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Resisting the Power of Temptations: The Right Prefrontal Cortex and Self‐Control
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Abstract: 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).
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Metadata
- Authors
- KNOCH, D., & FEHR, E.
- Affiliations
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Venue
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2007-05
- Volume
- 1104
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 123-134
- ISSN
- 0077-8923 (ISSN-L)
- 1749-6632
- OpenAlex
- W2005151333
- Cited by
- 208
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 12
- FWCI
- 0.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
- Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern) (submittedVersion)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Keywords
- temptation, inhibition, decision-making, right prefrontal cortex, self-control, cognitive control, impulsivity, dietary habits, overspending, sexual temptation
- MeSH terms
- Brain Mapping, Decision Making, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Identification, Psychological, Models, Anatomic, Models, Neurological, Motivation, Power, Psychological, Sexual Behavior, Volition, Prefrontal Cortex, Sexuality, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
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