Knoch, Daria; Fehr, Ernst (2007). Resisting the power of temptations: the right prefrontal cortex and self-control. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1104, pp. 123-134. Blackwell 10.1196/annals.1390.004
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)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).
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Review Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Social Neuroscience and Social Psychology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Knoch, Daria |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology |
ISSN: |
0077-8923 |
Publisher: |
Blackwell |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Irène Gonce-Gyr |
Date Deposited: |
22 Dec 2014 13:59 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:38 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1196/annals.1390.004 |
PubMed ID: |
17344543 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/61202 |
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