@article{TEXTUAL,
      recid = {8435},
      author = {Mahler, Stephen V. and de Wit, Harriet},
      title = {Cue-Reactors: Individual Differences in Cue-Induced  Craving after Food or Smoking Abstinence},
      journal = {PLOS ONE},
      address = {2010-11-10},
      number = {TEXTUAL},
      abstract = {&lt;p&gt;Background: Pavlovian conditioning plays a critical  role in both drug addiction and binge eating. Recent animal  research suggests that certain individuals are highly  sensitive to conditioned cues, whether they signal food or  drugs. Are certain humans also more reactive to both food  and drug cues?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Methods: We examined cue-induced  craving for both cigarettes and food, in the same  individuals (n = 15 adult smokers). Subjects viewed  smoking-related or food-related images after abstaining  from either smoking or eating.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Results: Certain  individuals reported strong cue-induced craving after both  smoking and food cues. That is, subjects who reported  strong cue-induced craving for cigarettes also rated  stronger cue-induced food craving.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Conclusions: In  humans, like in nonhumans, there may be a “cue-reactive”  phenotype, consisting of individuals who are highly  sensitive to conditioned stimuli. This finding extends  recent reports from nonhuman studies. Further understanding  this subgroup of smokers may allow clinicians to  individually tailor therapies for smoking cessation.&lt;/p&gt;},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/8435},
}