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 receptorsDesireFindings
2017
Integration of Sweet Taste and Metabolism Determines Carbohydrate Reward
Veldhuizen MG, Babbs RK, Patel B, Fobbs W, Kroemer NB, Garcia E, Yeomans MR, Small DM. Integration of Sweet Taste and Metabolism Determines Carbohydrate Reward. Current Biology 2017, 27: 2476-2485.e6. PMID: 28803868, PMCID: PMC5745144, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCaloric loadGreater metabolic responseNon-linear associationMetabolic responseSugar-sweetened beveragesBrain responsesLow-calorie beveragesHigh-calorie beveragesNon-nutritive sweetenersGreater brain responsePost-ingestive signalsHuman studiesSweet tasteNutrient metabolismCarbohydrate metabolismNovel mechanismBeveragesPotencyAssociationMetabolismCarbohydrate rewards