Neuronal Correlates of Priming on Goal-directed and Cue-dependent Behavior

December 4, 2024 updated by: Sabine Frank, University Hospital Tuebingen
The current proposal aims to investigate neuronal correlates of implicit and explicit priming paradigms for changing cue-dependent and goal-directed nutritional behavior.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Food choice and intake is a daily and throughout normal subject. However, for more and more people eating habits and the question of food choice are of increasing interest and in several cases even a problem. The prevalence of obesity has tripled in the last decades and it is even spoken of an obesity epidemic. Life style interventions to lose weight often fail on the long run, also because people fall back into former unhealthy eating habits. Various factors influence our daily food choice, not all of which are apparent to ourselves. Thus, food choice might be goal-directed and therefore conscious and reflective, yet in other circumstances the choice to eat something specific might be based on cue dependent processes which are automatic and thus difficult to control. Since a change in eating-behavior and long-lasting weight loss is most problematic to achieve, the current proposal aims to investigate neuronal correlates of implicit and explicit priming paradigms for changing cue-dependent and goal-directed nutritional behavior.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

38

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Germany
      • Tübingen, Germany
        • University of Tübingen

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

20 years to 50 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

healthy lean and obese volunteers

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • experimental: participants with obesity
  • control: participants with normal-weight

Exclusion Criteria:

  • currently dieting
  • intolerance to provided food
  • cognitive impairment
  • contraindications for fMRI measurements

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
weight status
mindset
Behavioral: prime
groups be confronted with health or palatability aspects of food items

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in neuronal correlates
Time Frame: before and 5 minutes after visually presented food items
Change of BOLD response measured by fMRI
before and 5 minutes after visually presented food items

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University Hospital Tuebingen

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 1, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2024

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 18, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 7, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

November 8, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

December 5, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 4, 2024

Last Verified

December 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • PIT_brain

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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