Welcome to the O’BRAIN Lab
The O’BRAIN Lab is a group of researchers investigating the interplay between obesity and the brain.
Overweight and obesity rates have risen steadily in recent decades. Although many of us share similar environments, only a few people become obese. How come? In our search for the cause, we are confronted with a complex interplay of many factors: In addition to the environment, behaviour, brain function, and genetic influences determine the decisions we make and thus ultimately also our body weight.
Research
We try to answer fundamental questions about obesity: How does obesity develop? Why is it so hard to resist tempting food? Does our brain determine what and how much we eat? How does our nutrition shape our brain? Do changes within the brain make it so difficult for us to break bad eating habits? Last but not least: How can we help to improve eating habits?
Members
Our team is currently based in two places: Leipzig (Germany) and Helsinki (Finland). We bring together researchers from various disciplines such as neurobiology, psychology, cognitive science, mathematics, and medicine.
Volunteer 🇩🇪
Es finden momentan Testungen statt. Es wurde ein umfangreicher Katalog von Hygienemaßnahmen entwickelt, um sowohl die TeilnehmerInnen als auch das Personal während der Experimente zu schützen. Wir suchen nach Personen, die an unseren Studien teilnehmen. Sie können unsere Forschung unterstützen, indem Sie sich in unserem Probandenpool anmelden.
Recent News
Are we what we eat?
New Paper out!
How is loss of smell related to dietary choice? Check out our recent collaboration article titled The Aetiology of Olfactory Dysfunction and Its Relationship to Diet Quality to find out!
Delay to replication study
During March we had the great news that the Dutch Research Council would fund an international replication study. Given the current Covid-19 pandemic and the disruption experienced all over the world, a new start date has been set. We are hoping to start setting up from 1st January 2021, with…