Craving Network Neurofeedback
Connectome-based Neurofeedback of the Craving Network to Reduce Food Cue Reactivity
Yale University
50 participants
Nov 27, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This project tests whether individuals with overweight or obesity and high craving can learn to change their brain response to food cues using neurofeedback, to impact their craving and eating behavior.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria3
- Ages 18 to 60 years
- Body mass index >25 kg/m2
- >2.37 Food Craving Inventory score
Exclusion Criteria7
- Current or past 6 months use of anti-obesity medications
- Weight-reduced state defined as >10% weight reduction in the past 6 months.
- Nicotine use
- Current diagnosis of neurological or psychiatric disorder
- Obesity-related diseases such as type-2 diabetes
- Contraindications to MRI
- Baseline scanning with motion >0.15mm frame to frame displacement.
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Interventions
Participants provided with feedback of target brain activation patterns (e.g., thermometer) and will be instructed to try to change the feedback (e.g., decrease the thermometer).
Participants provided with control (sham, yoked to another participant) feedback (e.g., thermometer) and will be instructed to try to change the feedback (e.g., decrease the thermometer).
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NCT06426693