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Resisting the Power of Temptations

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: Imagine you are overweight and you spot your favorite pastry in the storefront of a bakery. How do you manage to resist this temptation? Or to give other examples, how do you manage to restrain yourself from overspending or succumbing to sexual temptations? The present article summarizes two recent studies stressing the fundamental importance of inhibition in the process of decision making. Based on the results of these studies, we dare to claim that the capacity to resist temptation depends on the activity level of the right prefrontal cortex (PFC).

Source: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1196/annals.1390.004

Authors: DARIA KNOCH, ERNST FEHR

Institutions: University of Zurich, University Hospital Zurich, Collegium Helveticum

Language: English

Topic: Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2005151333

FWCI: 5.568

Cites: 49

Cited by: 207

Related to: 10