In the modern obesogenic environment, limiting calorie-dense food consumption is partially dependent on the capacity of individuals to override visceral reactions to hyperpalatable and rewarding food cues. In the current review, we employ a health neuroscience framework to outline: (i) how individual variations in prefrontal cortical structure and functionality, and by extension, executive functions, may […]

In a recent Opinion article Bufacchi and Iannetti (2018) [1] claim that peripersonal space (PPS) – the space immediately adjacent to one’s body – is widely considered to be ‘a single entity, with binary in-or-out boundary, and mostly dependent on stimulus proximity to the body’. In counterpoint, the authors argue that PPS should not be […]