Katrijn Houben, Associate professor
Katrijn explores a wide range of topics in her research, spanning from the basic cognitive mechanisms that underlie excessive eating behavior, to the practical applications of these findings in developing new intervention techniques for replacing maladaptive behaviors with healthy ones. Through fundamental research, she investigates the cognitive and motivational processes that underlie excessive eating behavior, specifically those related to reward and control. The ultimate goal of this research is to aid in the development of new treatment procedures or the improvement of existing ones, aimed at reducing excessive eating behavior and promoting healthy weight management.
Publications that I’m most proud of
Is there a difference between stopping and avoiding? A review of the mechanisms underlying go/no-go and approach-avoidance training for food choice. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2023.
In this critical review paper, the procedures, mechanisms and effectiveness of different motor response training procedures are compared and discussed in terms of how they can be applied in practice.
How does Go/No-Go training lead to food devaluation? Separating the effects of motor inhibition and response valence. Cognition and Emotion, 2023.
This study investigated via which mechanisms training procedures that involve repeatedly not responding to food reduce food evaluations.
Eating on impulse: The relation between overweight and food‐specific inhibitory control. Obesity, 2014.
This study examined whether overweight is associated specifically with inefficient response inhibition of food-related responses rather than with a general response inhibition deficiency.
