Got chocolate? Bilateral prefrontal cortex stimulation augments chocolate consumption.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the mechanisms behind exerting self-control may reveal why health behaviors are resistant to change. Activity in the right inferior frontal gyrus (rIFG) plays a role in self-control processes and may be modulated using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS).

Objective

In this early phase behavioral research study, we investigated whether anodal stimulation over the rIFG with cathodal stimulation over the left IFG (versus sham) reduced chocolate consumption.

Methods

Twenty-three healthy females (ages 18-35) completed two tDCS sessions (2.0 mA vs. sham; order counterbalanced) in a within-subject, double-blind, randomized design with a 4-week washout. Participants were self-reported "chocolate cravers" and restrained eaters. Self-report a

SUBMITTER: To C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6197906 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature