Bari's research interests include examining cognitive-affective correlates of pediatric food intake, including functional activation and connectivity during exposure to food cues and reward-related decision-making.
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Director Metabolic Kitchen and Children's Eating Behavior Laboratory
Summary Statement
Eating behaviors in children; neural mechanisms of taste preference and eating behaviors in children; food marketing and childhood obesity; genetic and neural influences in taste in children.
As a cognitive neuroscientist, Alaina is interested in the reciprocal relationship between neurocognitive function and pediatric obesity and neurocognitive influences on food choice and eating behavior.
