Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE140101071

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE140101071

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Does obesity alter the associations to food related cues, contexts and responses? Obesity is increasing dramatically in the developed world. The reasons for this are unclear, however the abundance of cheap, palatable food is clearly a contributing factor. Studies suggest differences arise in the processing of food rewards between overweight and lean individuals and the way they respond to food associated cues. This indicates that food associated cues may be more likely to evoke feeding behaviours in absence of metabolic needs, therefore contributing to over eating that leads to obesity. This project will determine how rats, exposed to a model of our obesogenic western diet, process distinct cues and contexts associated with food rewards and control value driven responses to gain food rewards.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 11-02-2014

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $375,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Central Nervous System | Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Psychology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Behaviour and Health | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |

Other Keywords

Behaviour and Health | Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Central Nervous System | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | Psychology

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