Reliance on model-based and model-free control in obesity

Abstract Consuming more energy than is expended may reflect a failure of control over eating behaviour in obesity. Behavioural control arises from a balance between two dissociable strategies of reinforcement learning: model-free and model-based. We hypothesized that weight status relates to an imba...

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Main Authors: Lieneke K. Janssen, Florian P. Mahner, Florian Schlagenhauf, Lorenz Deserno, Annette Horstmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79929-0