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SUBMITTER: van der Laan LN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4033222 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van der Laan Laura N LN de Ridder Denise T D DT Charbonnier Lisette L Viergever Max A MA Smeets Paul A M PA
Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience 20140522
Despite their intentions, weight-concerned individuals generally fail to control their eating behavior. However, it is unknown whether this failure is due to a lack of effortful self-control, or to not experiencing an internal conflict between weight goals and food temptations. The present study used fMRI, eye tracking and reaction times to assess the degree of conflict experienced by weight-concerned women during food choices that posed either a self-control dilemma (i.e., requiring a choice be ...[more]