Berboth, Hauke R Heekeren, Stefan Bode
Cerebral Cortex | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC | Published : 2020
Abstract
The consumption of indulgent, carbohydrate- and fat-rich foods is often used as a strategy to cope with negative affect because they provide immediate self-reward. Such dietary choices, however, can severely affect people's health. One countermeasure could be to improve one's emotion regulation ability. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine the neural activity underlying the downregulation of incidental emotions and its effect on subsequent food choices. We investigated whether emotion regulation leads to healthier food choices and how emotion regulation interacts with the brain's valuation and decision-making circuitry. We found that 1) the downregulation of incidental ne..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council Discovery Project
Funding Acknowledgements
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Grant MO 2041/2-1) and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action 795994 to C.M.; Australian Research Council Discovery Project (grant DP160103353 to S.B.). Conflict of Interest: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.