Pleasure in the mind: Restrained eating and spontaneous hedonic thoughts about food

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 810-817

  Papies, Esther ^a   Stroebe, Wolfgang ^a   Aarts, Henk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dieting; Hedonic; Palatability; Restrained eating; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547155529     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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