Attentional biases to foods: The effects of caloric content and cognitive restraint

Appetite

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 748-754

  Forestell, Catherine A ^a   Lau, Pia ^a,b   Gyurovski, Ivo I ^a   Dickter, Cheryl L ^a   Haque, Sabrina S ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Cognitive restraint; Dieting; Flanker task; Hunger

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CALORIC INTAKE; COGNITION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MALE; MEAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BREAKFAST; COGNITION; CUES; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; HUNGER; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SATIETY RESPONSE; SNACKS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865818820     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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