Editorial: Mindfulness and Eating Behavior

Mindful eating: Trait and state mindfulness predict healthier eating behavior

Obesity and excess weight are significant societal problems. Mindfulness may encourage healthier weight and eating habits. Across four studies, we found a positive relation between mindfulness and healthier eating. Trait mindfulness was associated with less impulsive eating, reduced calorie consumption, and healthier snack choices. In addition, we found a causal effect of mindfulness on healthi...

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Editorial: Neuroinflammation and behavior

Neuroimmune regulation plays a major role in many facets of human health. In the last 30 years our understanding of this intricate relationship between the brain and immune system has progressed immensely. Pioneering work in the late 1980s and early 1990s began to establish an understanding of the bi-directional communication between these previously considered distinct systems, and its implica...

Editorial: Emotion and Behavior

Within the field of psychology, there exists a strict division between disciplines that focus on " normal " vs. " dysfunctional " behavior. Despite its practical value, this distinction may be an obstacle that prevents cross-fertilization. While seemingly dysfunctional mechanisms have long been used to understand the regularities of human perception and cognition, behavioral aberrations have ra...

Stress and eating behavior

How stress, the stress response, and the adaptation of the stress response influence our eating behavior is a central question in brain research and medicine. In this report, we highlight recent advances showing the close links between eating behavior, the stress system, and neurometabolism.