Inferior frontal gyrus (red dot), a region of the brain’s frontal lobe that controls eating behavior (IMAGE)

Osaka Metropolitan University

Inferior frontal gyrus (red dot), a region of the brain’s frontal lobe that controls eating behavior

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Scientists show that in the inferior frontal gyrus, neural activity differs in response to food images, depending on whether those images are presented consciously or unconsciously. This difference was associated with scores on eating behaviors such as emotional eating and restrained eating.

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Osaka Metropolitan University

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