Scientists Can Predict Whether You Can Resist That Donut By Looking At Your Brain

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Scientists Can Predict Whether You Can Resist That Donut By Looking At Your Brain

<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/03/resist-temptation-brain-activity_n_5247375.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DYZpu1C3cWSEa8v7PzomBQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Huffington%20Post/Scientists_Can_Predict_Whether_You-49be947c12719a1d3a14a261611aeeee" width="130" height="86" alt="Scientists Can Predict Whether You Can Resist That Donut By Looking At Your Brain" align="left" title="Scientists Can Predict Whether You Can Resist That Donut By Looking At Your Brain" border="0" /></a>A person's ability to resist temptation -- food cravings, for instance -- can be predicted by looking at whether activity is occurring in regions of the brain linked with reward, or regions of the brain linked with self-control, in response to viewing tempting photos, found researchers from Dartmouth College and the University of Cologne. For the Psychological Science study, researchers first had 31 women undergo brain imaging as they completed two tasks.</p><br clear="all"/>

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