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| Type | Journal Article |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Resisting the power of temptations: the right prefrontal cortex and self-control |
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| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Journal Title | Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Geographical Reach | international |
| ISSN | 0077-8923 |
| Volume | 1104 |
| Number | 1 |
| Page Range | 123 - 134 |
| Date | 2007 |
| Abstract Text | 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). |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.1196/annals.1390.004 |
| Other Identification Number | doi:10.1196/annals.1390.004 |
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| Additional Information | The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.com |