Search Results - "Pearce, Alaina L"

A Biopsychosocial Model of Sex Differences in Children's Eating Behaviors by Keller, Kathleen L, Kling, Samantha M R, Fuchs, Bari, Pearce, Alaina L, Reigh, Nicole A, Masterson, Travis, Hickok, Kara

“…The prevalence of obesity and eating disorders varies by sex, but the extent to which sex influences eating behaviors, especially in childhood, has received…”
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Loss of control eating in children is associated with altered cortical and subcortical brain structure by Pearce, Alaina L, Fuchs, Bari, Adise, Shana, Masterson, Travis D, Fearnbach, Nicole, English, Laural, Keller, Kathleen L

“…Loss of control (LOC) eating is the perceived inability to control how much is eaten, regardless of actual amount consumed. Childhood LOC-eating is a risk…”
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The Cerebellar Response to Visual Portion Size Cues Is Associated with the Portion Size Effect in Children by Fuchs, Bari A, Pearce, Alaina L, Rolls, Barbara J, Wilson, Stephen J, Rose, Emma J, Geier, Charles F, Garavan, Hugh, Keller, Kathleen L

“…The neural mechanisms underlying susceptibility to eating more in response to large portions (i.e., the portion size effect) remain unclear. Thus, the present…”
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Validation of computational models to characterize cumulative intake curves from video-coded meals by Pearce, Alaina L, Brick, Timothy R

“…Observational coding of eating behaviors (e.g., bites, eating rate) captures behavioral characteristics but is limited in its ability to capture dynamic…”
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The role of reinforcement learning and value-based decision-making frameworks in understanding food choice and eating behaviors by Pearce, Alaina L, Fuchs, Bari A, Keller, Kathleen L

“…The obesogenic food environment includes easy access to highly-palatable, energy-dense, "ultra-processed" foods that are heavily marketed to consumers;…”
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Influence of exclusive breastfeeding on hippocampal structure, satiety responsiveness, and weight status by Higgins, Ryan C., Keller, Kathleen L., Aruma, Jane C., Masterson, Travis D., Adise, Shana, Fearnbach, Nicole, Stein, Wendy M., English, Laural K., Fuchs, Bari, Pearce, Alaina L.

“…Longer exclusive breastfeeding duration has been associated with differences in neural development, better satiety responsiveness, and decreased risk for…”
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Decision-Making Processes Related to Perseveration Are Indirectly Associated With Weight Status in Children Through Laboratory-Assessed Energy Intake by Fuchs, Bari A, Roberts, Nicole J, Adise, Shana, Pearce, Alaina L, Geier, Charles F, White, Corey, Oravecz, Zita, Keller, Kathleen L

“…Decision-making contributes to what and how much we consume, and deficits in decision-making have been associated with increased weight status in children…”
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Development and Pilot Testing of Standardized Food Images for Studying Eating Behaviors in Children by Kling, Samantha M. R., Pearce, Alaina L., Reynolds, Marissa L., Garavan, Hugh, Geier, Charles F., Rolls, Barbara J., Rose, Emma J., Wilson, Stephen J., Keller, Kathleen L.

“…Food images are routinely used to investigate the cognitive and neurobiological mechanisms of eating behaviors, but there is a lack of standardized image sets…”
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Altered neural correlates of episodic memory in adolescents with severe obesity by Pearce, Alaina L, Mackey, Eleanor, Cherry, J. Bradley C., Olson, Alexandra, You, Xiaozhen, Nadler, Evan P, Vaidya, Chandan J

“…•Severe pediatric obesity showed altered neural engagement during episodic encoding.•Severe pediatric obesity was associated with worse recollection but not…”
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Switching between foods: A potential behavioral phenotype of hedonic hunger and increased obesity risk in children by Neuwald, Nicholas V, Pearce, Alaina L, Adise, Shana, Rolls, Barbara J, Keller, Kathleen L

“…Reward-based eating is a trait that increases risk for eating in the absence of hunger (EAH) and obesity. Eating behaviors such as switching more frequently…”
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Individual differences in the influence of taste and health impact successful dietary self-control: A mouse tracking food choice study in children by Pearce, Alaina L, Adise, Shana, Roberts, Nicole J., White, Corey, Geier, Charles F., Keller, Kathleen L.

