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DOI	10.1038/s41893-020-00658-3
	Brain mechanisms underlying prospective thinking of sustainable behaviours
	Brevers D.; Baeken C.; Maurage P.; Sescousse G.; Vögele C.; Billieux J.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	2398-9629
英文摘要	The preservation of our environment requires sustainable ways of thinking and living. Here, we aimed to explore the core network of brain regions involved in the prospective thinking about (un)sustainable behaviours. Using a neuroimaging cue-exposure paradigm, we requested participants (n = 86) to report behaviours that were the most feasible for them to implement (sustainable behaviour) or diminish (unsustainable behaviour) in the future. We find that increasing sustainable behaviours was perceived to be more feasible than reducing unsustainable ones. Consistent with the role of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and hippocampus in providing access to new representations of past behaviours, we observed stronger activation of these regions when picturing an increase in sustainable behaviours. Critically, simulating the reduction of unsustainable behaviours triggered activation within the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (a key region for inhibitory-control processes), which was negatively associated with hippocampal activation (a key region for memory). These findings suggest that the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex downregulates brain regions that support memory retrieval of unsustainable behaviours. This mechanism could inhibit the access to episodic details associated with unsustainable behaviours and in turn allow for prospective thinking of sustainable behaviours. These findings provide an initial step towards a better understanding of the brain networks that are involved in the adoption of sustainable habits. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Brain; Chemical activation; Neuroimaging; Brain mechanisms; Brain networks; Control process; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Memory retrieval; Prefrontal cortex; Sustainable behaviours; Ways of thinking; Sustainable development
来源期刊	Nature Sustainability
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/163076
作者单位	Institute for Health and Behaviour, Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Brussels (UZBrussel), Brussels, Belgium; Department of Head and Skin, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands; Louvain for Experimental Psychopathology research group (LEP), Psychological Sciences Research Institute, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, INSERM U1028, CNRS UMR5292, PSYR2 Team, University of Lyon, Lyon, France; Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Brevers D.,Baeken C.,Maurage P.,et al. Brain mechanisms underlying prospective thinking of sustainable behaviours[J],2021.
APA	Brevers D.,Baeken C.,Maurage P.,Sescousse G.,Vögele C.,&Billieux J..(2021).Brain mechanisms underlying prospective thinking of sustainable behaviours.Nature Sustainability.
MLA	Brevers D.,et al."Brain mechanisms underlying prospective thinking of sustainable behaviours".Nature Sustainability (2021).