Frederick Verbruggen
Biographic Data
| ID | 769205 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frederick Verbruggen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frederick |
| FAMILY NAME | Verbruggen |
| SIGNATURE | VERBRUGGEN F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Exeter |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7958-0719 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 102 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Don't judge a book by its cover: The effect of perceived facial trustworthiness on advice following in the context of value-based decision-making
What We Can Learn From Horse Races: Response Inhibition Across Species
Response inhibition is a critical cognitive ability that supports flexible and adaptive behavior across taxa. Gordon Logan's contributions, particularly with regard to the stop-signal paradigm and the accompanying independent horse race model, have shaped our understanding of response inhibition in humans. The purpose of this article is to extend these findings to animal cognition, examining response inhibition across species. I will demonstrate …
Differential effects of prior outcomes and pauses on the speed and quality of risky choices
Failures to obtain rewards influence what people choose to do next and how quickly they execute a chosen action, which are two components of motivated behavior. For instance, in risky decisions, losses can induce faster responses and sometimes increase risk‐taking, which may lead to detrimental consequences in some situations (such as gambling). Pauses might reduce these motivational influences of prior outcomes. To examine this question, partici…
Modeling urgency in the lab: Exploring the associations between self-reported urgency and behavioral responses to negative outcomes in laboratory gambling
Impulsivity is a multifaceted construct that relates to different behaviors in everyday life and has been associated with many psychopathological disorders and behavioral problems, such as problematic gambling behavior. One questionnaire to measure these several facets on a trait level is the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale. Specifically, the UPPS-P investigates five distinct facets: (a) negative urgency, (b) lack of premeditation, (c) lack of pe…
Author Correction: A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Non‐problematic and problematic binge‐watchers do not differ on prepotent response inhibition: A preregistered pilot experimental study
Binge-watching (i.e., watching multiple episodes of a TV series back-to-back) has become standard viewing practice. Yet, this phenomenon has recently generated concerns regarding its potential negative outcomes on the long run. The presumed addictive nature of this behavior has also received increasing scientific interest, with preliminary findings reporting associations between binge-watching, self-control impairments, and heightened impulsivity…
A consensus guide to capturing the ability to inhibit actions and impulsive behaviors in the stop-signal task
Response inhibition is essential for navigating everyday life. Its derailment is considered integral to numerous neurological and psychiatric disorders, and more generally, to a wide range of behavioral and health problems. Response-inhibition efficiency furthermore correlates with treatment outcome in some of these conditions. The stop-signal task is an essential tool to determine how quickly response inhibition is implemented. Despite its appar…
Attachment and self-regulation performance in preadolescence
In preadolescence, research has shown links between the quality of children's attachment relationships and children's perceived self-regulatory abilities. However, less research has focused on the association between attachment and preadolescents' self-regulation performance. In a sample of 120 children, aged 9-13, we administered questionnaires to assess trust in maternal support and anxious and avoidant attachment. In addition, mothers reported…
From cookies to carrots; the effect of inhibitory control training on children's snack selections
Children consume too much sugar and not enough fruit and vegetables, increasing their risk of adverse health outcomes. Inhibitory control training (ICT) reduces children's and adults' intake of energy-dense foods in both laboratory and real-life settings. However, no studies have yet examined whether ICT can increase healthy food choice when energy-dense options are also available. We investigated whether a food-specific Go/No-Go task could influ…
The neurobiology of cognitive control training as a weight loss aid
Cognitive control training to reduce overeating and promote weight loss: A large online randomised controlled trial
No effect of tDCS on food consumption or food craving when combined with inhibitory control training
Cognitive control training as a weight loss tool: An online randomised control trial
Training response inhibition to reduce food consumption: Mechanisms, stimulus specificity and appropriate training protocols
Training individuals to inhibit their responses towards unhealthy foods has been shown to reduce food intake relative to a control group. Here we aimed to further explore these effects by investigating the role of stimulus devaluation, training protocol, and choice of control group. Restrained eaters received either inhibition or control training using a modified version of either the stop-signal or go/no-go task. Following training we measured i…
Beating temptation: The use of computerised inhibition training to combat child obesity
The role of age, working memory, and response inhibition in deviance distraction: A cross-sectional study
Sounds deviating from an otherwise repeated or structured sequence capture attention and affect performance in an ongoing visual task negatively, testament to the balance between selective attention and change detection. Although deviance distraction has been the object of much research, its modulation across the life span has been more scarcely addressed. Recent findings suggest possible connections with working memory and response inhibition. I…
Stopping to food can reduce intake. Effects of stimulus-specificity and individual differences in dietary restraint
Overeating in our food-rich environment is a key contributor to obesity. Computerised response-inhibition training could improve self-control in individuals who overeat. Evidence suggests that training people to inhibit motor responses to specific food pictures can reduce the subsequent choice and consumption of those foods. Here we undertook three experiments using the stop-signal task to examine the effects of food and non-food related stop-tra…
Training response inhibition to food is associated with weight loss and reduced energy intake
The majority of adults in the UK and US are overweight or obese due to multiple factors including excess energy intake. Training people to inhibit simple motor responses (key presses) to high-energy density food pictures reduces intake in laboratory studies. We examined whether online response inhibition training reduced real-world food consumption and weight in a community sample of adults who were predominantly overweight or obese (N = 83). Par…
Response inhibition training to reduce overeating: Translational studies from the lab to real life
Reducing food consumption by training inhibitory control
Task switching: Interplay of reconfiguration and interference control
The task-switching paradigm is being increasingly used as a tool for studying cognitive control and task coordination. Different procedural variations have been developed. They have in common that a comparison is made between transitions in which the previous task is repeated and transitions that involve a change toward another task. In general, a performance switch cost is observed such that switching to a new task results in a slower and more e…
Automatic and controlled response inhibition: Associative learning in the go/no-go and stop-signal paradigms.
