title: Exposure makes the heart grow less fond!: the effects of exposure to palatable foods on the subsequent attention processing of food cues.
abstract: Prior research has provided conflicting evidence on the question of whether exposure to food temptations directs attention towards or away from food cues. In this study, the effects of exposure to food temptations on attention processing were investigated using an exogenous cueing paradigm. The results show that exposure to food temptations led participants to direct their attention away from food cues. This effect was found after exposure to pictures of food as well as real food temptations. These findings suggest that food temptations activate a tendency to avoid food stimuli, regardless of the restraint and disinhibition levels of the participants.
authors.affiliation: Maastricht University, The Netherlands. K.Geyskens@maastrichtuniversity.nl
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Geyskens
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Soetens
authors.forename: Arne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roets
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D001362:Avoidance Learning; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003463:Cues; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology*; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D006801:Humans; D007171:Implosive Therapy; D009042:Motivation; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012528:Satiety Response; D013649:Taste; D055815:Young Adult