Physiological arousal of obese persons to food stimuli.
Physiological arousal was measured in 20 obese and 20 normal-weight subjects during presentation of imagery tasks with food- and nonfood-related stimuli and during presentation and eating of food. No differential arousal, as measured by skin conductance, was obtained between the groups for any of the stimuli. Presentation and eating of the food did produce significant arousal in subjects.
Gardner
R M
RM
Department of Psychology, University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo 81001.
Urrutia
R
R
Morrell
J
J
Espinoza
T
T
Gallegos
V
V
D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000503:physiopathology*