“…•Children's liking influenced food decision-making earlier than taste or health.•Time-varying effects modeling is a new approach to analyze mouse tracking…”
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Child meal microstructure and eating behaviors: A systematic review by Pearce, Alaina L., Cevallos, Maria C., Romano, Olivia, Daoud, Elodie, Keller, Kathleen L.

“…Observational coding of children's eating behaviors and meal microstructure (e.g., bites, chews) provides an opportunity to assess complex eating styles that…”
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Children with lower ratings of executive functions have a greater response to the portion size effect by Keller, Kathleen L., Pearce, Alaina L., Fuchs, Bari, Hallisky, Kyle, Rolls, Barbara J., Wilson, Stephen J., Geier, Charles, Rose, Emma J.

“…Deficits in executive functions (EFs), a set of cognitive processes related to self-regulation, are associated with the development of obesity. Prior studies…”
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Does ‘portion size’ matter? Brain responses to food and non-food cues presented in varying amounts by Fuchs, Bari A., Pearce, Alaina L., Rolls, Barbara J., Wilson, Stephen J., Rose, Emma Jane, Geier, Charles F., Keller, Kathleen L.

“…Larger portions of food elicit greater intake than smaller portions of food, particularly when foods are high in energy density (kcal/g; ED). The neural…”
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Children at high familial risk for obesity show executive functioning deficits prior to development of excess weight status by Pearce, Alaina L., Hallisky, Kyle, Rolls, Barbara J., Wilson, Stephen J., Rose, Emma, Geier, Charles F., Garavan, Hugh, Keller, Kathleen L.

“…Objective The objective of this study was to determine whether children with healthy weight who vary by familial risk for obesity differ in executive…”
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Heterogeneity in PFC-amygdala connectivity in middle childhood, and concurrent interrelations with inhibitory control and anxiety symptoms by Gunther, Kelley E., Petrie, Daniel, Pearce, Alaina L., Fuchs, Bari A., Pérez-Edgar, Koraly, Keller, Kathleen L., Geier, Charles

“…The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is a key brain area in considering adaptive regulatory behaviors. This includes regulatory projections to regions of the limbic…”
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Executive and Reward-Related Function in Pediatric Obesity: A Meta-Analysis by Pearce, Alaina L, Leonhardt, Christine A, Vaidya, Chandan J

“…This study examined the effect of pediatric obesity on executive function and reward-related decision-making, cognitive processes that are relevant to…”
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Poorer inhibitory control was related to greater food intake across meals varying in portion size: A randomized crossover trial by Cunningham, Paige M., Roe, Liane S., Pearce, Alaina L., Keller, Kathleen L., Rolls, Barbara J.

“…Individuals eat more food when larger portions are served, and this portion size effect could be influenced by inhibitory control (the ability to suppress an…”
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Inter-individual differences in children's short-term energy compensation: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Reigh, Nicole A, Pearce, Alaina L, Rolls, Barbara J, Kral, Tanja V E, Hetherington, Marion M, Romano, Olivia, Keller, Kathleen L

“…The ability to regulate energy intake is often assessed using a preloading paradigm to measure short-term energy compensation. In children, large variability…”
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Food commercials do not affect energy intake in a laboratory meal but do alter brain responses to visual food cues in children by Masterson, Travis D., Bermudez, Maria A., Austen, Marielle, Lundquist, Ella, Pearce, Alaina L., Bruce, Amanda S., Keller, Kathleen L.

“…Food commercials promote snack intake and alter food decision-making, yet the influence of exposure to food commercials on subsequent neural processing of food…”
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