The dopamine motive system: implications for drug and food addiction

ND Volkow, RA Wise, R Baler - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
Behaviours such as eating, copulating, defending oneself or taking addictive drugs begin
with a motivation to initiate the behaviour. Both this motivational drive and the behaviours …

[PDF][PDF] Reward mechanisms in obesity: new insights and future directions

PJ Kenny - Neuron, 2011 - cell.com
Food is consumed in order to maintain energy balance at homeostatic levels. In addition,
palatable food is also consumed for its hedonic properties independent of energy status …

Neural correlates of food addiction

AN Gearhardt, S Yokum, PT Orr, E Stice… - Archives of general …, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Context Research has implicated an addictive process in the development and maintenance
of obesity. Although parallels in neural functioning between obesity and substance …

[HTML][HTML] Interoception, contemplative practice, and health

N Farb, J Daubenmier, CJ Price, T Gard, C Kerr… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Interoception can be broadly defined as the sense of signals originating within the body. As
such, interoception is critical for our sense of embodiment, motivation, and well-being. And …

Mindfulness-based eating awareness training (MB-EAT) for binge eating: A randomized clinical trial

J Kristeller, RQ Wolever, V Sheets - Mindfulness, 2014 - Springer
Binge eating is characterized by significant imbalance in food intake regulation and is often
comorbid with obesity and depression. Mindfulness-based approaches may reduce …

Obesity and the brain: how convincing is the addiction model?

H Ziauddeen, IS Farooqi, PC Fletcher - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2012 - nature.com
An increasingly influential perspective conceptualizes both obesity and overeating as a food
addiction accompanied by corresponding brain changes. Because there are far-reaching …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroimaging and neuromodulation approaches to study eating behavior and prevent and treat eating disorders and obesity

D Val-Laillet, E Aarts, B Weber, M Ferrari… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2015 - Elsevier
Functional, molecular and genetic neuroimaging has highlighted the existence of brain
anomalies and neural vulnerability factors related to obesity and eating disorders such as …

Why is obesity such a problem in the 21st century? The intersection of palatable food, cues and reward pathways, stress, and cognition

MJ Morris, JE Beilharz, J Maniam, AC Reichelt… - Neuroscience & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in food composition and availability have contributed to the dramatic
increase in obesity over the past 30–40 years in developed and, increasingly, in developing …

Neuroimaging and obesity: current knowledge and future directions

S Carnell, C Gibson, L Benson, CN Ochner… - Obesity …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Neuroimaging is becoming increasingly common in obesity research as investigators try to
understand the neurological underpinnings of appetite and body weight in humans. Positron …

[HTML][HTML] Is internet pornography causing sexual dysfunctions? A review with clinical reports

BY Park, G Wilson, J Berger, M Christman, B Reina… - Behavioral …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Traditional factors that once explained men's sexual difficulties appear insufficient to account
for the sharp rise in erectile dysfunction, delayed ejaculation, decreased sexual satisfaction …