title: Self-related neural response to tailored smoking-cessation messages predicts quitting.
abstract: Tailored health interventions can be more effective in eliciting positive behavior change than generic interventions, but the underlying neural mechanisms are not yet understood. Here, 91 smokers participated in a functional magnetic resonance imaging session and a tailored smoking-cessation program. We found that increases in activation in self-related processing regions, particularly dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, to tailored messages predicted quitting during a 4-month follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. hchua@umich.edu
authors.forename: Hannah Faye
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Chua
authors.forename: S Shaun
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Agnes J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Jasinska
authors.forename: Thad A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Polk
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Welsh
authors.forename: Israel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Liberzon
authors.forename: Victor J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Strecher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000473:pathology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012647:Self-Assessment; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology*