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Restrained eaters preserve top-down attentional control in the presence of food

Hotham, Sarah, Sharma, Dinkar, Hamilton-West, Kate E. (2012) Restrained eaters preserve top-down attentional control in the presence of food. Appetite, 58 (3). pp. 1160-1163. ISSN 0195-6663. (doi:10.1016/j.appet.2012.03.011) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:29708)

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Abstract

This study investigated the attentional control of restrained eaters when exposed to food. Restrained (N = 55) and unrestrained eaters (N = 56) completed a color word Stroop task. Top–down attentional control was assessed by adaptation effects (the Stroop effect is smaller when the previous trial is an incongruent color word than a congruent color word). Adaptation effects differed between restrained and unrestrained eaters according to the type of background image presented (high-fat food vs. non-food). Specifically, in restrained eaters adaptation effects did not differ as a function of image. In contrast, adaptation effects in unrestrained eaters were not observed with high-fat food. Motivation to either approach or avoid food may explain these differences.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.03.011
Uncontrolled keywords: Attentional control; Adaptation effects; Restrained eating; Avoidance
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA784 Nutrition
T Technology > TX Home economics > TX357 Nutrition. Foods and food supply
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Centre for Health Services Studies
Depositing User: Kate Hamilton-West
Date Deposited: 26 Jun 2012 15:29 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:07 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/29708 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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