Using stop signals to inhibit chronic dieters' responses toward palatable foods

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 771-780

  Veling, Harm ^a   Aarts, Henk ^a   Papies, Esther K ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dieting; Food; Impulse; Inhibition; Self control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; DRIVE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; PALATABILITY; REACTION TIME; SELF CONTROL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CUES; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 80053561523     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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