Sonja Yokum

Sonja Yokum publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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Sonja Yokum D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

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Best Publications

• Neural Correlates of Food Addiction

  Ashley N. Gearhardt;Sonja Yokum;Patrick T. Orr;Eric Stice

  827
  Citations

• Body mass correlates inversely with inhibitory control in response to food among adolescent girls: an fMRI study.

  Laura J. Batterink;Sonja Yokum;Eric Stice

  636
  Citations

• Weight Gain Is Associated with Reduced Striatal Response to Palatable Food

  Eric Stice;Sonja Yokum;Kenneth Blum;Cara Bohon

  486
  Citations

• Attentional bias to food images associated with elevated weight and future weight gain: an fMRI study.

  Sonja Yokum;Janet Ng;Eric Stice

  481
  Citations

• Youth at risk for obesity show greater activation of striatal and somatosensory regions to food

  Eric Stice;Sonja Yokum;Kyle S. Burger;Leonard H. Epstein

  416
  Citations

• Reward circuitry responsivity to food predicts future increases in body mass: moderating effects of DRD2 and DRD4.

  Eric Stice;Sonja Yokum;Cara Bohon;Nate Marti

  410
  Citations

• Eating disorder prevention: current evidence-base and future directions.

  Eric Stice;Carolyn Black Becker;Sonja Yokum

  296
  Citations

• Neural vulnerability factors that increase risk for future weight gain.

  Eric Stice;Sonja Yokum

  208
  Citations

• Relation of obesity to neural activation in response to food commercials

  Ashley N. Gearhardt;Sonja Yokum;Eric Stice;Jennifer L. Harris

  190
  Citations

• Cognitive regulation of food craving: effects of three cognitive reappraisal strategies on neural response to palatable foods

  Sonja Yokum;Eric Stice

  190
  Citations

• Individual differences in striatum activity to food commercials predict weight gain in adolescents.

  Sonja Yokum;Ashley N. Gearhardt;Jennifer L. Harris;Kelly D. Brownell

  183
  Citations

• Caloric deprivation increases responsivity of attention and reward brain regions to intake, anticipated intake, and images of palatable foods.

  Eric Stice;Kyle S. Burger;Sonja Yokum

  182
  Citations

• An fMRI study of obesity, food reward, and perceived caloric density. Does a low-fat label make food less appealing? ☆

  Janet Ng;Eric Stice;Sonja Yokum;Cara Bohon

  175
  Citations

• Reward Region Responsivity Predicts Future Weight Gain and Moderating Effects of the TaqIA Allele.

  Eric Stice;Kyle S. Burger;Sonja Yokum

  157
  Citations

• Multilocus Genetic Composite Reflecting Dopamine Signaling Capacity Predicts Reward Circuitry Responsivity

  Eric Stice;Sonja Yokum;Kyle Burger;Leonard Epstein

  148
  Citations

• Pilot test of a novel food response and attention training treatment for obesity: Brain imaging data suggest actions shape valuation.

  Eric Stice;Sonja Yokum;Harm Veling;Eva Kemps

  123
  Citations

• Dopamine-based reward circuitry responsivity, genetics, and overeating.

  Eric Stice;Sonja Yokum;David Zald;Alain Dagher

  105
  Citations

• Gain in Body Fat Is Associated with Increased Striatal Response to Palatable Food Cues, whereas Body Fat Stability Is Associated with Decreased Striatal Response.

  Eric Stice;Sonja Yokum

  94
  Citations

• Relation of dietary restraint scores to cognitive biases and reward sensitivity.

  Amy L. Ahern;Matt Field;Sonja Yokum;Cara Bohon

  93
  Citations

• Elevated Reward Region Responsivity Predicts Future Substance Use Onset But Not Overweight/Obesity Onset

  Eric Stice;Sonja Yokum;Kyle S. Burger

  90
  Citations