Browsing BI Open by Author "Moeini-Jazani, Mehrad"
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Defecatory urge increases cognitive control and intertemporal patience in healthy volunteers
Zhao, Dongxing; Corsetti, Maura; Moeini-Jazani, Mehrad; Weltens, Nathalie; Tuk, Mirjam A.; Tack, Jan; Warlop, Luk; Van Oudenhove, Lukas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Past research has demonstrated that moderate urge to urinate improves inhibitory control, specifically among participants with higher behavioral inhibition sensitivity system (BIS), and the effect was absent when the urge ... -
Reinstating the Resourceful Self: When and How Self-Affirmations Improve Executive Performance of the Powerless
AlBalooshi, Sumaya; Moeini-Jazani, Mehrad; Fennis, Bob M.; Warlop, Luk (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Research has found that lack of power impairs executive functions. In the present research, we show that this impairment is not immutable. Across three studies and focusing on inhibitory control as one of the core facets ... -
Self-Affirmation Reduces Delay Discounting of the Financially Deprived
Moeini-Jazani, Mehrad; AlBalooshi, Sumaya; Seljeseth, Ingvild Müller (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Financial deprivation is associated with excessive discounting of delayed rewards. In the present research, we argue that this counterproductive tendency may be driven, at least in part, by the aversive and self-threatening ... -
Subliminal fatty acid-induced gut-brain signals attenuate sensitivity to exteroceptive rewards in food but not in sex or financial domains, in healthy men
Zhao, Dongxing; Moeini-Jazani, Mehrad; Weltens, Nathalie; van gils, michelle; Tack, Jan; Warlop, Luk; Van Oudenhove, Lukas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Reward sensitivity can generalize across domains, but evidence for generalization of suppressive reward-related stimulation is sparse, especially in the context of interoceptive nutrient-related stimuli. We ... -
Women seek more variety in rewards when closer to ovulation
Faraji-Rad, Ali; Moeini-Jazani, Mehrad; Warlop, Luk (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)We propose that women's increased generalized sensitivity to rewards during the fertile phase of the menstrual cycle causes them to seek more variety in rewards when they are in the fertile phase than when they are not in ...