Working memory and reward association learning impairments in obesity
Coppin G, Nolan-Poupart S, Jones-Gotman M, Small DM. Working memory and reward association learning impairments in obesity. Neuropsychologia 2014, 65: 146-155. PMID: 25447070, PMCID: PMC4259845, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.10.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthy weight individualsNegative outcomesExplicit learningReward association learningProbabilistic learning taskFunction of groupHealthy weight groupObese individualsReward associationsStimulus-rewardExecutive functionAssociation learningLearning taskExperiment 1Learning impairmentHealthy weightParadoxical preferenceWeight individualsPositive outcomesMemoryWeight groupInfluence of obesitySecond experimentCurrent studyDeficits