In 5 experiments, the authors examined the development of automatic response inhibition in the go/no-go paradigm and a modified version of the stop-signal paradigm. They hypothesized that automatic response inhibition may develop over practice when stimuli are consistently associated with stopping. All 5 experiments consisted of a training phase and a test phase in which the stimulus mapping was reversed for a subset of the stimuli. Consistent wi…
Response inhibition in the stop-signal paradigm
Training response inhibition to food is associated with weight loss and reduced energy intake
The majority of adults in the UK and US are overweight or obese due to multiple factors including excess energy intake. Training people to inhibit simple motor responses (key presses) to high-energy density food pictures reduces intake in laboratory studies. We examined whether online response inhibition training reduced real-world food consumption and weight in a community sample of adults who were predominantly overweight or obese (N = 83). Par…
Stopping to food can reduce intake. Effects of stimulus-specificity and individual differences in dietary restraint
Overeating in our food-rich environment is a key contributor to obesity. Computerised response-inhibition training could improve self-control in individuals who overeat. Evidence suggests that training people to inhibit motor responses to specific food pictures can reduce the subsequent choice and consumption of those foods. Here we undertook three experiments using the stop-signal task to examine the effects of food and non-food related stop-tra…
Training response inhibition to reduce food consumption: Mechanisms, stimulus specificity and appropriate training protocols
Training individuals to inhibit their responses towards unhealthy foods has been shown to reduce food intake relative to a control group. Here we aimed to further explore these effects by investigating the role of stimulus devaluation, training protocol, and choice of control group. Restrained eaters received either inhibition or control training using a modified version of either the stop-signal or go/no-go task. Following training we measured i…
From cookies to carrots; the effect of inhibitory control training on children's snack selections
Children consume too much sugar and not enough fruit and vegetables, increasing their risk of adverse health outcomes. Inhibitory control training (ICT) reduces children's and adults' intake of energy-dense foods in both laboratory and real-life settings. However, no studies have yet examined whether ICT can increase healthy food choice when energy-dense options are also available. We investigated whether a food-specific Go/No-Go task could influ…
Task switching: Interplay of reconfiguration and interference control
The task-switching paradigm is being increasingly used as a tool for studying cognitive control and task coordination. Different procedural variations have been developed. They have in common that a comparison is made between transitions in which the previous task is repeated and transitions that involve a change toward another task. In general, a performance switch cost is observed such that switching to a new task results in a slower and more e…
A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Attachment and self-regulation performance in preadolescence
In preadolescence, research has shown links between the quality of children's attachment relationships and children's perceived self-regulatory abilities. However, less research has focused on the association between attachment and preadolescents' self-regulation performance. In a sample of 120 children, aged 9-13, we administered questionnaires to assess trust in maternal support and anxious and avoidant attachment. In addition, mothers reported…
The role of age, working memory, and response inhibition in deviance distraction: A cross-sectional study
Sounds deviating from an otherwise repeated or structured sequence capture attention and affect performance in an ongoing visual task negatively, testament to the balance between selective attention and change detection. Although deviance distraction has been the object of much research, its modulation across the life span has been more scarcely addressed. Recent findings suggest possible connections with working memory and response inhibition. I…
Reducing food consumption by training inhibitory control
Automatic and controlled response inhibition: Associative learning in the go/no-go and stop-signal paradigms.
