Through the eyes of dieters: Biased size perception of food following tempting food primes

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 293-299

  van Koningsbruggen, Guido M ^a   Stroebe, Wolfgang ^a   Aarts, Henk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dieting; Functional size perception; Goal conflict; Restrained eating; Self control; Temptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79651469656     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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