ReviewAnnual review of neuroscience2015
In search of a human self-regulation system.
Review in Annual review of neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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69 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Toward a cumulative science of functional integration: A meta-analysis of psychophysiological interactions.Human brain mapping · 2016Pooled it
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- Putamen subregion dysfunction mediates the relationship between childhood maltreatment and major depressive disorder.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of a Mobile-Based Self-Regulation Training on Youths' Affect.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Association of Fatalistic Determinism With Problematic Smartphone Use in Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study Assessing the Mediating Roles of Self-Control and Grit.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- Digital phenotyping for assessment and prediction of interoception, chronic stress, and self-regulation in adults: a scoping review.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Review
- Salience network resting-state functional connectivity predicts self-controlled decision-making.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Enhanced activation in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and inferior parietal lobule during recovery from body dissatisfaction.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2025Article
- A multi-siteTranslational psychiatry · 2024Article
- Body mass index-dependent shifts along large-scale gradients in human cortical organization explain dietary regulatory success.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Integrating Osteopathic Principles for Enhanced Dermatological Outcomes: A Literature Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- No evidence for a reciprocal relationship between daily self-control failures and addictive behavior in a longitudinal study.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- True grit and brain: Trait grit mediates the connection of DLPFC functional connectivity density to posttraumatic growth following COVID-19.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Article
- The role of anticipated emotions in self-control: linking self-control and the anticipatory ability to engage emotions associated with upcoming events.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Unraveling the Neuropsychological Underpinnings of Self-Regulation Problems in Individuals Convicted of Sexual Offenses Against Children: A Look Into Reinforcement Learning.Sexual offending (Trier, Germany) · 2023Review
- The neurophysiological Behavioral Perspective Model of consumer choice and its contribution to the intentional behaviorist research programme.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- Can we have a second helping? A preregistered direct replication study on the neurobiological mechanisms underlying self-control.Human brain mapping · 2022Article
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Abstract
The capacity for self-regulation allows people to control their thoughts, behaviors, emotions, and desires. In spite of this impressive ability, failures of self-regulation are common and contribute to numerous societal problems, from obesity to drug addiction. Such failures frequently occur following exposure to highly tempting cues, during negative moods, or after self-regulatory resources have been depleted. Here we review the available neuroscientific evidence regarding self-regulation and its failures. At its core, self-regulation involves a critical balance between the strength of an impulse and an individual's ability to inhibit the desired behavior. Although neuroimaging and patient studies provide consistent evidence regarding the reward aspects of impulses and desires, the neural mechanisms that underlie the capacity for control have eluded consensus, with various executive control regions implicated in different studies. We outline the necessary properties for a self-regulation control system and suggest that the use of resting-state functional connectivity analyses may be useful for understanding how people regulate their behavior and why they sometimes fail in their attempts.
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