Free Virtual Seminar: "New Year, New Behaviors: The Science Behind Dysfunctional Decision-Making"
Venue: Online Virtual Event, New River Valley
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Time: 12:30 - 1:30 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
Virginia Tech presents Free Virtual Seminar: "New Year, New Behaviors: The Science Behind Dysfunctional Decision-Making" online on Wednesday, February 16, 2022.

People love to set new health goals at the start of a new year, but despite their best intentions, sometimes their own behavior gets in the way. Understanding why people make good or bad health choices is at the heart of the scientific mission of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, which will share its insights in this virtual seminar.

Researchers Warren Bickel and Alexandra DiFeliceantonio will explain the newest research underlying how we make lifestyle choices, the appeal of immediate gratification, and the psychology of healthier decision-making.

In several studies, Bickel and his research team found that how people can imagine and integrate the future into their present choices may hold the key to their recovery from alcohol use disorder and other substance addictions. The team has gone on to apply these same approaches to understand and modify other behaviors including those that involve unhealthy eating.

DiFeliceantonio, assistant professor at the research institute and in Virginia Tech’s Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, and associate director of the Center for Health Behaviors Research, studies the human diet and food choices.

Part of DiFeliceantonio’s current research focuses on the role of signaling between the gut and the brain in chronic obesity, and whether that signaling could be a target for obesity treatment. She oversees the research institute’s whole-room calorimeter facility for the study of human metabolism.

The event is free and open to the public.

Register online at https://aimsbbis.vt.edu/new-year-new-behaviors-FBRI to join this seminar via Zoom, or watch via live webcast on the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute website at https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/.

For more information, visit: https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/02/fralin-biomedical-research-institute-scientists-to-discuss-the-s.html or https://www.facebook.com/fralinbiomedical/.

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