In the trenches of real-world self-control: neural correlates of breaking the link between craving and smoking.

ABSTRACT: Successful goal pursuit involves repeatedly engaging self-control against temptations or distractions that arise along the way. Laboratory studies have identified the brain systems recruited during isolated instances of self-control, and ecological studies have linked self-control capacity to goal outcomes. However, no study has identified the neural systems of everyday self-control during long-term goal pursuit. The present study integrated neuroimaging and experience-sampling methods to investigate the brain systems of successful self-control among smokers attempting to quit. A sample of 27 cigarette smokers completed a go/no-go task during functional magnetic resonance imaging before they attempted to quit smoking and then reported everyday self-control using experience sampling eight t

SUBMITTER: Berkman ET 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3076513 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature