Food Cravings Consume Limited Cognitive Resources

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-254

  Kemps, Eva ^a   Tiggemann, Marika ^a   Grigg, Megan ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cognitive processing resources; food cravings; reaction time; working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CACAO; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPETITE; ATTENTION; CACAO; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 54949114348     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012736     Document Type: Article

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