2019
Rethinking Food Reward
de Araujo IE, Schatzker M, Small DM. Rethinking Food Reward. Annual Review Of Psychology 2019, 71: 1-26. PMID: 31561741, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-122216-011643.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFood rewardReward regionsHedonic qualityBrain neural pathwaysSubliminal signalsCognitive processesBrain reward regionsConscious perceptionDietary decisionsCortical networksFlavor perceptionCaloric foodNeural pathwaysFood reinforcementRewardUncontrolled desirePerceptionDietary choicesOvereatingRecent animalHuman studiesTraditional modelsSensory receptorsDesireFindingsProcessed foods and food reward
Small DM, DiFeliceantonio AG. Processed foods and food reward. Science 2019, 363: 346-347. PMID: 30679360, DOI: 10.1126/science.aav0556.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
Genetically Determined Differences in Brain Response to a Primary Food Reward
Felsted JA, Ren X, Chouinard-Decorte F, Small DM. Genetically Determined Differences in Brain Response to a Primary Food Reward. Journal Of Neuroscience 2010, 30: 2428-2432. PMID: 20164326, PMCID: PMC2831082, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5483-09.2010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain responsesPrimary food rewardFunctional magnetic resonanceTaqIA A1 alleleOrbital frontal cortexReward driveIndividual differencesNeural responsesFuture weight gainFood rewardPalatable foodNeuroimaging techniquesPerceptual responsesBiological underpinningsIndividual factorsFrontal cortexImpulsivityDiminished dopamineSimilar ratingsFood reinforcementRewardSpecific associationNeurophysiologyMilkshakeBody mass index