Food's visually perceived fat content affects discrimination speed in an orthogonal spatial task

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 351-356

  Harrar, Vanessa ^a   Toepel, Ulrike ^b   Murray, Micah M ^b,c   Spence, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c University of Lausanne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Caloric content; Carbohydrate; Exogenous cuing; Fat content; Food; Pleasantness; Response time; Spatial discrimination; Visual selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIET; ENERGY; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIPID DIET; LOW CARBOHDYRATE DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; DIETARY FATS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053988994     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2833-6     Document Type: Article

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