Food for thought: identifying dietary influences on decision making

在周围的环境中，暗示食物丰富的线索，但它们刺激食物消耗的能力仍然知之甚少。该项目旨在确定食物线索如何影响决策过程中存在的食物线索。它还将测试饮食习惯如何改变对食物线索的反应，并探索这些影响的潜在神经机制。复杂的行为神经科学技术将被用于验证现代饮食的啮齿动物模型。预期的结果包括新的跨学科知识，确定营养选择如何影响认知和大脑。该项目应告知现代环境如何塑造饮食习惯。

Cues that signal food are abundant in the surrounding environment, yet their ability to stimulate food consumption remains poorly understood. This project seeks to identify how food cues influence decision-making processes in the presence of food cues. It will also test how dietary habits alter responding to food cues, and explore the underlying neural mechanisms of these effects. Sophisticated behavioural neuroscience techniques will be employed in a validated rodent model of the modern diet. Expected outcomes include new interdisciplinary knowledge identifying how nutritional choices influence cognition and the brain. The project should inform how the modern environment shapes dietary habits.