Spring 2019 Special Lectures in Neuroscience – P.A.M. (Paul) Smeets Ph.D.
Description
The Neuroscience of Obesity
Paul Smeets Ph.D., Associate Professor, Image Sciences Institute, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
Topic: “The Healthy and the Happy Eater’s Brain”
Dr. Smeets uses human brain imaging to understand the decision to eat based on multiple neural and hormonal signals. Focuses include neural correlates of taste, satiety, (un)healthy food choice, gut-brain interactions, effects of personality characteristics on food-induced brain responses and anorexia nervosa.
Contact Details
- Cinthia Sanchez
- sanchezh@purdue.edu
- (765)494-1726