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Affective and cognitive functioning in relation to food intake

The goal of this project was to investigate and characterize how altered cognitive and affective abilities in obesity contribute to a vicious circle of food overconsumption and/or weight gain.

Overeating and obesity are major public health issues. Besides the health problems they often entail (e.g., cardiovascular problems and diabetes), they are also associated with affective and cognitive impairments.
However, these alterations are still poorly understood and further research on this topic is thus crucial.
The aim of this project was to train cognitive abilities in a population of various Body Mass Indexes (BMI). Before and after training, neuroimaging (fMRI) and behavioral testing were used to assess the impact of training on the reactivity of the reward circuitry to food cues as well as emotion regulation, food intake and weight. 

Associate member

  • Jeanne Richard - Doctoral researcher, research and teaching assistant in psychology at UniDistance Suisse & PhD student in neuroscience at UniDistance Suisse and at the E3Lab, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Project duration

01.05.2020 - 30.04.2024

Persons

Prof. Dr Géraldine Coppin
Prof. Dr Géraldine Coppin Supervision, responsible for the MS psychology program and associate professor of psychology at UniDistance Suisse & senior researcher and lecturer at the E3Lab, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Prof. Dr David Sander
Prof. Dr David Sander Co-supervision, director of the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, director of the E3Lab and full professor in psychology, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Funding