Browsing BI Open Archive by Author "Tuk, Mirjam A."

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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 ...
Inhibitory spillover: increase urination urgency facilitates impulse control in unrelated domains

Tuk, Mirjam A.; Trampe, Debra; Warlop, Luk (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)

Visceral states are known to reduce the ability to exert self-control. In the current research, we investigated how self-control is affected by a visceral factor associated with inhibition rather than with approach: bladder ...