title: Good appearance of food gives an appetizing impression and increases cerebral blood flow of frontal pole in healthy subjects.
abstract: We investigated the effect of food appearance on appetite and on left-frontal pole blood flow in healthy young subjects. The iEat, a new form of foods with good appearance and greater softness was hypothesized to have the better effects to the subjects than blender-processed foods. The effect on appetite and left-frontal pole blood flow using hemoencephalography was assessed while participants were viewing the slideshows of two kinds of foods respectively. The slideshows were used to control the showing time and other variables. The pictures of iEat foods stimulated both of them more than the blender-processed ones. The measurement of cerebral blood flow could be a useful method to monitor the cognitive and emotional aspects of feeding behavior that are important for humans. Like iEat, the foods that look as good as ordinary food yet are softer can be used for people with poor appetite and eating difficulties to ordinary food.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Clinical Psychology , Kagoshima University Graduate School of Clinical Psychology , Kagoshima , Japan ;|b Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine , Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences , Kagoshima , Japan ;
authors.forename: Ken Ichiro
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine , Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences , Kagoshima , Japan ;
authors.forename: Haruka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Amitani
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine , Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences , Kagoshima , Japan ;
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine , Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences , Kagoshima , Japan ;
authors.forename: Toshiki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.affiliation: c Department of Domestic Science , Kagoshima Women's College , Kagoshima , Japan.
authors.forename: Megumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kido
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine , Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences , Kagoshima , Japan ;
authors.forename: Yuka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taruno
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine , Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences , Kagoshima , Japan ;
authors.forename: Keizaburo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine , Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences , Kagoshima , Japan ;
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amitani
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine , Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences , Kagoshima , Japan ;
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Asakawa
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine , Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences , Kagoshima , Japan ;
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Inui
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001066:Appetite / Q000502:physiology*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D004032:Diet; D004435:Eating; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders; D005260:Female; D005511:Food Handling; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D019648:Foods, Specialized; D006244:Hardness; D064368:Healthy Volunteers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Appetite; food appearance; hemoencephalography; iEat; left-frontal pole blood flow; near-infrared spectroscopy