%0 Journal Article
%T Connecting self-report and instrumental behavior during incubation of food craving in humans.
%A Ruiz NA
%A Eckardt D
%A Briand LA
%A Wimmer M
%A Murty VP
%J Learn Mem
%V 31
%N 7
%D 2024 Jul
%M 39084866
%F 2.699
%R 10.1101/lm.053869.123
%X Incubation of craving is a phenomenon describing the intensification of craving for a reward over extended periods of abstinence from reinforcement. Animal models use instrumental markers of craving to reward cues to examine incubation, while human paradigms rely on subjective self-reports. Here, we characterize an animal-inspired, novel human paradigm that showed strong positive relationships between self-reports and instrumental markers of craving for favored palatable foods. Further, we found consistent nonlinear relationships with time since last consumption and self-reports, and preliminary patterns between time and instrumental responses. These findings provide a novel approach to establishing an animal-inspired human model of incubation.