In 5 experiments, the authors examined the development of automatic response inhibition in the go/no-go paradigm and a modified version of the stop-signal paradigm. They hypothesized that automatic response inhibition may develop over practice when stimuli are consistently associated with stopping. All 5 experiments consisted of a training phase and a test phase in which the stimulus mapping was reversed for a subset of the stimuli. Consistent wi…
Response inhibition in the stop-signal paradigm
Task switching: Interplay of reconfiguration and interference control
The task-switching paradigm is being increasingly used as a tool for studying cognitive control and task coordination. Different procedural variations have been developed. They have in common that a comparison is made between transitions in which the previous task is repeated and transitions that involve a change toward another task. In general, a performance switch cost is observed such that switching to a new task results in a slower and more e…
Response inhibition training to reduce overeating: Translational studies from the lab to real life
Reducing food consumption by training inhibitory control
Stopping to food can reduce intake. Effects of stimulus-specificity and individual differences in dietary restraint
Overeating in our food-rich environment is a key contributor to obesity. Computerised response-inhibition training could improve self-control in individuals who overeat. Evidence suggests that training people to inhibit motor responses to specific food pictures can reduce the subsequent choice and consumption of those foods. Here we undertook three experiments using the stop-signal task to examine the effects of food and non-food related stop-tra…
Training response inhibition to food is associated with weight loss and reduced energy intake
The majority of adults in the UK and US are overweight or obese due to multiple factors including excess energy intake. Training people to inhibit simple motor responses (key presses) to high-energy density food pictures reduces intake in laboratory studies. We examined whether online response inhibition training reduced real-world food consumption and weight in a community sample of adults who were predominantly overweight or obese (N = 83). Par…
Beating temptation: The use of computerised inhibition training to combat child obesity
The role of age, working memory, and response inhibition in deviance distraction: A cross-sectional study
Sounds deviating from an otherwise repeated or structured sequence capture attention and affect performance in an ongoing visual task negatively, testament to the balance between selective attention and change detection. Although deviance distraction has been the object of much research, its modulation across the life span has been more scarcely addressed. Recent findings suggest possible connections with working memory and response inhibition. I…
Training response inhibition to reduce food consumption: Mechanisms, stimulus specificity and appropriate training protocols
Training individuals to inhibit their responses towards unhealthy foods has been shown to reduce food intake relative to a control group. Here we aimed to further explore these effects by investigating the role of stimulus devaluation, training protocol, and choice of control group. Restrained eaters received either inhibition or control training using a modified version of either the stop-signal or go/no-go task. Following training we measured i…
From cookies to carrots; the effect of inhibitory control training on children's snack selections
Children consume too much sugar and not enough fruit and vegetables, increasing their risk of adverse health outcomes. Inhibitory control training (ICT) reduces children's and adults' intake of energy-dense foods in both laboratory and real-life settings. However, no studies have yet examined whether ICT can increase healthy food choice when energy-dense options are also available. We investigated whether a food-specific Go/No-Go task could influ…
The neurobiology of cognitive control training as a weight loss aid
Cognitive control training to reduce overeating and promote weight loss: A large online randomised controlled trial
No effect of tDCS on food consumption or food craving when combined with inhibitory control training
Cognitive control training as a weight loss tool: An online randomised control trial
A consensus guide to capturing the ability to inhibit actions and impulsive behaviors in the stop-signal task
Response inhibition is essential for navigating everyday life. Its derailment is considered integral to numerous neurological and psychiatric disorders, and more generally, to a wide range of behavioral and health problems. Response-inhibition efficiency furthermore correlates with treatment outcome in some of these conditions. The stop-signal task is an essential tool to determine how quickly response inhibition is implemented. Despite its appar…
Attachment and self-regulation performance in preadolescence
In preadolescence, research has shown links between the quality of children's attachment relationships and children's perceived self-regulatory abilities. However, less research has focused on the association between attachment and preadolescents' self-regulation performance. In a sample of 120 children, aged 9-13, we administered questionnaires to assess trust in maternal support and anxious and avoidant attachment. In addition, mothers reported…
Non‐problematic and problematic binge‐watchers do not differ on prepotent response inhibition: A preregistered pilot experimental study
Binge-watching (i.e., watching multiple episodes of a TV series back-to-back) has become standard viewing practice. Yet, this phenomenon has recently generated concerns regarding its potential negative outcomes on the long run. The presumed addictive nature of this behavior has also received increasing scientific interest, with preliminary findings reporting associations between binge-watching, self-control impairments, and heightened impulsivity…
A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Author Correction: A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Modeling urgency in the lab: Exploring the associations between self-reported urgency and behavioral responses to negative outcomes in laboratory gambling
Impulsivity is a multifaceted construct that relates to different behaviors in everyday life and has been associated with many psychopathological disorders and behavioral problems, such as problematic gambling behavior. One questionnaire to measure these several facets on a trait level is the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale. Specifically, the UPPS-P investigates five distinct facets: (a) negative urgency, (b) lack of premeditation, (c) lack of pe…
Differential effects of prior outcomes and pauses on the speed and quality of risky choices
Failures to obtain rewards influence what people choose to do next and how quickly they execute a chosen action, which are two components of motivated behavior. For instance, in risky decisions, losses can induce faster responses and sometimes increase risk‐taking, which may lead to detrimental consequences in some situations (such as gambling). Pauses might reduce these motivational influences of prior outcomes. To examine this question, partici…
Don't judge a book by its cover: The effect of perceived facial trustworthiness on advice following in the context of value-based decision-making
What We Can Learn From Horse Races: Response Inhibition Across Species
Response inhibition is a critical cognitive ability that supports flexible and adaptive behavior across taxa. Gordon Logan's contributions, particularly with regard to the stop-signal paradigm and the accompanying independent horse race model, have shaped our understanding of response inhibition in humans. The purpose of this article is to extend these findings to animal cognition, examining response inhibition across species. I will demonstrate …
Psychology (21 works) · Cognition (12 works) · Computer Science (11 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Cognitive psychology (8 works) · Neuroscience (8 works) · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (7 works) · Artificial Intelligence (6 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (6 works)