SynthesisObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2014
Neural bases of food perception: coordinate-based meta-analyses of neuroimaging studies in multiple modalities.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Reporting practices and sourcing of food images in fMRI research: implications for reproducibility.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- Cognitive reappraisal of food craving and emotions: a coordinate-based meta-analysis of fMRI studies.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
- Brain responses to watching food commercials compared with nonfood commercials: a meta-analysis on neuroimaging studies.Public health nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- Neural Correlates of Anti-appetite Medications: An fMRI Meta-analysis.Current neuropharmacology · 2021Pooled it
- Hunger and BMI modulate neural responses to sweet stimuli: fMRI meta-analysis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2020Pooled it
- Empirical assessment of changing sample-characteristics in task-fMRI over two decades: An example from gustatory and food studies.Human brain mapping · 2020Pooled it
- Obesity is associated with reduced orbitofrontal cortex volume: A coordinate-based meta-analysis.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2020Pooled it
- Exploring the acute effects of running on cerebral blood flow and food cue reactivity in healthy young men using functional magnetic resonance imaging.Human brain mapping · 2023Trial
- Altered hypothalamic functional connectivity in adolescents with severe obesity.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Observational
- Engaging visual media shifts taste-related neural processing: An fMRI study on distracted eating.Neuroimage. Reports · 2026Article
- Altered Hypothalamic functional connectivity in adolescents with severe obesity.Research square · 2026Article
- Exploring partially shared valuation-related neural responses between abstract desirability and food incentive evaluation.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- The development and testing of the TTU food cue reactivity image bank.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Article
- Effects of Umami Taste on Visual Food Cue Processing: An ERP Study with Source Localization.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Associations of Device-Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time With Neural Responses to Visual Food Cues in Adults: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.Human brain mapping · 2025Article
- Structural connectome manifold changes related to body mass index and their associations with eating psychopathology.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2025Article
- The Impact of Artificial and Natural Additives in Meat Products on Neurocognitive Food Perception: A Narrative Review.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Positive serial dependence in ratings of food images for appeal and calories.Current biology : CB · 2024Article
- Two Separate Brain Networks for Predicting Trainability and Tracking Training-Related Plasticity in Working Dogs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Trait food craving predicts functional connectivity between dopaminergic midbrain and the fusiform food area during eating imagery.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to compare the results of the three food-cue paradigms most commonly used for functional neuroimaging studies to determine: i) commonalities and differences in the neural response patterns by paradigm and ii) the relative robustness and reliability of responses to each paradigm.
methodsFunctional magnetic resonance imaging studies using standardized stereotactic coordinates to report brain responses to food cues were identified using online databases. Studies were grouped by food-cue modality as: i) tastes (8 studies); ii) odors (8 studies); and, iii) images (11 studies). Activation likelihood estimation was used to identify statistically reliable regional responses within each stimulation paradigm.
resultsBrain response distributions were distinctly different for the three stimulation modalities, corresponding to known differences in location of the respective primary and associative cortices. Visual stimulation induced the most robust and extensive responses. The left anterior insula was the only brain region reliably responding to all three stimulus categories.
conclusionsThese findings suggest visual food-cue paradigm as promising candidate for imaging studies addressing the neural substrate of therapeutic interventions.
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