The ENGAGE study: Integrating neuroimaging, virtual reality and smartphone sensing to understand self-regulation for managing depression and obesity in a precision medicine model

• Published in: Behaviour research and therapy Vol. 101; pp. 58 - 70
• Main Authors: Williams, Leanne M., Pines, Adam, Goldstein-Piekarski, Andrea N., Rosas, Lisa G., Kullar, Monica, Sacchet, Matthew D., Gevaert, Olivier, Bailenson, Jeremy, Lavori, Philip W., Dagum, Paul, Wandell, Brian, Correa, Carlos, Greenleaf, Walter, Suppes, Trisha, Perry, L. Michael, Smyth, Joshua M., Lewis, Megan A., Venditti, Elizabeth M., Snowden, Mark, Simmons, Janine M., Ma, Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2018; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Behavior change; Behavior Control - methods; Behavior modification; Behavioral sciences; Body Weight; Chronic illnesses; Clinical medicine; Clinical Protocols; Cognition; Comorbidity; Computer applications; Depression; Depression - epidemiology; Depression - therapy; Disability; Emotional regulation; Humans; Lifestyles; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medical imaging; Mental depression; Mood; Nervous system; Neuroimaging; Obesity; Obesity - epidemiology; Obesity - therapy; Precision medicine; Precision Medicine - methods; Sampling; Self regulation; Self-Control - psychology; Selfmanagement; Selfreflection; Smartphone; Virtual Reality; Neuroimaging; Behavior change; Obesity; Depression; Virtual reality; Self-regulation

Precision medicine models for personalizing achieving sustained behavior change are largely outside of current clinical practice. Yet, changing self-regulatory behaviors is fundamental to the self-management of complex lifestyle-related chronic conditions such as depression and obesity - two top con...